Browse our analysis articles on baby names.
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.
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.
The 2025 SSA data is out and Kasai's rise is the story of the year. History shows viral names follow a predictable lifecycle — here's how to read it.
Rebel Wilson's daughters are Rose Estelle and Royce Lillian — matching initials, completely different vibes. This is the new celebrity naming playbook.
LaMelo Ball just named his son LaOne. NamesPop data shows La- prefix names hit bottom in 2015 — and are now rising again at 34% since 2022.
Met Gala fashion foreshadows baby name trends 18-24 months later. The 2026 Costume Art theme may be quietly predicting the names of 2027.
Many Mexican-American families quietly practice dual-name identity — Spanish on the birth certificate, an Anglo equivalent at school. Here's what the data reveals.
Raddix, Cardinal, Nautas — the Diaz-Madden family is treating names as concepts rather than traditions. It says something about a particular kind of cultural confidence.
Cherie DeVaux's Golden Tempo won the 2026 Kentucky Derby. The Jockey Club's 18-character rule says a lot about how humans name things — including pets.
Beyoncé brought Blue Ivy to the 2026 Met Gala. But it's not Blue that parents borrowed — it's the surrounding wave. Here's how celebrity naming contagion actually works.