SSA Analyses & Lists By Year
- 2010
- Bemusedly, I Relay a List Most Painstakinglee Talleigh-ed (2010)
- 2010 Analysis, Part 1
- 2010 Analysis, Part 2
- I've Got a Bad Feelyn' about This (2010)
- Perennially Unpopular (boys, 2010)
- Perennially Unpopular (girls, 2010)
- Rare but Real (2010)
- Sound-Alikes'll Get You
- Too Many Variants! (2010)
- 2011
- 2011 Analysis
- Bemusedly, I Relay.... (2011)
- Double Trouble (2011)
- No Alternates Allowed! (boys, 2011)
- No Alternates Allowed! (girls, 2011)
- Rare but Real (2011)
- Too Many Variants! (2011)
- What Does 'Change' Mean? Part 1 (2011)
- What Does 'Change' Mean? Part 2 (2011)
- What Does 'Change' Mean? Part 3 (2011)
- 2012
- Aidens Gonna Aid (2012)
- The Biggest Losers (2012)
- No Alternates Allowed! (boys, 2012)
- No Alternates Allowed! (girls, 2012)
- Rare but Real (2012)
- Too Many Variants! (2012)
- "Unisex" Names--SSA (2012)
- What Does 'Change' Mean? Part I (2012)
- What Does 'Change' Mean? Part II (2012)
- What Does 'Change' Mean? Part III (2012)
- Word-Names. All of Them (boys, 2012)
- Word-Names. All of Them (girls, 2012)
- 2013
- Aidens Gonna Aid (2013)
- American vs. British, Part 1 (2013)
- American vs. British, Part 2 (2013)
- Bemusedly, I Relay.... (2013)
- The Biggest Losers (2013)
- I've Got a Bad Feelyn' about This (2013)
- No Alternates Allowed! (boys, 2013)
- No Alternates Allowed! (girls, 2013)
- Rare but Real (2013)
- The Tribulations of Alexander & Xavier
- "Unisex" Names--SSA (2013)
- What Does 'Change' Mean? Part 1 (2013)
- What Does 'Change' Mean? Part 2 (2013)
- What Does 'Change' Mean? Part 3 (2013)
- 2014
- Aidens Gonna Aid (2014)
- Bemusedly, I Relay.... (2014)
- The Biggest Losers (2014)
- British vs. American, Part 1 (2014)
- British vs. American, Part 2 (2014)
- Names and Letters (2014)
- Popularity Equivalents (2014)
- Rare but Real (2014)
- What Does 'Change' Mean? Part 1 (2014)
- What Does 'Change' Mean? Part 2 (2014)
- What Does 'Change' Mean? Part 3 (2014)
- Word-Names. All of Them (boys, 2014)
- Word-Names. All of Them (girls, 2014)
- 2015
- % Changes (2015)
- Aidens Gonna Aid (2015)
- Bemusedly, I Relay.... (2015)
- The Biggest Losers (2015)
- British vs. American, Part 1 (2015)
- British vs. American, Part 2 (2015)
- I've Got a Bad Feelyn' about This (2015)
- No Alternates Allowed! (boys, 2015)
- No Alternates Allowed! (girls, 2015)
- Popularity by Letter (2015)
- Ranking Jumps (boys, 2015)
- Ranking Jumps (girls, 2015)
- Rare but Real (2015)
- Word-Names, Just the New Ones (boys, 2015)
- Word-Names, Just the New Ones (girls, 2015)
- 2016
- % Changes (2016)
- Aidens Gonna Aid (2016)
- Letters and Patterns (2016)
- Ranking Jumps (boys, 2016)
- Ranking Jumps (girls, 2016)
- Rare but Real (2016)
- "Unisex" Names--SSA (2016)
- Word-Names, All of Them (boys, 2016)
- Word-Names, All of Them (girls, 2016)
- 2017
- % Changes (2017)
- Aidens Gonna Aid (2017)
- British vs. American, Part 1 (2017)
- British vs. American, Part 2 (2017)
- Jumping Word-Names (2017)
- Ranking Jumps (boys, 2017)
- Ranking Jumps (girls, 2017)
- Rare but Real (2017)
- "Unisex" Names--SSA (2017)
- 2018
- % Changes (2018)
- Aidens Gonna Aid (2018)
- Ranking Jumps (boys, 2018)
- Ranking Jumps (girls, 2018)
- Rare but Real (2018)
Misc. / Multi-Year Analyses:
- The 90s Called..., Part 1
- The 90s Called..., Part 2
- An Abundance of Nicknames (girls)
- Anne/Annas Throughout the Generations
- Breaking the Patterns, Part 1 (2010)
- Breaking the Patterns, Part 2 (2010)
- Bygone Names
- Is "Name-Stealing" Really Increasing? (2011)
- "Known But Not Common"
- Lyns Throughout the Generations
- "Modern Classics"
- R.I.P, 1970, Part 1
- R.I.P, 1970, Part 2
- The Rise of -lani
- Surname First
- Then and Now: 1940
- Very International Names (boys, 2014/2015)
- Very International Names (girls, 2014/2015)
- Vintage Lyns & Lines
- Midwestern Names
- New Englander Names
- Puerto Rican Names
- Southern Names
- Western Names (Pacific)
- Western Names 2 (Mountain)
Same Name?!
