Browse our analysis articles on baby names.
Napoleon Solo won the Preakness Stakes, and people are suddenly Googling 'Napoleon' as a baby name. The crossover between racehorse names and baby names is weirder — and richer — than you'd expect.
Jalen Brunson's 22-point fourth-quarter comeback put his name back in headlines. The SSA data tells a richer story about what Jalen means in American naming culture.
Victor Wembanyama dropped 41 points and 24 rebounds in double OT. We checked the SSA charts — and the data on Victor is more surprising than the stat line.
Shohei Ohtani's historic streak is rewriting baseball records. We dug into the SSA data to see if it's rewriting baby name charts too.
For the first time since the 1920s, American parents are genuinely open to European names that don't feel Anglo — Nordic, Iberian, and Finnish names are all gaining ground.
A 27-game hit streak and a name that has never entered the SSA top 5000 — Ildemaro Vargas represents baseball's invisible naming frontier.
The Brewers rookie is one of the hardest throwers alive — and one of the hardest names in baseball to spell. Data shows why some athlete names transfer and others don't.
Boy George performs at Eurovision 2026 for San Marino — and suddenly the name George means two very different things at once.
Ben Rice leads MLB with a 1.214 OPS in May 2026. His name tells its own story: Ben as a standalone has climbed from rank 286 to 134 in the SSA data over 15 years.
Eurovision 2026 in Vienna brought 35 countries and a few genuinely great baby names. Ivy ranks the most name-worthy contestants for American parents considering their options.
Fernando Mendoza is the first QB with a Spanish first name taken #1 overall in NFL Draft history. Our SSA data says the name is about to have a very good decade.
Nevaeh peaked at rank 25 in 2010. Klarity is 2025's fastest-rising invented spelling. What phonetic creativity tells us about who names are really for.