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NamesPop Editorial is the collective byline we use for research-led pieces that draw on multiple sources — linguistic studies, social science, historical data, and the NamesPop dataset itself.
Articles under this byline are written and edited by the NamesPop team and independent contributors, then reviewed against our editorial policy before publication. We use the collective byline when a piece synthesises existing research rather than reflecting a single writer's lived experience.
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Josue
Josue peaked in 2007 at rank 196 and now sits at 294, a slow descent that mirrors the broader pattern of Spanish-language biblical boy names from the same window. The total Americ…
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Juliana
Juliana has 66,530 cumulative American girls on SSA record and currently sits at rank 250, with a 2007 peak that placed it inside the top 200. The chart history runs across more t…
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Kaiden
Kaiden peaked in 2014 at the top of the Kayden/Caden/Kaden spelling cluster's 2010s wave, and now sits at rank 207 in 2024. The current chart shows a name in a slow descent from i…
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Kali
Kali carries 31,568 cumulative American girls on SSA record and currently sits at rank 294, with a 2019 peak that placed her inside the top 250. The chart shows a steady multi-dec…
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Kaylani
Kaylani has 10,190 cumulative American girls on SSA record and currently sits at rank 241, which is also its modern peak reached in 2024. The chart history began only in the 2000s…
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Kayson
Kayson hit a fresh peak in 2022 at rank 287 and now sits at 291, with 13,880 cumulative American boys on SSA record. The chart line shows essentially zero pre-2010 use followed by…
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Kimberly
Kimberly has 845,370 cumulative American girls on SSA record across the 20th and 21st centuries, with a 1970 peak that placed it inside the top 5. The current rank of 246 reflects…
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Kyrie
Kyrie peaked in 2017 at rank 235 and now sits at the same number on the descending slope. The total American count of 17,187 is concentrated in the 2011-2020 window, mapping close…
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Lane
Lane peaked in 2019 at rank 245 and now sits at 261, holding remarkably close to its peak across the past five years. The total American count of 46,173 reflects a short surname-s…
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Lauren
Lauren carries 474,797 cumulative American girls on SSA record and currently sits at rank 351, with a 1989 peak that placed her firmly inside the top 10. The chart traces one of t…
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Lola
Lola carries 95,745 cumulative American girls on SSA record and currently sits at rank 273, with a 1919 peak that placed her well inside the top 100 during the early 20th century.…
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Luciana
Luciana hit her American peak in 2024 at rank 291, with 15,487 cumulative girls on SSA record. The chart shows a steady multi-decade climb that accelerated through the 2010s and r…
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Maggie
Maggie carries 122,023 cumulative American girls on SSA record and currently sits at rank 300, with a 2007 peak that placed her inside the top 200. The chart shows a long, uneven…
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Maisie
Maisie has 11,620 cumulative American girls on SSA record and currently sits at rank 255, which is also its all-time peak reached in 2024. The chart history began in earnest only…
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Malakai
Malakai peaked in 2023 at rank 233 and now sits there in 2024. The total American count of 16,157 reflects a name that climbed steadily through the 2010s and is now plateauing nea…
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Malcolm
Malcolm peaked in 1992 at rank 196 and now sits at 314, a thirty-three-year drift that has kept the name in stable mid-chart territory rather than collapsing the way many late-twe…
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Malia
Malia carries 30,729 cumulative American girls on SSA record and currently sits at rank 326, with a 2009 peak. The chart shows a textbook celebrity-driven inflection: modest stead…
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Mariana
Mariana has 44,690 cumulative American girls on SSA record and currently sits at rank 242, with a 2005 peak that placed it inside the top 200. The chart history runs across more t…
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Mark
Mark sits at rank 246 in 2024, with a 1960 peak that placed the name in the top tier of mid-century American boy naming. The total American count of 1,360,769 puts Mark among the…
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Martin
Martin peaked in 1963 at rank 76 and now sits at 308, a sixty-two-year drift from mid-tier mainstream to the lower half of the chart. The total American count of 314,547 places Ma…
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