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Though I’m talking about the baby name and not the UFC fighter, the two are inextricably linked. In 2015, California-born mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey was at the peak of her fame. How do… 
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It's May 1st and all I keep thinking is "any day now!" Any day now, we learn America's most popular baby names of 2016! While we wait, I still need to finish up this post series. So today, here are some girls' names used only 6 times in 2015! After this post, there are…
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Today we have an extensive (but not exhaustive) selection of girls' names used just 8 times in 2015! The data comes to us from the Social Security Administration, which publishes America's most popular baby names (and then some) every year in May. Just a few more weeks! 8 girls: Aakriti, Aarini, Abra, Adaliyah, Adamary, Adaugo,…
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Penley, Nigeria, Ataleya, and more.
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Hi everyone! Hope you're having a good Friday and National Beer Day. I celebrated the occasion with a dark Belgian brew (Brouwerij Honsebrouck, I think) that tasted rather of cherry-chocolate or port. Yum! Today's selection of rare names covers some of the girls' names used only 9 times in 2015. The data comes from the…
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Eirene, Poetry, Tehillah, and more.
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These 25 names were the fastest rising names for girls 2016. Did any of your favorites make this list? Are any of these the next big thing?
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Happy Tuesday! Before I get into the real content of this post (the names!), I'd like to note a few changes to this site. First, I eliminated the tag cloud because a) it was mainly aesthetic and b) I don't know if anyone actually used it...or the category list, for that matter. If you do…
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Avis, Esli, Beulah, and many more.
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This is the last of my four-part series, Barely There Names! If you have ideas for future name posts that involve data, tell me in the comments!
Clare's insight:
Pippin, Righteous, Shalimar and more.
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Nicknames of the Past The most popular Girls’ nicknames of the 1880s according to the US SSA In alphabetical order: bolded names are within the Top 100 Abbie, Abby Addie Aggie Allie Ammi
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Alaya, Arianna, Isabella, Elisa - names with these sounds are dominating the girls' top 1000. Vowel-heavy, melodic choices seem to be the fashion, with 77% of names in the top 100 starting or ending with a vowel. What about the other twenty-three names?
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Hundreds of baby girls are being given names that were long used only for boys. In some cases, it's celebrity inspired, but not always.
Tathianna De La Torre's curator insight,
November 6, 2016 4:37 PM
This article is quite interesting, it addresses the change within society that needed to be made. Hopefully some day people will think that it is okay for boys to have "girl" names too.
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Lynn is an extremely trendy and popular element for American baby names this decade. The vast majority of the 446 'Lynn' names listed in the extended data in 2015 were given to girls, though that's not counting the 'Lyn' names (which, including the Lynns, totals at 1054 names). Lynn itself is a mid-century unisex American…
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Hey all! Time for some rare baby names. :) If you're just tuning into this series, let me explain. Once a week, I select some rare but totally real American baby names and post them. The data comes from the Social Security Administration, which publishes a top 1000 list every May plus an extended set…
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Dorcas, Lindley, Magdalen, November, and more.
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As promised in my analysis, here is the full list of girls' names that were in the top 1000 only in the U.S. or only in the combined England/Wales top 1000! Unlike with my other posts, I won't color-code this one; I don't think anyone can stand reading long lists written in magenta. Either way,…
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The Well-Informed Namer: making this list, so we don't have to: we just get to sit back and enjoy it.
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We're finally at the last post of this series. The way the American data works, you can only see names that were used 5 or more times in a year...and we're at that minimum. What's more, the 2016 data comes out this Friday (yay)! For fun, I suggest looking back through these posts and guessing…
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Just in time for the next set of data! Featuring Apsara, Independence, Ludovica, Nilufer, and more.
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For this Monday morning, here are some girls' names used only 7 times in 2015! The data comes from the Social Security Administration, which will release the 2016 set towards the beginning of May. The wait is short now! 7 girls: Abiageal, Accalia, Adalen, Adaleyza, Adrijana, Ahmiracle, Ai, Ailanie, Aisleigh, Aj, Aliceson, Alyrica, Amberlin, Ambriella,…
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Nature is waking up again! Let’s celebrate by checking out which nature names are the most popular for baby girls right now. Ironically the top 50 list below includes all the seasons except f…
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The results of the Twitter poll are in! According to your votes, Autumn is the overwhelming favorite season baby name (60%). Summer was the second-most popular, taking 20% of the votes. Spring and Winter received one vote each. Besides winning my poll, Autumn is the only of these names that's currently in the American top…
Clare's insight:
Kitty, Copper, Zeppelin, and more.
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Hello! I hope you're having a good Saturday. Before I get into the main content of this post, I have an announcement: the Well-Informed Namer is now on Twitter! If you'd like to follow me, the handle is @W_I_Namer. And now, the names! Today's post includes some of the very unusual names given to only…
Clare's insight:
Oluwatomisin, Rainbow, Jamaica, and more.
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Can you believe it's only February? It feels like April! I'm not complaining...yet. The U.S. name popularity data for 2016 won't be released until May, but until then, the 2015 data is the freshest we have. Sometime soon, I'll sit down and tally my predictions for the new year. In the meantime, I'd like to…
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Today continues the "barely there" theme - recognizing names that just made the cutoff, looking for signs of name trends to come! We're looking at girls' names today and Wednesday.
Clare's insight:
Almadelia, Merav, Independence and more.
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Have you ever wanted to get to know someone because they had an intriguing name?
Clare's insight:
Enid, Starlynn, Rani, Greenley, and more.
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Hi everyone! This week's batch of rare names is rather large, and since this is only a selection of some names from the 20-22 range of the extended data...there are plenty more. You'll find many more girls' names towards the bottom of the barrel than you will boys' names. Parents tend to be more creative…
Clare's insight:
Island, Lorenza, Phyllis and more.
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What do you think of these names? I think my personal favorites are Celestina, Florencia, and Gertrude!
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I did the -leys a few months back, and I got a perverse urge to find all the -lyns as well.
Clare's insight:
From Evelyn and Brooklyn to Copelyn and Thailyn.
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I can't guarantee these names to be misspelling-proof, but here are the names from the Top 1000 that have no alternate spellings (well, none given to 5 or more girls, at least).
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