Ready for summer fun, baby names style? Welcome to the first ever New Names Showdown 2016 girls opening round! Our goal: to choose the name most likely to climb dramatically when the new numbers come out in 2017. This is the girls’ contest; the boys’ opening round will post tomorrow. Where did the names come […]
READ MORE >>Baby Name Predictions: Top 100 Contenders 2015
The United States Social Security Administration should release the new Top 1000 baby names later today, and I’ll have a post up shortly after we have the data. But I can’t put my crystal ball away just yet. Let’s take a quick look at a few of the names I think will enter the US Top 100. […]
READ MORE >>Baby Name Predictions: 2015 Top Ten List
The 2015 Top Ten list will be released in just a few more weeks! The US Social Security Administration will release the new Top Ten – actually the Top 1000 list, along with all of the supporting data – around Mother’s Day – which is really, really soon. I love a good round of baby […]
READ MORE >>Baby Names: Trendwatch 2016 Predictions
Baby name predictions are endlessly fascinating. Which letters and sounds and pop culture influences will change the way we name our children? In my 2015 predictions, I added a list of specific names to watch, and yesterday, we took a look at how well my crystal-ball gazing turned out. Now it’s time for Trendwatch 2016. […]
READ MORE >>Baby Name Predictions 2016
It’s that time of year again! Bring on the Baby Name Predictions 2016. Because I love to check in and grade the prior year’s post, I do my best to come up with clear, objective predictions. That’s not always how we think about future trends, is it? So there’s some of both in this list. If you’re […]
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