It’s March! The world is watching basketball, thrilling in the competition.
Here? Instead of watching hoops, we’re voting our way through the most popular names at Appellation Mountain last year, until we find just one champion for the boys, and just one victor for the girls.
PAST MARCH MADNESS BABY NAMES CHAMPIONS
Wondering which names have won this contest in years past?
- Nathaniel and Louisa in 2011
- Arthur and Genevieve in 2012
- Archer and Isla in 2013
- Everett and Cora in 2014
- Finn and Cora in 2015*
- Theodore and Sylvie in 2016
- Leo and Wren in 2017
- Rowan and Eliza in 2018
- Arlo and Margot in 2019
- Caspian and Tess in 2020
- Raphael and Magnolia in 2021
- August and Marigold in 2022
- James and Gemma in 2023
- Callum and Maisie in 2024
2025 NAMES COMPETING
Every year, the most popular names at Appellation Mountain compete to join this list of March Madness champs. The names that compete were the most-viewed in the prior calendar year. That means January 1st through December 31st of 2024.
*There’s one difference between this tournament and the ones with basketballs. (Okay, more than one, but this matters most.) Past winners cannot compete in future years. We made that rule after Cora won back-to-back victories in 2014 and 2015. Hence the * after the 2015 listing.
That brings us to this year’s names:
TALLULAH
JAMES
VALANCY
KELSEY
DULCIE
AZURA
NORI
ALICE
ALIFAIR
SASKIA
PARALEE
CALISTA
NOA
POPPY
FLORA
ZONA
And with that, let’s get to the competition! As in March Madness, seeds are determined by rank. But for this contest, that doesn’t necessarily lead to an advantage.
TALLULAH versus ZONA
JAMES versus FLORA
VALANCY versus POPPY
KELSEY versus NOA
DULCIE versus CALISTA
AZURA versus PARALEE
NORI versus SASKIA
ALICE versus ALIFAIR
THANKS FOR VOTING!
Polls remain open until Wednesday, March 12th. Check back on March 15th to see if your favorites advance – and, of course, to vote in the next round!
