We're totally over these names

But we still kind of love them

Greetings from England, where you find me refreshing this page at least once a day to check if there’s a date for the data drop.

It could be worse: Iceland is still waiting for their 2019 baby name stats.

Name of the week: Merivel

This whimsical name from Romani historic records is a form of Marvel… which is itself one of our top 12 girl names deserving more love.

What’s the opposite of names deserving more love? That would be names that we’re totally over. Sorry, April and Annabelle, Zachary and Zaiden — you’re great names, but in national data terms you’re past your peak.

(My own son’s name is one of them, and do I care? Nope. But do people always tell me their dad/brother/husband/grandpa has the same name? Er… yep.)

Name news you won’t want to miss

• What are the most popular names where you live? We’ve published the Top 1000 in every US state to help you find the local favorites.

• The special story behind Griffin Leo’s name 🦁

• Names for your Virgo baby as the year turns ♍

More cool stuff

• Welcome to baby Reach, born on an evacuation plane and named for its call sign.

• …and on a lighter note, a baby named after a hippo (her brother’s idea) 🦛

• Olympic namespotting is still going strong with the Paralympic Games in full force. American athletes include Ahalya, Calahan, Femita, Haven, Ixhelt, Kaleo, McClain, Oksana, and Regas.