The Fastest-Falling Baby Names of the Year
What goes up must come down—but not necessarily the same way.
Goodbye, Gavin: These Long-Time Favorites are On Their Way Out
Name trends have momentum. Once a name’s popularity starts heading downhill, you can count on it continuing that way unless acted upon by an outside force. Right now, 14 favorite names of the past generation are tipping down that slope. These names have just hit their lowest point since the […]
How Alexa the Product Conquered Alexa the Name
Amazon put us on a collision course. Not that we couldn’t see it coming—Apple’s Siri had sent early-warning signals years before. With Amazon’s “virtual assistant” Alexa, though, there was no escape. Human names and virtual names met head on, and the human names blinked. Alexa was America’s fastest-falling baby name […]
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