March Madness Baby Names 2022: Girls SemiFinals

We’ve reached the March Madness baby names 2022 girls semifinals!

First, a look back at where we’ve been so far.

The contest started with sixteen names, all drawn from the most-viewed posts at Appellation Mountain last year: Alessandra, Bernadette, Betty, Faye, Laken, Maisie, Marigold, Marlowe, Navy, Noa, Oakley, Persephone, Senna, Vera, Zella, and Zuzu.

We voted those down to eight, and now those eight names have been narrowed to just four!

Let’s look back at the last week’s results:

Vera sailed past Zella, commanding over 73% of the vote.
By the thinnest margin, Alessandra just barely squeaked past Faye with almost 51% of the total.
It was tight for a while, but Marigold ultimately scored over 57% of the tally to triumph over Maisie.
With a little over 53% of the score, Marlowe advances, while Persephone takes a seat.

The contests do tend to get closer as the competition heats up – which is how it should be right? I think that’s how the other March Madness works, too – the one with the basketballs.

That leads us to the semifinals!