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 ...

America’s most-popular cat names for 2025 have been revealed. Cat names matter, not least to the cats themselves. In 2019, a study published in Scientific Reports found cats were even capable of ...

You may start hearing the name Karen a lot less — but not because fewer irate women are demanding to “speak to the manager.” The maligned moniker is among 10 baby names that have seen a significant ...

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 ...

Stick to the classics or carve out a new name entirely? That is the question for 2025 parents to be in the era of influencer baby names. Oh, baby! How do you spell that? We’re babbling about baby ...

You may recognize 2024’s 20 most popular baby names — nearly all of them have appeared in the rankings before. Liam and Olivia were the most popular baby names in 2024, a position both names have held ...

Just how trendy is your newborn's name these days? Every year, the Social Security Administration compiles and releases its list of 2024's most popular 1,000 baby names to see which names increased ...

Liam and Olivia dominate. Still. The two names have, for a sixth year together, topped the list of names for babies born in the U.S. in 2024. The Social Security Administration annually tracks the ...

The name a new pope chooses will "indicate a certain spirit and direction and vision of the new pope," said Dennis Doyle, a theologian and professor emeritus of religious studies at the University of ...