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Boy Names Starting with B: Benjamin, Bowie, Bronx

June 5, 2023 By appellationmountain 7 Comments

boy names starting with B

Ready for a bumper crop of baby boy names starting with B? B names rank ninth out of the 26 letters of the alphabet. That’s not exactly J or A, but it’s well ahead of choices like H, W, and Z. Then again, Benjamin is a Top Ten favorite. And names like Brooks and Beau […]

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Girl Names Starting with A: Ava, Alaia, Adair

May 29, 2023 By appellationmountain 7 Comments

girl names starting with A

Looking for girl names starting with A? It’s the single most popular first initial for our daughters in recent years. It leaves runners-up E, M, and S in the dust. In some ways, that’s nothing new. Anna, Anne, Annie, and Ann alternated their tours in the Top 100, and many appeared in the Top Ten. […]

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Boy Names Starting with A: Asa, Arlo, Abram

May 22, 2023 By appellationmountain 6 Comments

boy names starting with A

Time to focus on boy names starting with A. It’s quite the popular initial, second only to the letter J, slightly ahead of L and M. A staggering 107 individual baby boy names beginning with A appear in the current US Top 1000, as compiled by the Social Security Administration. That’s well over 10% of […]

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Girl Names Starting with F: Faith, Francesca, Fern

April 24, 2023 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

girl names starting with F

Quick: name some girl names starting with F. You can, of course. There’s classic Frances and daring Fable. We might think of Faith and maybe Fern and Fiona, too. Some PH names can also be F names, but some work better than others – for every Filomena, there’s a Fenix. And surnames, like Flynn and […]

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Boy Names Starting with E: Eli, Ezekiel, Evren

April 17, 2023 By appellationmountain 1 Comment

boy names starting with E

Boy names starting with E make for an long and intriguing set. It’s the sixth most popular initial for our sons’ names. Naturally that means plenty of options, from the classic Edward to cool Enzo. E names are topping the charts. Parents are looking to the Old Testament for inspiration, and finding a wealth of […]

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Girl Names Starting with Q: Quinn, Quintana, Quitterie

April 10, 2023 By appellationmountain 8 Comments

girl names starting with Q

Girl names starting with Q make for a select and quirky list. There aren’t many to choose from. It ranks twenty-fifth of the twenty-six letters of the alphabet. Only U offers fewer choices for our daughters. Just one of the baby girl names beginning with Q makes the Top 100. In fact, it’s the only […]

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Boy Names Starting with Z: Zion, Zephyr, Zaiden

April 3, 2023 By appellationmountain 5 Comments

boy names starting with Z

When it comes to baby boy names starting with Z, we all get the appeal. The letter Z feels effortlessly cool. It’s just a little bit different. While it may fall at the very end of the alphabet, there’s something about the letter and the sound that commands our attention. Zorro used a single Z […]

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Girl Names Starting with W: Willa, Winsome, Winry

March 27, 2023 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

girl names starting with W

We’re looking at girl names starting with W. As initials go, it hovers near the bottom of the popularity list. Only Y, X, Q, and U are less often chosen for our daughters’ names. And yet, girl names starting with W abound. Think of surname names that would wear every bit as well as Avery […]

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Boy Names Starting with G: Grayson and Gates

March 20, 2023 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

boy names starting with G

Boy names starting with G include traditional George and Biblical Gabriel. They’re familiar, handsome choices for our sons. But the letter also suggests a big number of surname options, from current favorites to rising possibilities. Rare and overlooked G boy names abound, too. As of 2021, G represents the fourteenth most popular first initial for […]

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Girl Names Starting with J: Josie, Juniper, Joanna

March 13, 2023 By appellationmountain 2 Comments

girl names starting with J

When it comes to girl names starting with J, we all know a Jennifer or a Jessica. Maybe three of each. But they weren’t the first wildly popular J names, not by a long shot. Joan had a good run. Julia, too. J names for girls been favorites for ages. At the moment, though, it’s […]

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