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, including every single name that’s ever appeared 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.
Timeline
Want to take a look at historically significant baby names from years past? Click over to the timeline, or start with one of the following:
- 1991, the year the Cold War ended
- 1975, the year of the fall of Saigon
- 1969, the year of the moon landing
- 1956, the year Elvis hit it big
- 1945, the year WWII ended
- 1918, the year WWI ended
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:
- How did The Jackson 5 influence baby names in the early 1970s?
- Was the baby name Rheta influenced by a murder victim in the 1930s?
- Baby born into Lear family, named Shanda
- What popularized the baby name Tristan in the 1990s?
- How did Charles Lindbergh influence baby names in 1927?
- West Virginia family with 17 children (16 consecutive sons!)
The latest posts are listed in the sidebar. (If you’re on a phone, just scroll down to see the sidebar.)
[Latest update: Jan. 2026]