Your votes have taken us straight up to the boys’ SemiFinal round in the Summer Baby Names Showdown 2020! If you’re new here, the Showdown is an annual tradition. Normally, we debate which names new (or recently returned) to the US Top 1000 are best. But “normal” does not apply these days. Instead, we’re matching […]
READ MORE >>Name Help: A Sibling for Linden
Name Help is a series at Appellation Mountain. Every week, one reader’s name questions will be discussed. We’re relying on thoughtful comments from the community to help expectant parents narrow down their name decisions. Thank you in advance for sharing your insight! Krista writes: I’m 37 weeks and still undecided! Our sons name is Linden, […]
READ MORE >>Summer Baby Names Showdown 2020: Girls SemiFinals
Every March, Appellation Mountain readers participate in a bracket-style showdown to choose their favorite name of the year. Names win their way into the contest by being the most-viewed for the prior calendar year. Plenty of names are perennial bridesmaids, making it to the contest year after year, but never winning big. But over the […]
READ MORE >>Hamilton Baby Names: Alexander, Eliza, Hercules
Will 2021 bring a wave of Hamilton baby names? After watching it three four times, I’m half-ready to write Hercules Mulligan Sandel on a birth certificate. Given the widespread popularity of the new Disney Plus performance, let’s guess that the answer is definitely maybe. The only question then, is which Hamilton baby names. ONE THAT WON’T […]
READ MORE >>Girl Names Starting with V: Victoria, Vivian, Vale
Girl names starting with V are having a moment. Actually, it’s any girls’ name including the letter V. Just ask Ava, Olivia, and Evelyn. Or Everly, Avery, and Nova. But V at the top works, too, and a handful of powerfully popular names make this list. Despite a few blockbuster favorites, a great many girl […]
READ MORE >>Sunday Summary: The Formula
Is Is there a formula for predicting a fresh, popular name? Not really. But kind-of, sort-of. Here’s what I look for: a name that’s already rising. Or a name that sounds an awful lot like other names that are trending. And then we wait for the spark: a place that parents will hear the name. […]
READ MORE >>Summer Baby Names Showdown 2020: Boys Quarter Finals
What, precisely, is the Summer Baby Names Showdown, you ask? Most years, it’s the way we choose our favorite of the new names in the US Top 1000. But 2020? Well, 2020 is just a little different. (Understatement alert.) There are no new names. Or … there are, but the Social Security Administration has delayed […]
READ MORE >>Name Help: Another Knockout K Name
Name Help is a series at Appellation Mountain. Every week, one reader’s name questions will be discussed. We’re relying on thoughtful comments from the community to help expectant parents narrow down their name decisions. Thank you in advance for sharing your insight! Ashley writes: Hello! We are having a bit of trouble deciding on a […]
READ MORE >>Summer Baby Names Showdown 2020: Girls Quarter Finals
Every March brings a major play-off, a showdown of the greats. It’s March Madness Baby Names, of course. Sure, there’s basketball that month, too. But ’round here, it’s all about the names. And since this so very strange summer will see the NBA re-start their basketball season in July, we’re hosting a very special tournament […]
READ MORE >>Boy Names Starting with A: Asa, Arlo, Abram
Time to focus on boy names starting with A. It’s quite the popular initial, right up there with M and J. Asher has been one of the hottest boy names over the last two years, a fast-rising favorite that didn’t even crack the Top 1000 before the 1980s. And, of course, it’s impossible to talk […]
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