# A lullaby with your baby's name: why it lands differently [Lullabies and baby sleep music](https://nanafy.com/en/lullabies) Long before words mean anything, one word already does: their name. A lullaby built around it is not a gimmick — it borrows the earliest piece of language a baby owns. - **~4-5 mo** when babies start orienting to their name ## The essentials - Research shows infants begin recognizing and orienting to their own name around four and a half months. - A song that repeats the baby's name uses the most attention-grabbing word they know — inside a calm, sleep-friendly form. - Repetition turns the song into a sleep cue and, over the years, into a keepsake of this exact season. - In Nanafy, you type the name and the AI creates the song in your language — with PRO (5 songs a month) or one-time credits that never expire. ## The first word that is truly theirs In a classic study in *Psychological Science*, infants as young as four and a half months listened longer to their own name than to other names with the same rhythm. The name is the first word that reliably cuts through the noise — months before "mama" or "milk" mean anything at all. A lullaby that returns to the baby's name over and over places that one meaningful word inside a slow, repetitive, calming structure. Attention without stimulation — which is exactly the combination bedtime needs. ## What it does for the routine Any consistent song can become a sleep cue — that mechanism is covered in our guide to [falling asleep faster](https://nanafy.com/en/lullabies/fall-asleep-fast). A personalized song adds two things: parents actually keep using it (it feels like theirs, not like a track from an algorithm), and the consistency does the compounding. The best sleep song is the one your family plays every single night, and a song with your baby's name in it tends to be that song. It also earns a place beyond bedtime: a calm version for the crib, and the same name sung on a birthday morning. One word, many rituals. ## How Nanafy creates it You type the name; Nanafy's AI composes a lullaby around it — melody, voice and the name woven through the verses, in your language. Nanafy PRO includes **five new songs a month** for siblings, grandparents' versions, or a fresh style when you want one — and one-time credits never expire, so you only pay for what you use. ## A keepsake from this exact season The season of [newborn sleep](https://nanafy.com/en/sleep-guide/newborn-sleep) is loud, blurry and short. A song made in it — the one that played every night of the fourth trimester — becomes one of the few artifacts of this time that you can keep and replay. The song tends to outlive the sleep problems it was created for; the [bedtime story](https://nanafy.com/en/sleep-guide/bedtime-stories) years come next, and the song stays. ## Frequently asked questions ### Does my baby really recognize their name in a song? From around four and a half months, research shows infants orient to their own name over similar-sounding names. Before that age, the song still works the way any calm, repeated lullaby does — and it grows into the recognition. ### How do I get a personalized song? Download Nanafy, type the name, and the song is created for you. Nanafy PRO includes five new songs per month; one-time credits are also available and never expire. ### Which languages can the song be in? Nanafy works in 17 languages, and personalized songs are created in the language of your app — the lullaby sings the name the way your family says it. ### Can I make songs for two children? Yes — each song is created around one name, and you can create songs for each child (PRO includes five new songs a month). **Sources:** Mandel, D. R., Jusczyk, P. W. & Pisoni, D. B., "Infants' Recognition of the Sound Patterns of Their Own Names", *Psychological Science*, 1995. ## A song with their name Type the name, hear the lullaby — created by Nanafy's AI in your language, ready for tonight's routine. - [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6742029578) - [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mycompany.nanafy) Free on the App Store and Google Play ## Keep reading - [Falling asleep faster](https://nanafy.com/en/lullabies/fall-asleep-fast): The 10-minute wind-down that actually shortens bedtime — and the role music plays in it. - [Bedtime stories](https://nanafy.com/en/sleep-guide/bedtime-stories): Voice as ritual: why stories work long before babies understand them. - [Music in pregnancy](https://nanafy.com/en/sleep-guide/pregnancy-music): Hearing starts in the second trimester — and the melodies carry over to after birth.