• Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Request a Name

Appellation Mountain

Where every name has a story

  • Baby Name Advice & More
  • Master List: Girl Names
  • Master List: Boy Names
  • Private Baby Name Consulting

Name of the Day: Elke

December 3, 2009 By appellationmountain 21 Comments

Heidi screams of the Swiss Alps, but how about this unusual related name? Thanks to Photoquilty for suggesting Elke as Name of the Day.

READ MORE >>

Special Report: Boys’ Top 100 Revised

September 22, 2008 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

We’ve tallied. We’ve clustered. We’ve grouped and ungrouped. We’ve stewed. And while we still think there’s room for improvement, we’ve decided that our Revised 100 is ready to meet the world. You can download the files from the box.net widget in the right hand column, or read on for some insights.

READ MORE >>

Revised Boys’ Top Ten: Classics Versus the Blob

September 12, 2008 By appellationmountain 11 Comments

Conventional wisdom tells us that parents hesitate to bestow unusual names on their sons. And there’s some statistical truth to that old chestnut: while about three-quarters of all children born in the US receive a Top 1000 name, the percentage is higher for boys. In 2007, more than 80% of our sons’ names charted; the […]

READ MORE >>

Special Report: Girls Top 100, Revised

June 15, 2008 By appellationmountain 10 Comments

We’re not the first to say that the Social Security Administration’s Top 1000 name list can lead a parent astray. While it is a fabulous tool, and worth every nickel of my tax dollar, like any data set, it requires some interpretation. About a week after it first came out, we posted our Top Ten […]

READ MORE >>
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter


POPULAR POSTS

Tweets by @appmtn
Visit Appellation Mountain's profile on Pinterest.

Copyright © 2023 · AppellationMountain.net on Genesis Framework · Privacy Policy · Log in