Browse our analysis articles on baby and pet names.
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.
Exotic pet owners name their animals with 2.4x more naming entropy than dog owners. Rabbits, ferrets, and parrots reveal something real about creative naming in 2026.
Mary ranked #1 for 66 years. Nora is at rank 22. Eve never left. What the names society codes as "maternal" reveal about how we want motherhood to look.
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.
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.
Charlotte's rise to #2 in the 2025 SSA data isn't random. It's a textbook example of the Royal Lag — the 5-8 year delay between a British royal birth and peak US adoption.
SSA 2025 is official: Olivia holds #1 for a seventh straight year, Liam for a ninth. But the real story is below the throne — Charlotte, Eliana, and a dramatic top-10 reshuffling.