Time for March Madness baby names 2020. It’s the boys’ turn! Since way back in 2011, while the rest of the world is brackets-deep in college basketball, we turn our attention to the most popular baby names on the site. Appellation Mountain isn’t like a big name database. The most popular posts tend to be […]
READ MORE >>March Madness Baby Names 2020: Girls Opening Round
It’s the first Saturday in March, and that means … March Madness Baby Names 2020 has arrived! Since way back in 2011, we’ve played this game annually. I pull the most popular baby name posts from the prior calendar year. And since this is Appellation Mountain, we’re not talking Liam and Emma. Nope, this is […]
READ MORE >>Most Popular Names 2019: Maisie and Cove
Time to look back at the most popular names 2019 at Appellation Mountain. These are the most-read posts here at the site. It’s a wild, quirky list. My Top Ten looks nothing like the US Top Ten. And yet, the names that rank here often do make their way up the popularity charts over time. […]
READ MORE >>March Madness Baby Names 2019: The Winners!
March Madness baby names 2019 has drawn to a close, and it’s time to announce the winners. Please join me in congratulating Arlo and Margot, the newest members of our March Madness baby names’ champions circle. The final match-ups were plenty exciting: The girls’ Mar match-up ended with Margot besting Marigold, almost 60% to just-over-40%. […]
READ MORE >>March Madness Baby Names 2019: Girls Final
We’ve tallied the votes, and just two girl names remain for March Madness baby names 2019! It’s an exciting moment, but a tough one, too – so many of our favorites get knocked out in the early rounds. And the SemiFinals are no exception. I feel like it happens every. single. year. The name I […]
READ MORE >>March Madness Baby Names 2019: Boys Final
We’ve voted our way to very last match-up! After starting with boy names drawn from the sixteen most popular Name of the Day posts in 2018, we’re down to just two. Here’s the original line-up from March Madness Baby Names 2019: Torin Arrow Wilder Endeavour Huxley Gray Credence Deckard Ayrton Fox Arlo Cove Koa Soren […]
READ MORE >>March Madness Baby Names 2019: Boys SemiFinals
Time for the Boys SemiFinals round in March Madness Baby Names 2019! But first, a look back at the exciting competition from the QuarterFinals: The lively Irish Torin catapulted past tough guy Deckard, with a commanding 80% of the total. In the battle of modern word names, sly Fox handily defeated sharp Arrow with a […]
READ MORE >>March Madness Baby Names 2019: Girls SemiFinals
Your votes are in, and four names have been narrowed to just two in this year’s installment of March Madness baby names. Before we get to the next round, let’s look at the results of the QuarterFinals: Flora swept past Faye, with a solid almost-60% of the vote. With Nora, Cora, and Aurora in the […]
READ MORE >>March Madness Baby Names 2019: Boys Quarter Finals
The votes are tallied, and we now know which boy names have triumphed in the opening round of March Madness Baby Names 2019! Before we move on to voting in the Quarter Finals, let’s review the results of the Opening Round: Torin defeated Loxley with an impressive 81% of the vote. Loxley remains one of […]
READ MORE >>March Madness 2019: Girls Quarter Finals
You’ve spoken, and we now know which names advance to the Girls’ Quarter Finals in March Madness Baby Names 2019! Let’s look back at the Opening Round: Sweetly vintage Faye trounced Phryne, with over 80% of the vote! That’s not a surprise. Phryne draws lots of people to the site, because it’s such a curiosity. […]
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