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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Blake
Blake on the boys' chart sits at rank 265 in 2024, with a 2012 peak that reflected a long climb through the 1990s and 2000s. The total American count of 185,455 boys reflects a na…
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Bowen
Bowen reached its all-time peak in 2024 at rank 321, with a total American count of 11,889 placing it among the steadily climbing Welsh-surname names of the past decade. This is a…
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Brady
Brady peaked in 2007 at rank 65 and now sits at 309, a steady eighteen-year settling that has cooled the name from peak-era mainstream into mid-chart territory rather than collaps…
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Brian
Brian peaked in 1972 at rank 8 and now sits at 301, a fifty-three-year drift from top-tier to mid-chart that mirrors the broader trajectory of late-20th-century Anglo-Irish boy na…
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Brooke
Brooke carries 197,517 cumulative American girls on SSA record and currently sits at rank 308, with a 1996 peak that placed her firmly inside the top 100. The chart shows a textbo…
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Cody
Cody peaked in 1992 at rank 25 and now sits at 289, a steep three-decade descent that mirrors several Anglicized Irish surnames from the late-20th-century wave. The total American…
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Collins
Collins peaked in 2023 at rank 257 with 9,490 cumulative girls on SSA record, and the curve is almost vertical. This is a Southern-style surname-as-given-name story: virtually no…
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Cyrus
Cyrus hit its peak in 2024 at rank 254, with 27,908 total American uses. The most-recent peak combined with substantial cumulative count signals a name that has been quietly climb…
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Delaney
Delaney has 44,150 cumulative American girls on SSA record and currently sits at rank 216, well below the 2004 peak that placed it just inside the top 200. The chart shape shows a…
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Edward
Edward sits at rank 228 in 2024, far below its 1924 peak. The total American count of 1,301,987 places Edward among the most heavily-used boy names in American history, with the b…
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Eric
Eric sits at rank 251 in 2024, well below its 1970 peak. The total American count of 887,636 places Eric among the most heavily-used boy names of the late 20th century. The chart…
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Esmeralda
Esmeralda carries 50,743 cumulative American girls on SSA record and currently sits at rank 350, with a 1998 peak. The chart traces an unusual late-90s climb: gradual growth acros…
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Evie
Evie hit her American peak in 2023 at rank 284, with 20,688 cumulative girls on SSA record. The chart is a pure 21st-century creation: virtually no use before 2000, a steady climb…
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Grant
Grant sits at rank 241 in 2024, having drifted gradually from its 1997 peak. The total American count of 134,896 reflects a name with a steady late-20th-century presence and a lon…
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Ismael
Ismael hit its peak in 2024 at rank 234, with 42,900 total American uses. The most-recent peak combined with substantial cumulative count signals a name with deep roots in Hispani…
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Jane
Jane carries 378,486 cumulative American girls on SSA record and currently sits at rank 269, with a 1947 peak that placed her well inside the top 50. The chart shows two distinct…
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Javier
Javier peaked in 2001 at rank 247 and now sits at the same number, with 106,700 total American uses. The chart line shows a name with steady Hispanic-American use throughout the l…
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Jax
Jax peaked in 2015 at rank 134 and now sits at 315, a ten-year settling that has cooled the name from peak-era mainstream into mid-chart territory. The total American count of 24,…
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Jaylen
Jaylen peaked in 2009 at rank 188 and now sits at 324, a sixteen-year drift that has cooled the name from peak-era mainstream into mid-chart territory. The total American count of…
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Jensen
Jensen peaked in 2018 at rank 295 and now sits at 327, a seven-year settling that has held the name in stable mid-chart territory. The total American count of 16,132 reflects a Da…
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