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SUNDAY SUMMARY

Sharing all the baby name news from the week!

Every Sunday, the Summary rounds up the most newsworthy name-related stories, along with the occasional blast from the past. We'll examine trends and themes, surprising celebrity choices, and names in the headlines, too.

Sunday Summary: For the Birds

August 21, 2022 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Sunday Summary: 8.21.22

I like birds. I mean … who doesn’t? But a few years ago, I led my daughter’s scout troop while we earned our ornithology badge during the heights of 2020 stay-at-home orders. (It turns out you can do lots of bird watching in your backyard, and then report it out on Zoom.) And so I’ve […]

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Sunday Summary: Putting a Hat on a Hat

August 14, 2022 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

Sunday Summary 8.14.22

Have you seen this viral Tweet? I’m begging y’all to remember that you’re naming people, not just babies. A 17 year old will have that name, a 28 year old will have that name, a 43 year old will have that name, a 77 year old grandparent will have that name. Maybe we should rethink […]

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Sunday Summary: In Praise of Kardashian Baby Names

August 7, 2022 By appellationmountain 1 Comment

Sunday Summary: 8.7.22

I say this every few years. Probably. Maybe more. The Kardashian-Jenner family gets a lot of things right when it comes to naming their children. They embrace personal meaning. They understand that, because they want their children’s names to be distinctive, they’re going to have to go big. But my favorite part about the family? […]

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Sunday Summary: Trends, not Fads

July 31, 2022 By appellationmountain 1 Comment

Sunday Summary 7.31.22

Parents sometimes talk about avoiding trendy names. And I get it! No one wants a name that screams “born in 2022.” Except … Avoiding a time-stamped name is tough! In fact, it often means choosing names we like less. And really, most of us have names that suggest our generation. Henry and Theo are classics, […]

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Sunday Summary: Baby Boomer Names

July 24, 2022 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

Sunday Summary 7.24.22

This caught my eye: in a recent Swistle post, she posited that the family needed “Baby Boomer names that are about to start sounding good again.” What? Already? Of course already. Conventional wisdom tells us that it takes about a century for names to hit peak popularity, fall out of use, hibernate, and then feel […]

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Sunday Summary: Let’s Talk About Unique Names

July 17, 2022 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

Sunday Summary 7.17.22

Here’s something that I often tell parents worried about choosing a too-common name: kids often don’t mind sharing. And it’s true! It’s the parent that gets frustrated when her freshman year roommate names her kid Eloise, too. Still, there’s nothing wrong with avoiding the Top Ten, Top 100, or even Top 1000 names. But here’s […]

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Sunday Summary: Lace Up Your Boots

July 10, 2022 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Sunday Summary 7.10.22

I recently came across this quote: In order to get over a problem, it helps to look at it. You can’t climb a mountain that you pretend isn’t there. – Matt Haig Ooh … I’ve totally done this. I mean, haven’t we all? But I found myself thinking about how easy it is to do […]

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Sunday Summary: Sea Glass

July 3, 2022 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Sunday Summary 7.3.22

I love sea glass. No, seriously. I go wild for it. Practically speaking, I know it’s just busted up beer bottles, tumbled in the surf until they’re pretty. It’s sometimes called a reverse gemstone. Litter, redeemed. But I think there’s a lesson in sea glass for those of us choosing names. (I mean, of course […]

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Sunday Summary: From Tony and Steve to Kamala and Riri

June 26, 2022 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Sunday Summary 6.26.22

We’d planned to take a Big Family Trip in the summer of 2020. Obviously, that didn’t happen. But earlier this month, we finally made it to California! There was whale watching. A beach day. And, of course, Anaheim. If you haven’t been, Disney’s California Adventure is home to the Avengers Campus. My daughter met Ms. […]

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Sunday Summary: Let’s Hear it for the Dads

June 19, 2022 By appellationmountain 2 Comments

Sunday Summary 6.19.22

If you’re celebrating Father’s Day today, I hope you’re having a wonderful time! And if today is hard for you, sending love. When I started this site in 2008, I almost never heard from dads. That’s changed a lot over the last fourteen (!) years. Maybe it’s that this generation of parents thinks about names […]

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