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Trendwatch 2018 Report: Misses & Hits

April 1, 2019 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

2018 Trendwatch Report

We’re just six weeks away from the new US popularity data release, so let’s have the Trendwatch 2018 Report! Every year, I make my best guesses about the baby names most likely to crack the US Top 1000 in the coming year. Trendwatch 2018 predictions were evaluated against the data released in May of 2018 […]

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New Names Showdown 2018 Winners

July 28, 2018 By appellationmountain 2 Comments

New Names Showdown 2018 Winners

Ready for the New Names Showdown 2018 winners? We started with eight boy names and eight girl names, all new or recently returned to the US Top 1000. (See the full boys’ list here, and girls’ list here.) From those sixteen names, we voted all the way down to two finalists each: Florence or Marlowe […]

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New Names Showdown 2018 Girls SemiFinals

July 14, 2018 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

New Names Showdown 2018 Girls SemiFinals

Time for the New Names Showdown 2018 Girls SemiFinals! Let’s start with the results of the opening round. Octavia crushed Saanvi, a resounding 93% to 7%. Pretty sure that’s the biggest margin of any vote on this site, ever. Amora and Luella made for a far more even match. Luella carried the day with 57% […]

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New Names Showdown 2018 Boys SemiFinals

July 14, 2018 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

New Names Showdown 2018 Boys SemiFinals

Time for the New Names Showdown 2018 Boys SemiFinals! But first, the results of the opening round. Caspian swept past Alaric, 79% to 21%. Since Caspian debuted at a sky-high #868, maybe it’s no surprise that it’s proved so popular. Wells posted an even more impressive win, with 81% of the vote versus Gianluca‘s 19%. […]

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Luella: Baby Name of the Day

June 20, 2018 By appellationmountain 17 Comments

Luella smooshes together that oh-so-stylish Lou sound with the ever-popular -ella ending for a sassy, retro name that’s right at home in the twenty-first century. Thanks to Caitlin for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day. Luella: Nineteenth Century Darling Way back in the late 1800s, this name ranked in the US Top 200, with […]

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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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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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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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