The votes are in! We have two new names to join our list of favorites. Drumroll, please. GUINEVERE and BENEDICT Let’s take a look at how we got here. NEW NAMES SHOWDOWN: GIRLS CONTEST Every year, a certain number of names return to the US Top 1000, or debut for the very first time. Some […]
READ MORE >>New Names Showdown 2022: Boys Final
Your votes have brought us to this moment. It’s time for the final contest in the boys’ edition of the New Names Showdown 2022! First, let’s look back at how July started. Every year, the US Social Security Administration releases a list of the 1,000 most popular names for boys and the 1,000 most popular […]
READ MORE >>New Names Showdown 2022: Girls Final
It’s the moment we’ve been waiting for: the FINAL match-up of the girls’ 2022 New Names Showdown! Before we get to the big contest, here’s how July started: Every year, the US Social Security Administration releases the 1000 most popular baby names for children born in the US during the prior twelve months. The release […]
READ MORE >>New Names Showdown 2022: Boys SemiFinals
Every summer, we vote our way through some of the best new boy names. They’re names that have just debuted in, or returned to, the US Top 1000. Here’s this year’s list of names. Mixed in with the re-spellings and the pop culture curiosities are some gems. They’re the names that just might be The […]
READ MORE >>New Names Showdown 2022: Girls SemiFinals
The first round of this summers’ New Names Showdown is complete! Thanks to your votes, our eight names have been narrowed to just four promising names for girls. We’ll continue with our contest in a minute, but first, let’s recap the opening round. Nature name Clover bested fellow nature name Soleil with a comfortable 59% […]
READ MORE >>New Names Showdown 2022: Boys Opening Round
Every year, usually in May, the US Social Security Administration reveals the 1000 most popular names for boys and girls born during the prior calendar year. Most years, the Top Ten doesn’t change much. We behave as if Khaleesi and Harry Potter hit #1 on the charts, but really? The most popular names shift only […]
READ MORE >>New Names Showdown 2022: Girls Opening Round
Time for the girls’ opening round in the New Names Showdown 2022! Wondering that that might be? Every year, the US Social Security Administration releases the 1000 most popular baby names for children born in the US during the prior twelve months. The release typically happens the Friday prior to Mother’s Day in May. One […]
READ MORE >>Best New Baby Names 2022: Birdie, Kylian, Soleil
These are my choices for the Best New Baby Names 2022. What, precisely, does that mean? Most years, the US Social Security Administration releases the official Top 1000 most popular names for girls and boys born in the prior calendar year. That means that our current list debuted in May 2022, and includes data from […]
READ MORE >>New Names Showdown 2021: The Winners!
After voting our way through all of July, the moment has arrived. The winners in the New Names Showdown 2021 are … ETTA and LEIF Let’s look back at the contest over the last few weeks and see how we got here. Every year, the US Social Security Administration published the Top 1000 names given […]
READ MORE >>New Names Showdown 2021: Boys Final
We started with eight names: Adler, Davian, Everest, Jones, Leif, McCoy, Rio, and Zev. All of them appeared in the US Top 1000 for calendar year 2020, but did not make the list in 2019. They were my picks to compete in the New Names Showdown of 2021. But it’s your vote that narrowed that […]
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