“I love that site”
~someone on Reddit*
Nancy’s Baby Names was founded in early 2006. It was one of the first baby name blogs! These days the site has two main sections: the blog, updated every weekday, and the directory, featuring bazillions of baby name popularity graphs. Well, over 100,000 anyway.
My mission is to dig up baby names that have cool stories/explanations. I do deep-dives into the U.S. data to unearth gems like Trilby, Korla, Thedy, Iuma, Leneve, Calizza, Qiana, Tierney, and Uldine. I’ve written about hundreds of these names — some for the first time ever on the internet (uncharted territory in the world of baby names!) — and I’ve got hundreds more on deck.
Over the years, my name-writing has appeared and/or been linked-to from lots of other sites, including New York Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, the U.S. Census Bureau, Woman’s Day, Redbook, Daily Mail, Mental Floss, HuffPo, Vice.com, The Week, etc.
I love hearing from readers, so feel free to get in touch! Here’s the contact page.
If you’d like to support me, here’s my Patreon page.
*Here’s that Reddit comment.