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March Madness 2015: Boys Quarter Finals

March 14, 2015 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

March Madness Baby NamesThis is always the part of March Madness Baby Names that makes me the tiniest bit sad! The opening round is so full of possibility, and then … it’s the quarter finals and time to say good-bye to some favorites.

My favorites lost in five of the eight boys’ match-ups! Then again, the names that made it through are truly great, so it’s easy to imagine one of these eight names winning the whole tournament:

  • Elliott (#16) easily upset the top-seeded Rafferty (#1).
  • #2 Soren just squeaked by Atticus (#15), with less than a percentage point separating them. (Soren had 50.6% of the vote, compared to Atticus, with 49.4%).
  • Emrys (#14) bested Koa (#3).
  • Beckett (#4) crushed Cove (#13), with more than 77% of the vote – the biggest defeat this round. I can see Beckett running away with the whole tournament this year!
  • Atlas (#12) carried the day, beating Cael (#15).
  • This one surprised me! Shepherd (#11) won over Huxley (#6).
  • Defending champion Everett (#10) just squeaked past Sullivan (#7). Everett had just under 53% of the vote.
  • No surprise here – Finn (#8) defeated Fox (#9) with more than 70% of the vote. Fox is a great name, but Finn is well-established as a favorite.

If you’d like to catch up on past winners of March Madness, read the opening round for boys here and for girls here.

Otherwise, let’s proceed to the match-ups for the quarter finals!

Up-and-coming surname name Elliott (#16) takes on Irish favorite Finn (#8).

 

The victors of our two closest opening round matches face off: Soren (#2) faces Everett (#10).

 

Fan favorite Emrys (#14) takes on gentle occupational name Shepherd (#11)

 

The literary Beckett (#4) faces the mythological Atlas (#12)

 

Voting is open through the morning of Friday, March 20th. Check back on Saturday, March 21st for the next round!

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Comments

  1. Maggie says

    March 16, 2015 at 10:14 AM

    I can’t say I like any of these

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  2. Josie says

    March 16, 2015 at 5:20 AM

    Shepherd’s charms escape me entirely. I voted Koa over Emrys, but Emrys over Shepherd.

    I know a baby Atlas. I like it a lot.

    Reply
  3. Madelyn says

    March 15, 2015 at 1:48 AM

    Remember when Finn seemed like a cool, hip, one-syllable name? Maybe it’s just me, but Finn just seems a tad dusty now and less hip, if that makes any sense. I don’t dislike it- it is still a fine name. It’s just interesting how quickly my impression of the name changed.

    Anyway, enough rambling. Shepherd and Emrys was a very hard one for me. Sadly, I think Emrys will be out this round.

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