Old names are newly popular for parents trying to pick monikers for their infants, with names like Eleanor, Violet, and Oliver rising in popularity again after taking big dips in the 1980s and '90s.

As Bad Bunny performs during the Super Bowl LX halftime show, millions of Americans will be introduced to the Puerto Rican superstar for perhaps the first time. After it was announced that he would be ...

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 ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. America’s most-popular cat names for 2025 have been revealed. Cat names matter, not least to the cats themselves. In 2019 ...

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 ...

Online pet supply retailer and pharmacy Chewy released a report of the top names for dogs and puppies in 2025, revealing both the most popular and most unique names. Chewy uses the data from pet ...

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 ...

It’s a wonder that anyone remembers anyone else’s name after just meeting. Most people are visually wired, which means we’re good with faces, but—was it Alyssa or Elizabeth? Hewitt or Wyatt? Elijah or ...