When I first came onto nameberry [name_u]Willow[/name_u] was popular but now [name_f]Mara[/name_f] is popular (IMO)
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I feel like [name_m]Malachi[/name_m], [name_u]Fox[/name_u] and [name_u]Elijah[/name_u] were popular for boys when i first joined - now [name_u]Atlas[/name_u], [name_u]Kit[/name_u] and Elias/Elio are more popular
For girls, [name_f]Delilah[/name_f], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] and [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] were more popular, now i see [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] and [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] more
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I don’t remember what was popular when I first came on here but when I was most active on here, [name_m]Theodore[/name_m], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_u]Jude[/name_u], [name_u]Fox[/name_u], [name_u]Wren[/name_u], [name_u]Scout[/name_u] and [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] seemed to be most popular.
Now…I can’t really tell lol. Unisex and nonbinary? Old-fashioned?
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i remember seeing more frilly and fantasy character-like names, as well as a lot of trendy vintage names names when i first joined (nov 2020) like ophelia, freya, aurora, violet, hazel, elodie, genevieve, phoebe, evangeline, cordelia, and maeve.
now, i see more nickname names and short and sweet names, and i think there’s overall a wider range of names you’ll see on the forums. i like it so much better now because name nerds like us can be exposed to so many different names as opposed to the same ten every day.
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This is when I used to browse but didn’t have an account.
Before - Ophelia
After - Maeve and Eloise
Glad to see that you think Mara is getting popular!
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For girls, names like [name_f]Isla[/name_f] and [name_f]Claire[/name_f]. Now names like [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] and [name_f]Aurora[/name_f].
Boys, [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] and [name_u]Max[/name_u] being replaced by names like Theodore/Teddy and [name_u]Henry[/name_u].
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Then: [name_m]Atticus[/name_m], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], [name_f]Eloise[/name_f], [name_u]Wren[/name_u], other simple word names
Now: [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_f]Nell[/name_f], [name_u]Kit[/name_u], [name_u]Jasper[/name_u], [name_f]Thea[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], international names, long and outlandish word names
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I don’t know about when I first joined exactly, but since 2014 when I’ve joined…
Bear, Fox, Wolf, Wren, Lark, etc had a huge craze
Story, Fable, Poet, Sonnet, etc had a huge faze
Other individual names that used to be more popular but I don’t see nearly as much on here (I still see these but they used to be EVERYWHERE):
Imogen
Aurelia
Cordelia
Sunniva
Isadora
Elowen
Cora
Coralie
Leonie/Leona
Beatrix
Rosalie
Ottilie
Juniper
Saskia
Calla
Esme
Sylvie (this one has only recently died down on here)
Primrose
Arabella
Evangeline
Romilly
Caspian
Cassian/Cassius
Dashiell
Emrys
Evander
Knox
Gideon
Everett
Atticus
Orion
Maddox
Griffin
Soren
Hugo
Brooks
Ezra
Kai
Luca
Milo
Theodore
Names I see a lot more today:
nickname names for girls on their own-
Nell, Polly, Ruthie, Frankie, Annie, Billie, etc
Astrid
Vesper
Oona/Una
Vita
Fern
Clover
Clara
Darcy
Sasha
Faraday
Willoughby
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[name_u]Bellamy[/name_u] was all the rage when I joined in 2010. Also [name_u]Henry[/name_u], [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m].
For girls I remember [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] the most.
All still [name_u]Berry[/name_u] names, but less ubiquitous. I feel like early Nameberry was a mashup of popular names and British Telegraph style. Now I see a lot more out-of-the-box choices with international names, fairytale-esque names, and unique word names.
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I definitely saw a lot of [name_m]Atticus[/name_m] and [name_u]Bellamy[/name_u] when I joined, and [name_u]Wren[/name_u] as a middle name. I’m also seeing [name_m]Caspian[/name_m] much less than I did then. I feel like the “berry” style has broadened since I joined, and now I’m seeing a lot more international names, short and sweet classics, and adventurous middle names, as well as many long-time berry favourites.
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I remember [name_f]Primrose[/name_f], [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_u]Bellamy[/name_u], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], [name_f]Isla[/name_f], [name_f]Orla[/name_f], [name_m]Pascal[/name_m], [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f], [name_f]Thisbe[/name_f], [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], and [name_f]Thea[/name_f] being popular.
