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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For most people, introductions are a fleeting formality, an exchange of names accomplished in seconds. However, for Laurence Watkins, this simple task becomes an extraordinary feat of endurance. To ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. 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 ...