Just like last year, the opening round started with an upset. Top seed James (yes, there’s a post called James for a Girl) was taken down by the 16th place post, Anouk. It wasn’t even close. Of course, it also wasn’t unexpected. I hesitated about whether really fit in the girls’ category. And this is one […]
READ MORE >>March Madness 2017: Boys Opening Round
It’s rendshe first Saturday in March, and that means it’s time for March Madness Baby Names 2017 at Appellation Mountain! This is year seven of competition. Past year’s winners are as follows: Our very first year’s winner was the traditional Nathaniel. Arthur took the top spot in 2012. Up-and-coming Archer was the big winner in […]
READ MORE >>March Madness 2017: Girls Opening Round
It’s the first Saturday in March, and that means it’s time for March Madness Baby Names here at Appellation Mountain! This is the seventh year of competition. Can you believe it? Two years ago, we decided that past March Madness winners are expressly excluded from defending their titles. That means that this year’s contestants come from the […]
READ MORE >>Most Popular Boy Names 2016
What were the most popular boy names 2016? Sure, we’ll see the official Social Security Administration list in May, and plenty of websites, from Nameberry to Baby Center, have compiled their most viewed names. Here at Appellation Mountain there’s a most popular names list, too. Strictly speaking, these are the most popular name posts here, […]
READ MORE >>March Madness Baby Names 2016: The Winners
And just like that, another March Madness Baby Names contest have flown past, and it is time to congratulate our winners! Welcome to the exclusive club, Sylvie and Theodore. Sylvie swept past Clementine with a commanding 56% of the vote. March was really the month of Sylvie, wasn’t it? It seemed like I couldn’t stop […]
READ MORE >>March Madness 2016: Girls Final
March has flown by! It seems like just yesterday it was the Opening Round of March Madness Baby Names 2016, and now? Our field of sixteen has narrowed to just two! The sweet sixteen names that were part of the competition a few weeks ago were an eclectic, interesting bunch. Here’s the list: Lena Elowen […]
READ MORE >>March Madness 2016: Boys Final
And it’s here! After many weeks of voting, we’ve reached the final round of March Madness Baby Names 2016.Hard to believe, right? We started out with sixteen names in contention: Leo Rafferty Shepherd Koa Soren Caius Wolf Huxley Atlas Emrys Sullivan Wilder Beckett Reed Theodore Elliot Some of my favorites were wiped out in the […]
READ MORE >>March Madness 2016: Boys Semi Finals
The March Madness Baby Names girls quarter finals were chock full of surprises this year, but I found the boys’ round a little more predictable. The name I’m betting on to win is still in the hunt, and so is my second guess. (Though they’re facing off in this round – yikes!) Here are the […]
READ MORE >>March Madness 2016: Girls Semi Finals
Time for another round of March Madness Baby Names! If I were the betting kind, my money would have been on Lena or Lila to win the whole tourney. And yet, here we are at the semi finals, and whaddaya know? Both of them are out of the competition! Here are the full results from the […]
READ MORE >>March Madness 2016: Girls Quarter Finals
There was a definite upset in the March Madness 2016 Girls Opening Round: 2016’s #2 seed (and 2015’s top seed overall) lost to #10 name coming into the competition. Also to report from the opening round: some landslides, and a soaring nature name, too. Top seed Lena garnered 56% of the vote, moving past Elowen […]
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