- Agatha
- Agnes
- Alice
- Anna
- Bridget
- Charles/Charlotte
- Christian
- Derek
- Elijah
- Elizabeth
- George
- Guy
- Helen
- Henry
- Jacob/James
- John
- Katherine
- Louis
- Madeline
- Margaret
- Mary
- Peter
- Raymond
- Ronald
- Sarah
- Mini Grab Bag (girls)
- Mini Grab Bag (boys)
- Mini Grab Bag II (boys)
- Mini Grab Bag II (girls)
Usual Nicknames, Unexpected Names
- Addy
- Al/Allie
- Andy
- Annie
- Ari
- Bella
- Beth/Bess/Betty
- Bree
- Cal
- Callie
- Cam
- Carrie/Kari
- Corey/Kori
- Dora/Dolly/Dotty
- Ed/Eddie
- Ella/Ellie
- Emma/Emmy
- Etta/Ettie
- Evie/Evvie
- Finn
- Gus
- Izzy
- Jenny/Ginny
- Jo/Joe
- Kai
- Kate/Kat/Kitty
- Kelly
- Len/Leni/Lena
- Lola
- Mac/Max
- Mia
- Mila/Millie
- Minnie
- Molly
- Nick/Niko
- Nikki
- Nell
- Nora
- Oz
- Polly
- Ray/Rae
- Remy
- Rory
- Rose
- Sam
- Sunny
- Tess
- Theo/Thea
- Winnie
- Grab Bag (boys)
Usual Name, Unexpected Nickname
Mythological Name Lists
- It's a Tragedy
- You're a God
- My Hero
- Triple Goddesses!
- Unearthly Creatures
Bi-cultural Name Lists
- French/English (boys)
- French/English (girls)
- German/English (boys)
- German/English (girls)
- Greek/English (boys)
- Greek/English (girls)
- Italian/English (boys)
- Italian/English (girls)
- Polish/English (boys)
- Polish/English (girls)
- Portuguese/English (boys)
- Portuguese/English (girls)
- Scandinavian/English (boys)
- Scandinavian/English (girls)
- Spanish/English (boys)
- Spanish/English (girls)
Medieval World Tours
- France
- Germany
- Ireland
- Italy
- Spain & Catalonia
Miscellaneous theme lists:
- <*insert semi-cheesy holiday title here*>
- 100 Years Later....
- Actually, It's Traditionally Spelled with a K
- Aias, Anas, & Aras
- All About -tt
- Amanda and Her Sisters
- Anders & Andras
- April Showers Bring...(flower names)
- Archaic is the New Vintage
- Are They Really "Unisex" if They're Only Used on Girls?
- 'Arl's All Around
- Back to the Beginning
- "Bear" With Me
- Biblically Unisex
- Big A, little a
- Botanical Madness
- "Boyish" Girls Names
- Brainy Girls
- Bringing Brythonic Back (Welsh, Cornish, Breton)
- Calendar Names
- Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
- Chanel
- Chloe, Zoe, Penelope, Phoebe, Daphne, Ariadne...
- Coincident Names
- Dactylic Names (girls)
- Dead Names.
- D-Dun-Dun-Dun-Duuuuunn
- Disney Princesses
- Eias, Elas, & Elias
- Elemental Names (or Nominal Elements?)
- Elementary
- Elias, Silas, Titus, Tobias, Cyrus, Leonidas, Matthias....
- Enas, Onas, & Unas
- F-abulous Names
- A Few Gems
- Fictional Places
- First Names from Place Names
- Flowers A-Z
- Flowers, Please
- For the Birds
- Franken-Names
- Franken-Names II
- "Girlish" Boys Names
- The Girls Didn't Win!
