The votes are in! We have a new pair of names to add to the list of champions in March Madness Baby Names. In what, you ask? Every March, we take the sixteen most-viewed boys’ names and sixteen most-viewed girls’ names from the prior calendar year. In a bracket-style competition, we vote our way through […]

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Okay, yes, the next round of that other March Madness tournament won’t take place until April 1st. But in the world of all things baby names? It’s time for the final match-up NOW. Confused? Here’s a quick catch-up. Every year, we take the most-viewed names on the site for the prior calendar year. The top […]

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Okay, yes, there’s another March Madness tournament happening right now. But THIS is the finals match that you cannot miss: the two girls’ names that your votes have advanced from the sweet sixteen to big showdown. First, a recap. March Madness Baby Names debuted in 2011. Sixteen boy names and sixteen girl names are chosen […]

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March Madness Baby Names 2023 started with sixteen names for boys, ranging from time-tested favorites to new up-and-comers to names that (nearly) no one is using. Your votes have narrowed that field to eight names, and now to just four. Those names will advance to the semifinals contest. The competition just keeps heating up, too! […]

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March Madness Baby Names 2023 continues with the SemiFinals! And this? This is where the contests get HARD. Let’s look back at last week’s QuarterFinal match-ups. No upsets and – in the end – no close calls. Just lots of decisive wins from some lovely names. (Though the names they took out of the competition […]

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The first round is finished, and we have our winners from the initial boys’ match-ups of March Madness Baby Names 2023! Before we get to the next set of contests, let’s take a look at our Opening Round. MARCH MADNESS BABY NAMES 2023: BOYS OPENING ROUND RESULTS James bested Ronan … though not by much! […]

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That’s a wrap on the first round of March Madness Baby Names for girls! As ever, the first round is a mix of names that everybody just plain loves and some that everybody is just plain curious about. That means some of the early match-ups end up as crushing victories (and defeats). Most years, it […]

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If it’s March, that means it’s tournament time. No, not basketball. I mean … maybe basketball. If that’s your thing. But around here, March Madness means baby names. We take the sixteen most-viewed names on the site last year, and vote our way, bracket-style, until we have just one girls’ name and one boys’ names […]

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