Welcome to Nancy’s Baby Names, which has been publishing fun, fact-based baby name content since 2006!
Directory
Want to see tens of thousands of baby names? Every single name that’s ever been included in the U.S. baby name data? Check out the directory:
From the directory, you can easily access each name’s popularity graph and data table.
Blog
Want in-depth information about certain names? Take a look at the blog, which features thousands of posts in various categories. Here are a few examples:
- What popularized the baby name Tristan in the 1990s?
- West Virginia family with 17 children (16 consecutive sons!)
- What gave the baby name Rheta a boost in the 1930s?
- Baby born into Lear family, named Shanda
- Baby names inspired by the solar eclipse: Helios, Mahina, Blake
The latest posts — plus a few of my all-time faves — are listed in the sidebar. (If you’re on a phone, just scroll down to see the sidebar.)
Timeline
Want to take a look at U.S. history through the lens of baby names? Click over to the timeline, which highlights thousands of historically significant baby names from decades (and centuries) past. You could start with one of the following years:
[Latest update: Jun. 2025]