- Girls's Names
- The "Good", the Bad, and the Ugly (Eu-names)
- Greetings from Southern California!
- Happy Fireworks Day!
- Happy Fireworks Day (again)!
- Happy Hanukkah!
- Hidden Colors
- Hurricane Baby Names
- -Iah Can't Think of a Clever Title
- Iamb What I Am (boys)
- Iamb What I Am (girls)
- Ias, Inas, & Itas
- Ideals & Imagery
- International Names (boys)
- International Names (girls)
- International Names, Part II (boys)
- International Names, Part II (girls)
- International Names, Part 3 (boys)
- International Names, Part 3 (girls)
- It's Big Overseas
- The "I's" Have It
- Iras & Yras, Ilas & Ylas
- Irish Invasion!
- Latinized Places
- Legendary Princesses
- -Lines from A to Z
- Literary Siblings
- The Long of It
- Love in Other Languages
- Made-Up Names to the Ekstrema (Esperanto)
- Male Pen Names
- Marian Names
- Matilda and Her Sisters
- Matronymics
- Meanwhile, on the Other Side of the Pond (international/European)
- Medieval Madness
- Mind Your Qs
- Mini Names
- Modern but Not (boys)
- Modern but Not (girls)
- A Month's Worth of Names (part 1)
- A Month's Worth of Names (part 2)
- More Matronymics
- More Subtle than Blaze, Jagger, or Hawke
- More Subtle than Princess, Diamond, or Heaven
- More Than Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Abigail, & Noah (Biblical)
- More Than Noah, Daniel, Christopher, Joshua, & Elizabeth (Biblical names, cont.)
- Named Before Their Time
- Names for Every Palette (color names)
- Names, Initially
- Names of Ghibli (girls)
- Names "of God" (-iel/iela names)
- Nature in Other Languages
- Never Say 'Ever' Again
- "New" Names
- Nickname-Names
- Non-er Occupationals
- Non-Occupationals (-er names)
- O My...
- Other Fairy Tales
- Palindromes and Emordnilap-s
- Palindromes and Emordnilap-s, Again
- People with People-Names
- People with People-Names, Round II
- Pilgrim Babies!
- Pixar Baby Names (more or less)
- Places with People-Names
- Plants in Other Languages
- Potential -ianas and -inas
- -Ric Rollin'
- Saint Who?
- Saint Who? II--Surnames & Titles
- ¡Seis de Mayo!
- Seussical Naming
- Single-Syllable Roundup (boys)
- Single-Syllable Roundup (girls)
- Son of a---!
- Spam-a-Lot
- Spam-a-Lot, Round 2
- Spam-a-Lot 3
- Spring! 'Bout Time!
- Squée!
- Surnames for Girls
- Taxonymy....nymy? (butterflies)
- Taxonymy....nymy? (ferns)
- Taxonymy....nymy? (seabirds & shorebirds)
- Taxonymy....nymy? (songbirds)
- Taxonymy....nymy? (trees)
- Television Babies
- There's a Girl Version?
- Tough Girls' Names
- Triple Goddesses!
- True Unisex Names
- U-La-La!
- Un Otro Reto Alfabético
- Uncommon 'iana's
- Vintage Cinema
- Vintage Natural
- Virtues in Other Languages
- Virtues In Other Languages, Again
- Volcanoes!
- Vowel-Names for Boys
- Weathering the Weather
- Well, We're Not In Rome, But...
- What Happened to Norton?
- Whoa......(personal clunky faves)
- Win-ning names
- Women of Space
- Word-Names for Boys
- Writers Have the Most Fun
- X-cellent
- X Marks the Spot
- Y Not?
- You're a Star
- You're a Star, Part II
- You're a Star, Part III
- You're So Old...
Weird Name Journeys
Other Miscellany
- The Myth of the English Name
- Name Slang
- No Relation
- Old-Fashioned Fun with Modern Names
- Playing with Popularity
- "Popular" Vs. "Trendy"
- Primer: Ancient Greek Names
- Problem Letters
- What's in a Nickname?
- Why Does Leigh Sound like Lee?
- Y, Oh, Y?
Random Facts of the Day
- Edward
- Every Tom, Dick, and Harry
- Feminine Occupationals
- Feminizations & Feminine Suffixes
- Language Isolates
- Linguistic Conversions
- Mispronounced Imports
- "Nickname"
- Old English Y
- Rhyming Slang
- R's & L's
- Scots
- Travelling and Translation
- Word Origins