Now it’s [name_f]Agnes[/name_f], [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_f]Stella[/name_f], [name_f]Liv[/name_f], [name_u]August[/name_u], [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], and [name_f]Eliza[/name_f].
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I feel like [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m] had a moment there.
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I joined around 2012 (with a previous account). It’s hard for me to judge which names were the most popular though. I’d say the “core” Nameberry style hasn’t changed much and names like [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] and [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] are still popular. But I do remember there being a lot of [name_m]Tolkien[/name_m] names (e.g. Tinuviel) and unusual mythological names (e.g. Melpomene). You still see those names now sometimes, but I don’t think it’s as prominent (especially not the [name_m]Tolkien[/name_m] names).
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I saw [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] & [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] a ton when I first joined,
Then [name_f]Freya[/name_f] & [name_f]Lena[/name_f] both go their own 2 weeks of fame just a few weeks ago.
Now I feel like I’m seeing [name_u]Meredith[/name_u] a lot more, same with [name_u]August[/name_u] as well as a lot more short & sweet names, like [name_u]Theo[/name_u], [name_u]Finn[/name_u], [name_u]Ezra[/name_u] & [name_u]June[/name_u]. Also [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] seems pretty big rn.
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When I first got here: Eleanor, Alice, Theodore, Sebastian, Laurence
Now: August (g), Juliet, Louisa, Cosmo, Caspian
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When I joined in 2013, the “berry” style was much more popular: mostly vintage, floral, and some Shakespearean or light mythological names, when you really wanted to get crazy. I wouldn’t have dared bring up anything unisex.
Now, I love to see that there is more diversity in the styles. You still have berry favorites but the toxic attitude towards trendy, modern, word, and unisex names is almost nonexistent.
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I feel like NB is mirroring real life, however, on here it’s more like the 3-year-rule rather than the 100-year-rule that we see with names currently on trend irl.
When I first joined NB it was a lot of longer feminine names, Greek names, Wren, names like Story, Bohème, Reverie, Caspian, Atticus, Maeve, Penelope, Clementine; but I feel like there isn’t going to be a name trend I haven’t already experienced on here before.
Right now, I find trends to be less obvious to spot because we don’t have signatures anymore but I honestly feel like not much has changed, August is still popular, Fox is still popular (but Wolf isn’t anymore), River is still on many lists and the typical Berry combo of vintage first name + word middle name hasn’t really gone away either (which is nice to see). Currently I’m finding that it’s a lot more boys names that end up trending on here (Linus, Claude, Sasha) than girls names, but then maybe that’s always been like that 
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Ok so I went back on the wayback machine and here’s some of the names that showed up on the little searched names tick tape that used to be on the site.
[name_u]August[/name_u] 5th 2013 -
Girls -
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Oriana[/name_f]
[name_f]Alessandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Malina[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
Boys -
[name_u]Ezra[/name_u]
[name_u]Florentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Merrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Lazarus[/name_m]
[name_u]Maxwell[/name_u] and [name_u]Max[/name_u]
[name_u]Dash[/name_u]
[name_u]August[/name_u] 2nd 2015 -
Girls -
[name_f]Andromeda[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassiopeia[/name_f]
[name_f]Viviana[/name_f]
[name_f]Oriana[/name_f]
[name_u]Ezri[/name_u]
[name_f]Alandra[/name_f]
Boys -
[name_u]Finnegan[/name_u]
[name_u]Nico[/name_u]
[name_m]Caliban[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u] 2nd 2017 -
Girls -
[name_f]Regina[/name_f]
[name_f]Arwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Nixie[/name_f]
[name_f]Roxanne[/name_f]
[name_f]Bluebell[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Mirabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Eowyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Tamsyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
Boys -
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Crispin[/name_m]
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Then:
[name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_u]Wren[/name_u]
[name_u]Willow[/name_u]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_u]Ezra[/name_u]
[name_u]Maverick[/name_u]
[name_u]Grayson[/name_u]
Now:
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_u]Aspen[/name_u]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_u]Dove[/name_u]
[name_u]Kit[/name_u]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_u]Jasper[/name_u]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u]
[name_u]Gray[/name_u]
When I first came onto nameberry [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] was popular but now [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] is popular (imo).
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