Know an Abby, Garrett, Danielle, Harry, Ezra or Elsa? Or maybe one of those is your name? Well, those names are among 100 that are on the verge of going extinct in 2026, according to BabyCenter. Abby ...

Colleen Slagen started building her baby name consultation business, Naming Bebe, after leaving her nursing job in 2022 Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers ...

Baby names don’t just come from family trees anymore. They can come from binge-worthy shows, fandom group chats, and celebrity birth announcements. The main accolade they have in common? “Wait… that’s ...

The American Kennel Club released its annual list of the most popular dog names, which continues the canines registered with the organization Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

(NEXSTAR) — Picking the name your child will bear for the rest of their life can be difficult. Do you go with something mainstream like Liam, a name trending amongst other parents of your generation, ...

Pop superstar Taylor Swift has been influencing music, fashion and cultural trends for over a decade — but could she also have a hand in the names parents choose for their babies? “Taylor Swift is ...

A new study dove into the most popular pet names of 2025, and in the cat world, one name remained on top for a second consecutive year. TrustedHousesitters, a pet-sitting platform, gathered data from ...

New York baby name trends stayed relatively consistent in 2024, according to newly released data from the Social Security Administration. Liam was the most popular baby name in New York for the 10th ...

In recent years, out-there, creative or trendy baby names were all the rage — now it seems like the classic, old-fashioned ones are popular again. According to Jennifer Moss, founder and CEO of ...