Your votes have taken us straight up to the boys’ SemiFinal round in the Summer Baby Names Showdown 2020! If you’re new here, the Showdown is an annual tradition. Normally, we debate which names new (or recently returned) to the US Top 1000 are best. But “normal” does not apply these days. Instead, we’re matching […]
READ MORE >>Summer Baby Names Showdown 2020: Girls SemiFinals
Every March, Appellation Mountain readers participate in a bracket-style showdown to choose their favorite name of the year. Names win their way into the contest by being the most-viewed for the prior calendar year. Plenty of names are perennial bridesmaids, making it to the contest year after year, but never winning big. But over the […]
READ MORE >>Summer Baby Names Showdown 2020: Boys Quarter Finals
What, precisely, is the Summer Baby Names Showdown, you ask? Most years, it’s the way we choose our favorite of the new names in the US Top 1000. But 2020? Well, 2020 is just a little different. (Understatement alert.) There are no new names. Or … there are, but the Social Security Administration has delayed […]
READ MORE >>Summer Baby Names Showdown 2020: Girls Quarter Finals
Every March brings a major play-off, a showdown of the greats. It’s March Madness Baby Names, of course. Sure, there’s basketball that month, too. But ’round here, it’s all about the names. And since this so very strange summer will see the NBA re-start their basketball season in July, we’re hosting a very special tournament […]
READ MORE >>Summer Baby Names Showdown 2020: Boys Opening Round
It’s time for The Great Summer Baby Names Showdown. We do this every summer, but 2020? It’s a little different. (How’s that for an understatement?) Normally, we vote our way through the best of the names newly debuted in (or returned to) the US Top 1000. Except the US popularity data release is delayed indefinitely. […]
READ MORE >>Summer Baby Names Showdown 2020: Girls Opening Round
It’s time for The Great Summer Baby Names Showdown. Normally, we spend our summer choosing among the best of the new names to debut on the US popularity charts in May. But “normal” and “2020” don’t belong in the same sentence. The US popularity data release is delayed indefinitely. So instead, we’re going to revisit […]
READ MORE >>March Madness Baby Names 2020: The Winners!
Your votes have been tallied, and the results are in! Before we get to the big announcement, let’s look at back at our trip so far. We started with sixteen boy names and sixteen girl names: GIRLS: Maisie, Emmeline, Noa, Faye, Lumi, Esme, Marlowe, Tess, Juniper, Zuzu, Marlowe, Persephone, Andromeda, Sloane, Evolet, Vera BOYS: Zev, […]
READ MORE >>March Madness Baby Names 2020: Girls Final
It’s here! You’ve voted, narrowing down the list from sixteen contenders to just two finalists. Now it’s time for March Madness Baby Names: the girls’ final. As with the boys’ contest, I’m pretty surprised by the results. I might’ve predicted the exact opposite outcome! And once again, the name that I thought might just win […]
READ MORE >>March Madness Baby Names 2020: Boys Final
We’ve reached that moment in March Madness baby names – the one where I’m absolutely shocked, shocked by the outcome of a particular contest. If you’re new here, here’s what’s up: every March, I take the most popular baby names on Appellation Mountain and set them into a bracket-style competition. Your votes determine the champion, […]
READ MORE >>March Madness Baby Names 2020: Boys SemiFinals
Time for the boys semifinals in March Madness Baby Names 2020! Every year, we look at the most popular posts from the prior twelve months to determine the most popular choices. Appellation Mountain readers tend to favor a quirky bunch – the Top Ten here looks nothing like the US Top Ten. Those names face off in […]
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