Author
Jack Lin
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
Based in Taipei, Taiwan
Jack is a software engineer based in Taipei, Taiwan. He built NamesPop because the naming tools he found online all felt the same: slow, ad-heavy, and better at gathering SEO keywords than answering a parent's actual question.
He spends most of his writing time on trend analysis, data provenance, and the question of how software changes the small family decisions that used to happen in living rooms. Lately he has been thinking about how algorithms shape naming itself — what it means when a top-100 list starts to feel like a recommendation engine.
He lives with a rabbit named Money, which is where most of his pet-naming opinions come from.
2,387
Total pieces
131
Articles
1,085
Baby commentary
1,171
Pet commentary
Jack Lin's contributions
- Baby commentary
Pablo
Pablo currently sits at rank 406 with 49,617 total American boys carrying the name, peaking in 2006 during a broader era of mainstream Spanish-language adoption. The trajectory ha…
- Baby commentary
Paige
Paige carries 145,848 cumulative American girls on SSA record and currently sits at rank 375, with a 2003 peak. The chart traces a clean late-millennium arc: minimal pre-1980 pres…
- Baby commentary
Pedro
Pedro peaked in 2000 at rank 401 with 93,393 total American boys carrying the name, anchoring its place among the steady Spanish-language classics of the late twentieth century. T…
- Baby commentary
Philip
Philip is one of the few names in the English language with a genuinely royal, philosophical, and apostolic pedigree all running simultaneously. Philip of Macedon. Philip the Apos…
- Baby commentary
Phoenix
Phoenix carries 15,480 cumulative American girls on SSA record, sits at rank 421, and reached its peak in 2020. The chart shows minimal pre-2010 use as a girl name, a clean 2015-2…
- Baby commentary
Prince
Prince peaked in 2019 at rank 404 with 22,884 American boys carrying the name, a recent climb that reflects both the lingering cultural memory of musician Prince Rogers Nelson (19…
- Baby commentary
Raya
Raya carries 7,165 cumulative American girls on SSA record and currently sits at rank 363, with a 2023 peak. The chart traces an unusually steep recent arc: minimal presence befor…
- Baby commentary
Reed
Reed sits at rank 421 with 35,284 total American boys carrying the name, peaking in 2014 within the broader short-and-strong boy-name wave. The name has held its ground without an…
- Baby commentary
Rodrigo
Rodrigo is how the Iberian Peninsula said Roderick — and in doing so, it became the name of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, the 11th-century Spanish knight known as El Cid, one of the grea…
- Baby commentary
Ronin
Ronin is a Japanese word that has leapt from cultural reference to baby name in remarkable fashion. In feudal Japan, a rōnin was a samurai without a master — a warrior who existed…
- Baby commentary
Rylie
Rylie is one spelling in a cluster that includes Riley, Rylee, Ryleigh, and Rylie, and that spelling ecosystem is worth understanding before you commit. Riley ranks in the Top 20…
- Baby commentary
Sabrina
Sabrina carries 141,633 cumulative American girls on SSA record and currently sits at rank 357, with a 1997 peak. The chart traces a clear sitcom arc: minimal mid-century presence…
- Baby commentary
Saige
Saige carries 11,476 cumulative American girls on SSA record, sits at rank 448, and reached its peak in 2022. The chart shows minimal pre-2005 use, gradual 2010s climb, and recent…
- Baby commentary
Santino
Santino peaked in 2024 at rank 362 with 12,683 American boys carrying the name, marking its current high point in the SSA rankings. The recent rise tracks the broader Italian-and-…
- Baby commentary
Sarai
Sarai carries 22,181 cumulative American girls on SSA record, sits at rank 445, and reached its peak in 2007. The chart shows minimal pre-1990 use, a steady 1990s climb, and a 200…
- Baby commentary
Saul
Saul is one of those names that sounds like it was always going to be taken seriously. Current rank #559 , with 42,751 total SSA bearers — it has been a consistent presence in the…
- Baby commentary
Scarlet
Scarlet (one t) and Scarlett (two t's) split the data significantly, with Scarlett ranking far higher in U.S. records. But the single-t form has its own logic: it's the original E…
- Baby commentary
Scott
Scott peaked in 1971 — the year it was the 12th most popular boy name in America. Current rank #565 , with an extraordinary 774,451 total SSA bearers. That total makes Scott one o…
- Baby commentary
Sean
Sean peaked in 1990 at rank 436 with 423,036 total American boys carrying the name, a substantial cumulative count that places it among the most successful Irish-origin names in A…
- Baby commentary
Shane
Shane peaked in 1973 and holds at current rank #601 , with 192,143 total SSA bearers — a massive total that reflects decades as a popular choice. Shane is now in the grandfather-t…
How we work
Editorial policy →
Topic selection, verification, corrections.
How we gather data
Methodology →
Sources, processing pipeline, limitations.