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March Madness 2016: Girls Opening Round

March 5, 2016 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

March Madness 2016 girls opening roundIt’s the first Saturday in March, and that means it’s time for March Madness Baby Names here at Appellation Mountain!

This is the sixth year of competition, and the first year that prior March Madness winners are expressly excluded from defending their titles.

Past year’s winners are as follows:

  • Our very first year’s winner was the literary Louisa.
  • Genevieve took the top spot in 2012.
  • Isla won the tourney in 2013.
  • Cora came out on top in 2014.
  • In 2015, Cora defended the title, besting Wren, 54% to 45%.

Wren is back for another shot at the trophy in 2016. In fact, a lot of the contestants are not new to March Madness. Elodie, Esme, Pluma, Lena, Selah, Nadia, and Mira all competed in 2015, too.

How does a name make it to the sweet sixteen? It’s based on the most viewed posts at Appellation Mountain in the prior calendar year. Some of the names rank so well because they’re rarities covered more in-depth here than many other places. Other names are popular everywhere. And some simply reflect the tastes and interests of Appellation Mountain readers.

Speaking of readers, this one wouldn’t be possible without you – for a million reasons! But specifically, March Madness only works when you click through and vote on the polls every Saturday. The girls’ rounds go up first, shortly after midnight, with the boys following about twelve hours later.

That’s enough chatter for now … ready, set, vote!

March Madness 2016: Girls Opening RoundThe lovely, international Lena v. the distinctively Cornish Elowen

A French face-off: Elodie v. Sylvie

Short Selah v. sassy Maisie

Nature name Wren v. Greek rarity Phryne

A match-up brought to you by the letter M: Marigold v. Mira

A battle between two rising names: Esme v. Aveline

Feathery Pluma v. darlin’ Clementine

A fight between two ends-in-a names: Nadia v. Lila

Polls stay open through the morning of Friday, March 11th. Check back for the results on Saturday, March 12th. You’ll be able to vote in the semi-finals then, too!

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Comments

  1. C in DC says

    March 9, 2016 at 2:24 PM

    Nadia v. Lila was my toughest choice.

    Reply
  2. Colleen says

    March 5, 2016 at 9:52 PM

    Tough choices all but I’m Team Aveline this year.

    Reply
  3. Tonia says

    March 5, 2016 at 12:30 PM

    The only one I didn’t know instantly was Mira vs. Marigold. I love love love Marigold, and I ultimately chose it, buy had Mira been paired with another name, say Clementine or Lila, I probably would have picked it over those.

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