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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Melina
Melina peaked in 2009 and holds rank 633 with 19,488 total SSA bearers — a name that's been quietly consistent for two decades without ever becoming common. It has the kind of und…
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Mylo
Mylo peaked in 2024 and ranks #642 with 3,205 total SSA bearers. It's the Y-spelling variant of Milo — a name with ancient Germanic roots that has been climbing steadily for years…
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Nathanael
Nathanael peaked in 2000 and currently ranks #674 with 21,774 total SSA bearers. It's the Biblical spelling, the one that appears in the Gospel of John, rather than the more commo…
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Nia
Nia peaked around 2000 and carries 25,013 SSA records, a three-letter Welsh name meaning "bright" or "radiance" that also functions as a Swahili word meaning "purpose." At rank 67…
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Porter
Porter peaked in 2015 and sits at rank #615 with 20,274 total SSA bearers. It's an occupational surname that crossed cleanly into first-name use — strong two-syllable rhythm, clea…
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Priscilla
Priscilla peaked in 1942 and has 122,234 total SSA bearers — a name with deep Latin bones, a biblical pedigree, and a complicated pop culture footprint that keeps it just slightly…
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Reign
Reign peaked in 2021 and currently ranks #624 with 3,662 total SSA bearers. It's a word name in the royal register — not just king or queen, but the act of ruling itself. Choosing…
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Remy
Remy peaked in 2020 and holds 7,869 SSA records — a Latin -rooted French name that arrived in American naming culture partly through a Pixar rat and ended up becoming a genuinely…
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Riggs
Riggs peaked in 2024 and ranks #668 with 2,657 total SSA bearers, making it one of the genuinely rare names in this tier. Parents choosing Riggs are almost certainly aware they're…
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Rosa
Rosa peaked in 1925 and carries an extraordinary 176,963 SSA records, a Latin name meaning simply "rose" that has been chosen by American parents across more than a century. At ra…
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Ryan
Ryan peaked for girls in 2018 and holds 27,225 SSA records, an Irish name meaning "little king" that started firmly male and has built a substantial female cohort over several dec…
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Sam
Sam peaked in 1918 and now holds rank #651 with 126,795 total SSA bearers. It's the oldest nickname form of Samuel — a biblical name of considerable gravity — used as a given name…
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Sariyah
Sariyah peaked in 2023 with 6,026 total SSA bearers and holds rank 627 — a name that blends Arabic linguistic structure with American creative naming in a way that feels both cult…
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Sasha
Sasha peaked in 1988 and has 38,071 total SSA bearers — a Russian nickname that became an independent name in America and has been quietly consistent for four decades. At rank 642…
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Selene
Selene peaked in 2022 and holds 9,240 SSA records, the Greek goddess of the moon wearing her mythology with unusual lightness. At rank 675, it's a name that feels both ancient and…
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Sevyn
Sevyn is as new as it looks: peaked in 2024 with only 1,918 total SSA bearers and currently ranked #659 . It's one of a small cluster of names that spell out a number phonetically…
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Shelby
Shelby peaked in 1991 and still carries over 148,000 SSA records — a Southern-tinged name that spent the late 1980s in movie theaters and the 1990s on birth certificates. At rank…
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Trace
Trace peaked in 2008 and ranks #704 with 13,419 total SSA bearers. It's a single-syllable name with an unusually light touch: more delicate than one-syllable competitors like Drak…
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Truett
Truett peaked in 2024 and holds rank #648 with 3,902 total SSA bearers. It's a Southern American name with a specific cultural anchor — the founder of Chick-fil-A — that has been…
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Uriah
Uriah peaked in 2014 and holds rank #654 with 11,645 total SSA bearers. It's an ancient Hebrew name from the Old Testament with a story that's both heroic and tragic — and a Victo…
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