Laura Wattenberg, Baby Name Wizard

Looking for an Olympic baby name trend? This is the one time NOT to bet on Simone. bit.ly/WhyNotSimone

@CleanAirMommy Yes! For example, Nadia (Comăneci), Bode (Miller) and Katarina (Witt) all owed their US popularity to Olympians

@BNW Interesting! Have you ever looked at whether Olympics star athletes give their own names a boost?

OK, but what are the winning *baby names* in Paris? bit.ly/Paris-Names

Why is this classic name so misunderstood? bit.ly/Lucy-Myth

How deep out of fashion was the name Abner? I just wrote about its reemergence, and this bitly URL was still available: bit.ly/Abner

@lucy3_li @katherine1ee @katielulula @ktvank This paper gives me so much joy. But for those wondering, no, not all the Kates are Katherines. It's the classic Nickname Trap: web.archive.org/web/2021062222…

I stumbled across the most amazing paper today "An Abundance of Katherines: The Game Theory of Baby Naming" Authored by Katy, Kate, Katie, Kate, Katherine (@katherine1ee), Katie (@katielulula), Cathy, and Katie (@ktvank) arxiv.org/abs/2404.00732

Get to know some of America's brand-new girls' names bit.ly/NewGirls2023 bit.ly/NewGirls2023

63 of America's newest boys' names, categorized and (more or less) explained: bit.ly/NewBoys2023 bit.ly/NewBoys2023

The interactive Baby Name Grapher has been updated! Come explore patterns, like this popularity trend for names ending in -zen namerology.com/baby-name-grap…

The fastest-rising baby names of the year have a remarkable style in common bit.ly/HottestNames20… bit.ly/HottestNames20…

This year's top ten features a historic first bit.ly/BabyNames2023 bit.ly/BabyNames2023

When @johngreen set out to describe the median American, he had to fudge a little on names. I've filled in the gap. namerology.com/2024/03/06/wha…

The 2023 Name of the Year is, yes, Barbie. You've heard all about the movie, but names always have their own story to tell. See for yourself: bit.ly/2023NameoftheY…

Nominations, please: what should the Name of the Year be for 2023? namerology.com/2023/11/15/sha…

@cnoocy @MuseZack Crossover event between the MCU and the entire '80s decade? (FWIW Marvel actually did debut a superhero named Madison 6 months after Splash. He was male: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_J…)

@MuseZack @BNW If there are people named Madison in the MCU then that means _Splash_ exists and I want to hear Namor's thoughts on it.

Kind of stunning to realize that a huge chunk of popular culture as we know it was invented by a guy old enough to have remembered horse-drawn ice wagons, hanging laundry, and shouting Irish cops on the Lower East Side.

We've also updated the interactive US Name Map with brand-new data: bit.ly/NameMap

Pluto. Alchemy. Arceus. Vandal. Meet America’s Newest Boys’ Names bit.ly/NewBoysNames

@julierenal Not so bad compared to what people usually sing -- dun dun dun, dun DEE dun, dun DEE dun

@BNW You mean “extraordinarily boring lyrics”, right? 😜

Just Googled the Imperial March from Star Wars. Oh hey, lyrics.

From Posh to Medusa, 34 of the most remarkable and intriguing brand-new names for American girls. bit.ly/NewGirlsNames #Disenchantment #Eternals