Color me surprised. By the slimmest of margins, Elodie snuck past Adelaide to make it into the finals. I was sure Adelaide was a lock to win it all. Back in 2011 – the first year of the tourney – Adelaide was knocked out by Genevieve. Could this be her year? Apparently not. I was […]
READ MORE >>Favorite Baby Names 2013: Boys March Madness Final Match!
Whoosh! That’s the sound of the month of March flying past. The semi-finals were close matches. Archer beat out Soren, but not by a huge margin. Names have to get up a steep hill to become mainstream. Many of us probably respond best to names that are just beginning to gain momentum. It takes a […]
READ MORE >>Favorite Girl Names: March Madness Semi-Finals 2013
We’re at the half-way point for March Madness Baby Names! That means it is time for the semi-finals round. We’ve said good-bye to so many great names, and this week is no exception. Emmeline, Esme, Mila, Noa, Indie, Sloane, Eithne and Nevaeh were all offed in the opening round. Who advanced this time? Elodie pulled […]
READ MORE >>Favorite Boy Names: March Madness Semi-Finals 2013
How did your favorite boy names fare in the last round of March Madness? The Scandinavian Soren surpassed color name Gray. They’re both nouvel choices, names with history but without significant use in the US. I couldn’t guess which could come out on top, but Soren won by a decent margin. Will we hear this […]
READ MORE >>Favorite Girl Names: March Madness 2013 Round Two
If the boys’ opening round held relatively few surprises, the girls’ sweet sixteen was chock full of upsets. Voting for our favorite girl names always seems a little more difficult, doesn’t it? Top seed Elodie squeaked by Emmeline. This was the closest match, maybe in all of opening round history, but certainly for this year’s […]
READ MORE >>Favorite Boy Names 2013: March Madness Round Two
The first round of competition for boys held few surprises. Top seeds Gray, Huxley, and Archer all advanced, as did perpetual favorite Finn. But there were a few upsets: Atlas bested Indigo by a healthy margin. Maybe I should have put Indigo on the unisex list instead? Camden lost to Atticus. That probably signals that […]
READ MORE >>March Madness 2013: Favorite Girl Names
The opening round of March Madness Baby Names is underway, our annual contest of favorite girl names. (And boy names, too.) If you’re new here, the skinny is this: ever year, I gather up the data on the most viewed names at Appellation Mountain. These are a far cry from official top lists. They’re not […]
READ MORE >>March Madness 2013: Favorite Boy Names
The first round of March Madness 2013 begins now! A quick reminder about the rules for veterans and rookies alike: the sixteenth most popular name faces off against the most popular name, and so on and so forth. There are eight match-ups in the first round. Vote for your favorite in each pair – or […]
READ MORE >>Favorite Baby Names: March Madness 2013
Next Saturday, the third annual Appellation Mountain March Madness series begins. It’s just like basketball, but with your favorite baby names instead of point guards and college mascots. In preparation for the tournament, I thought I’d share the top names on the site in 2012. Let’s look at a few technical details for the interested […]
READ MORE >>March Madness Postscript: The Unisex Names
During preparations for last month’s March Madness tournament, I faced one particular quandary: what to do with unisex names? The brackets are neatly divided by masculine and feminine. My first impulse was to class these names but what I understood them to be – but if I’m honest, I think all eight work equally well […]
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