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Predicting the New Top 100 Names of 2019

April 29, 2019 By appellationmountain 5 Comments

Predicting the New Top 100 baby names

The question of the moment: what will be the new top 100 names of 2019? Today I’m taking my shot at predicting newcomers to the list. These are already popular picks that haven’t cracked the double-digits … yet. But I think we’ll see them when the new list of 2018 data is released in May […]

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The Most Popular Baby Names of the Century: John, Mary, and 69 More

February 28, 2019 By appellationmountain 7 Comments

most popular baby names of the last 100 years

What are the most popular baby names of the century? It sounds like a straightforward question. Except that there are different ways to measure usage.  Are Steven and Stephen two names or one?  Are we talking about the percentage of the population receiving a given name, or the name’s numerical ranking?  On percentages, today’s #1 […]

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Best New Baby Names 2018: Luella, Yara, Ledger, Reign

May 21, 2018 By appellationmountain 4 Comments

Best New Baby Names 2018

Drumroll, please! These are my picks for the best new baby names 2018: my favorites from the names debuting or returning to the US Top 1000 in May 2018. You can read the full lists here: New Girl Names 2018 New Boy Names 2018 All told, 37 boy names and 43 girl names debuted or […]

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Baby Name Trends 2018: O Baby, Em and Em, and the Power of the Small Screen

May 17, 2018 By appellationmountain 1 Comment

baby name trends 2018

What are the biggest baby names trends 2018? On May 11th, the US Social Security Administration released the new lists of most popular names given to children born between January 1st and December 31st of 2017. That means it’s time to look at baby name trends 2018 – the influences that are changing the way […]

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Fastest Rising Boy Names 2018 Update

May 15, 2018 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

Fastest Rising Boy Names 2018

Let’s look at the fastest rising boy names 2018. Plenty of lists look at rank change, but this list focuses on the actual number of births. Why? It turns out that it might be a better predictor of future popularity than rank change. After all, rank is relative. We know more boys received the 115th […]

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Fastest Rising Girl Names 2018 Update

May 14, 2018 By appellationmountain 8 Comments

Fastest Rising Girl Names 2018

Let’s look at the fastest rising girl names 2018. These aren’t the biggest changes in rank. Sure, it’s exciting to see which names climb quickly. (Alessia was up over 200 spots, from #828 to #625!) But I like to look at actual births. Why? A name near the top of the list might only gain […]

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New Boy Names 2018: Ledger, Kace, Wells

May 12, 2018 By appellationmountain 2 Comments

new boy names 2018

New boy names 2018 tend towards the masculine this year. Plenty of these turn it up to eleven! Others feel inventive, imported, or just plain new. And a few might be future classics. In May 2018, the US Social Security Administration released the new popularity data for all children born between January 1st and December […]

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New Girl Names 2018: Yara, Octavia, Dream

May 12, 2018 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

New Girl Names 2018

New girl names 2018 mix modern word names and international style. Respellings abound, as do inventions. And pop culture influence? The list packs in plenty of that, too. In May 2018, the US Social Security Administration released the new popularity data for all children born between January 1st and December 31st of 2017. 43 girls’ […]

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Most Popular Baby Names 2018

May 11, 2018 By appellationmountain 20 Comments

Most Popular Baby Names 2018

The most popular baby names 2018 update is here! The US Social Security Administration has released all of the data for births from January 1st through December 31st of 2017. What jumps out first? Most Popular Baby Names 2018: The Top Ten As I mentioned yesterday, we don’t often see big changes in the Top […]

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Top Ten Baby Names Predictions 2018: Amelia, Evelyn, Oliver

May 10, 2018 By appellationmountain 10 Comments

Top Ten Baby Names Predictions 2018

It’s time for Top Ten baby names predictions 2018. Because by this time tomorrow, the Social Security Administration will have released  It’s Christmas meets the Super Bowl meets my birthday. No wait, it’s better than that. Because while all of those things are over in a matter of hours, the US Social Security Administration data […]

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