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January 13, 2023 5:42 PM
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Le monde du football a perdu le "Roi" Pelé en 2022 mais le nom de ce joueur de légende va encore perdurer notamment à travers les 738 enfants péruviens nés l'an dernier.
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December 15, 2021 4:44 PM
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Arnaz family on the cover of LIFE, 1953 The sitcom I Love Lucy (1951-1957) was TV’s first mega-hit. It won five Emmys and was ranked the #1 TV show in America four out of its six seasons. The…
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September 15, 2021 6:21 PM
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The name Kanye debuted in the SSA’s baby name data in 2002. It saw peak usage just two years later, in 2004: 2007: 53 boys named Kanye2006: 101 boys named Kanye2005: 202 boys (and 5 girls) na…
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July 29, 2021 4:20 PM
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List of African names in Jet magazine, 1971 In September of 1971, Jet magazine published a one-page article that ended up having a strong influence on U.S. baby names. It was called “African …
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May 30, 2021 6:27 PM
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Each year, hundreds of new baby names make their first marks in the United States. Many are variations on familiar names. Others may be unfamiliar here, but well-known in other parts of the world. Still others are inspired by the words and names expectant parents encounter every day, from video …
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May 18, 2021 9:25 AM
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Which of the names in the 2020 pop culture baby name game saw higher usage last year? The following names increased in usage from 2019 to 2020. They’re ordered by relative size of increase. N…
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May 9, 2021 6:18 PM
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In a year like no other, the top rising names were heartfelt memorials
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May 7, 2021 10:50 AM
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At the 2019 Name of the Year competition, held during the 2020 annual meeting of the American Name Society in New Orleans, the name “Baby Yoda” won in the “Artistic and Literary Name” category. In his report of the competition, Cleve Evans writes,
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May 1, 2021 11:52 AM
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She later changed her name to Lalisa, which means "praised", at the behest of a fortune-teller, who claimed it would bring her prosperity.
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March 22, 2021 5:50 PM
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“This is the true story…of seven strangers…picked to live in a loft…and have their lives taped…” Several months ago, the cast of the inaugural season of MTV’s The Real World…
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March 13, 2021 3:10 PM
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One of last week’s post featured Glenna Lee McCarthy, whose father was famous Texas oil prospector and entrepreneur Glenn McCarthy (1907-1988). Writer Edna Ferber fictionalized Glenn’s …
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February 19, 2021 10:24 AM
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Doctor Who is a British television cult science-fiction program produced by the BBC. From the decades of seasons, you can be sure that there have been some great names as well. Here are some of our favorite Doctor Who inspired baby names.
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February 18, 2021 4:10 PM
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Captain and Tennille The baby name Tennille debuted impressively in the U.S. baby name data in 1975. In fact, it was one of the top debut names of the entire decade. It also inspired dozens of vari…
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January 8, 2023 4:52 AM
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From Lionel Messi and Jack Grealish to Wednesday Addams, some of last year's most prominent pop culture and sporting figures are behind this year's baby name trends
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October 19, 2021 2:39 PM
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The Age of Olives continues, and more lessons from the 2020 English baby name stats
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August 3, 2021 11:43 AM
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In the TV sitcom Family Affair, which premiered in 1966, a Manhattan bachelor suddenly becomes a father of three when he takes in his late brother’s orphaned children: 15-year-old Cissy and 6…
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July 23, 2021 4:33 PM
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The hit show's cultural impact may have extended to the baby-naming realm.
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May 19, 2021 4:28 PM
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26 intriguing brand-new names for boys, with descriptions of their origins
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May 13, 2021 7:01 PM
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In a year where we consumed more media than ever before, pop-culture inspired names ruled for baby girls and boys.
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May 7, 2021 10:52 AM
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The interesting name Lacosta first appeared in the U.S. baby name data in 1974, and it reached peak usage several years later in 1977: 1978: 17 baby girls named Lacosta1977: 40 baby girls named Lac…
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May 7, 2021 10:28 AM
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In places like Italy and Spain, Nico (pronounced nee-ko) is a masculine name. It’s used most often for baby boys in the United States as well, but was trendier for girls from the late ’…
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April 30, 2021 5:39 PM
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March 17, 2021 11:36 AM
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Parents often rule out favorite names because of pop culture or current events. But those associations often fade ... sometimes in a matter of weeks.
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March 1, 2021 4:23 PM
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February 18, 2021 4:12 PM
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The interesting name Bavan was a one-hit wonder in the baby name data in the mid-1960s: 1966: unlisted1965: unlisted1964: 5 baby girls named Bavan1963: unlisted1962: unlisted Where did it come from…
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