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.
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Jack Lin's contributions
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The Puppy Boom Is Real: What 87 Million Dogs Mean for Pet Name Diversity
87 million dogs in America and rising. NamesPop pet data shows whose names are growing — and it's not Rex and Duke. Here's what the puppy boom is actually doing to naming.
·9 min read
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Eliana Is the New Ava: Reading the 2025 SSA Data Like a Stock Chart
Eliana enters the top 10. Ava drops out. The 2025 SSA data tells a clear market story — here's how to read the signals before the next release.
·9 min read
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Albert
Albert peaked in 1921 but never fully disappeared — SSA records show 491,391 total bearers, and the name currently sits at rank #606 . That's the shape of a classic in slow recove…
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Aleena
Aleena peaked in 2015 and holds 12,096 SSA records — an Arabic -origin name meaning "soft" or "delicate" that has found consistent use across multiple communities in the United St…
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Amayah
Amayah peaked in 2022 and holds 5,326 SSA records, a name that blends the beloved Ama- opening with the -ayah suffix to create a construction that sounds both familiar and distinc…
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Averie
Averie peaked in 2014 and carries 13,041 SSA records — an alternate spelling of Avery that trades the dominant spelling's efficiency for a softer visual finish. At rank 660, it si…
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Aviana
Aviana peaked in 2016 and holds 8,560 SSA records, a Latin -origin name that combines avian bird imagery with a flowing feminine ending to produce something that sounds both ancie…
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Aya
Aya peaked in 2024 — this is its moment — with 7,534 total SSA bearers and rank 630. Three letters, three sounds, a name that feels simultaneously ancient and brand new. Aya is th…
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Belen
Belen reached its current-peak in 2024 and holds 11,940 SSA records, a Hebrew -origin name transmitted through Spanish that means "Bethlehem" and carries a quiet spiritual resonan…
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Boston
Boston peaked in 2014 and ranks #627 with 10,448 total SSA bearers. It's one of the American city-names that crossed into given-name territory — joining Austin, Camden, Dallas, an…
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Braylen
Braylen peaked in 2011 and currently ranks #665 with 12,880 total SSA bearers. It belongs to a generation of American names built by combining familiar sounds into new constructio…
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Briar
Briar peaked in 2023 and ranks #698 with 5,948 total SSA bearers. As a boys' name, it occupies a genuinely interesting space: nature-derived, slightly wild-feeling, and cross-gend…
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Bruno
Bruno peaked in 2022 and ranks #701 with 18,521 total SSA bearers. It's been a European staple for centuries, common in Germany, Italy, and Spain, but its American adoption is mor…
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Clover
Clover peaked in 2024 — it is, at this exact moment, at the height of its modern use. At 5,057 total SSA bearers and rank 618, Clover is small but accelerating, and it belongs to…
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Creed
Creed peaked in 2024 at rank #612 with 5,504 total SSA bearers. It's a word name with singular directness — one syllable, one meaning, maximum statement. Parents choosing Creed ar…
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Davis
Davis peaked in 2007 and ranks #645 with 31,663 total SSA bearers. It's a Welsh patronymic surname — son of David — that has been used as a first name in the United States with pa…
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Dax
Dax peaked in 2019 and holds rank #636 with 11,524 total SSA bearers. Three letters, one syllable, an X at the end — Dax is maximum efficiency in name form. It belongs to a specif…
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Dylan
Dylan peaked for girls in 2017 and holds 15,929 SSA records, a Welsh mythological name that began as definitively male and has steadily built a substantial girls' cohort over the…
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Eliseo
Eliseo peaked in 2024 and ranks #630 with 11,446 total SSA bearers. It's the Italian and Spanish form of Elisha — a biblical prophet's name given melodic Mediterranean warmth that…
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Elliott
Elliott for girls peaked in 2019 and holds rank 612 today with 7,675 total SSA bearers — a number that tells you this is genuinely a choice, not an accident. Elliott is the curren…
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