Watch the Influence of a Celebrity Baby Name Spread
What started out as a single name became so much more.
These Letter Pairs Just Didn’t Exist Until the 21st Century
What new names include pairs like xb and fj?
Living the Jream? It Depends Who You Ask.
A new spelling trend reveals a complicated linguistic divide.
This Name Has 135 Different Spellings
I set out to find the creative spelling champion. I got more than I bargained for.
AA is for…AAnything?
Aaron used to have the start of the alphabet to itself, but times have changed.
The Complete Master List of Palindrome Baby Names
Looking for a name that you’ll love just as much backwards and forwards? This is the only place you have to look.
Big Rat Wig: a Hidden Word Name Challenge
Hidden words may be lurking inside your favorite names. Can you guess the most popular name containing each of these words?
Add H: America’s Silent Trend
There’s a new letter in town, and it’s just for show. Allow me to introduce the “ornamental H,” an alphabetic flourish that’s adding a stylistic—not phonetic—note to names like Whyatt, Khadence and Ameliah.
Look Ma, No Consonants!
Vowels have been squeezing out consonants in names for years. Now they’re cutting out the middleman. More and more, vowel sounds follow one another in baby names without any consonant buffer—just ask Liam or Noah.
The Secret Lives of Jenny and Jessie
Psst…you know Jenny and Jessie, right? They’re the standard nicknames for Jennifer and Jessica, the two names that dominated American fashion for decades. No names could be more familiar. Well, once upon a time Jenny and Jessie weren’t the same nicknames-next-door that we know and love. In fact, they weren’t […]
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