Quoted everywhere from Parenting to The Wall Street Journal, with over a million copies of their books in print, bestselling authors Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran are the baby-name experts. In this fresh and expanded new edition of "the best baby-naming book ever written" (The News Journal), they offer irresistible lists of names you won't find anywhere else, along with their trademark wit and insight on the most important questions-and answers-for expectant parents:

Style:
What's hot and what's cool--including Honest Names, Spiritual Names, Kreeatif Names, The Two-Syllable Solution, Word Names, The Exotics, and a Girl Named Boy.

Popularity:
The most popular names in America and around the world, and whatcelebrities are naming their babies.

Image:
What's really in a name, and why Briyana spells trouble

Sex:
What's it like for a girl to grow up with a traditionally feminine name like Abigail or Blossom; a no-frills name like Alice or Jane; or a unisex name like Dylan or Dakota? And are there any decidedly masculine names left for boys?

Tradition: A concise history of American baby-naming, plus inspired ways to reflect your own cultural heritage.

Family: Whose name is it, anyway? and other vital considerations.

"Unlike garden-variety baby-name guides.[Beyond Jennifer & Jason] lays it on the line."-Entertainment Weekly