July has flown by! We’re already at the FINAL round for the Girls’ New Names Showdown 2021. Every year, the US Social Security Administration releases the 1000 most popular names for girls and boys born in the prior twelve months. Some of those names are brand new to the list. Others are back after an […]
READ MORE >>New Names Showdown 2021: Boys SemiFinals
If it’s July, then it’s time for the New Names Showdown! Every year, the US Social Security Administration releases the 1000 most popular names. Some of them are brand new to the rankings, debuting for the first time ever. Others return after an absence. It’s usually a few dozen names for each gender. I take […]
READ MORE >>New Names Showdown 2021: Girls SemiFinals
The New Names Showdown 2021 is underway! Every year, when the new data is released, a handful of names have returned to the US Top 1000, or debuted for the very first time. I choose eight of my favorites for boys, and eight for girls. By favorites, I mean the most interesting names – some […]
READ MORE >>New Names Showdown 2021: Boys Opening Round
Time for the boys’ opening round in the 2021 New Names Showdown! Not sure what that means? Typically, on the Friday before Mother’s Day, the US Social Security Administration releases the new names popularity data, based on births in the prior calendar year. It’s a fascinating list, and we dissect and review it for all […]
READ MORE >>New Names Showdown 2021: Girls Opening Round
Time for the girls’ opening round in the 2021 New Names Showdown! Wondering what that could possibly be? On (usually) the Friday before Mother’s Day, the US Social Security Administration releases the new names popularity data, based on births in the prior calendar year. It’s a fascinating list, and we dissect and review it for […]
READ MORE >>New Names Showdown 2020: The Winners!
The votes are in, and you’ve chosen the BEST new boy name and girl name for the year. Drumroll, please … ELODIE and CALLAHAN How did we get here? Every year, the US Social Security Administration releases the Top 1000 names, divided by gender. Inevitably, some names fall off the list. Others return, or debut […]
READ MORE >>New Names Showdown 2020: Girls Final
It’s always a bittersweet moment: the final round of the New Names Showdown! Like everything circa 2020, this contest is a little bit different. We usually vote our way through our favorite new names at peak summer. But this year, the most popular baby names data release was delayed until September. So here we are, […]
READ MORE >>New Names Showdown 2020: Boys Final
Time to predict the future! Every year, Appellation Mountain readers weigh in on the best new boys names. They’re the names recently returned to or debuting in the US Top 1000. And your track record? It’s AMAZING, especially when it comes to boy names. In 2016, we picked Wilder. The name has climbed from #963 […]
READ MORE >>New Names Showdown 2020: Girls SemiFinal
The votes are in! The opening round of the New Names Showdown 2020 is over, and just four names will advance to today’s SemiFinal round. If you’re new here, every year we do our best to predict which of the names new – or newly returned – to the US Top 1000 will be the […]
READ MORE >>New Names Showdown 2020: Boys SemiFinal
Thanks for voting in the boys’ opening round of 2020’s New Names Showdown. We’ve narrowed our list from eight contenders to just four. Before we get to the next set of contests, let’s look back at the week’s results. Mac handily defeated Rome. With 59% of the vote, the Jack-Max successor leaves the Eternal City […]
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