Names from Cartoons
Jennifer and Mallory discuss names from cartoons, options for naming babies after characters, and the history of some of the most iconic cartoon character's names. We also report on the latest celebri...
14 Juni 202235min
Name Bites: Clementine and Antoine
Jennifer and Mallory pick two French names that have crossed over onto the U.S. Charts: Clementine (Clémentine) and Antoine. We discuss the etymology, history, and stats of the names as well as famous...
31 Maj 202211min
Names from Star Wars
Jennifer and Mallory are joined by our in-house Star Wars aficionado Kees Andersen to discuss character names from the Star Wars Universe, and how they've affected human baby names in real life! We al...
4 Maj 202238min
A Century of Names: Name Trends of the Last 100 Years
We welcome Onomast and friend Dr. Cleveland Kent Evans to discuss U.S. name trends from 1921-2020 for U.S. Births. We talk about the Social Security baby names statistics, interesting trends, anomalie...
15 Apr 202250min
Name Bites: Rudolph and Theda
Jennifer and Mallory do a deep dive into names of silent film stars, Rudolph Valentino and Theda Bara!Name Bites is a feature of The Baby Names Podcast, produced by BabyNames.com.Don't forget to subsc...
29 Mars 202211min
Names and Women's Rights
To celebrate Women's History Month, Jennifer and Mallory dive into how names are affected by women's rights and lack thereof. We discuss women's surnames, names, naming female babies and the prefix Ms...
15 Mars 202234min
Name Bites: Golda and Duke
Jennifer and Mallory each choose a name of a leader and discuss the background, meaning, and namesakes for that particular name.Names included in this episode: Golda and Duke.Name Bites is a productio...
1 Mars 20229min
2022 Baby Name Trends we HATE
Episode 82 – Jennifer and Mallory take turns discussing 2022 baby name trends that they absolutely do not like. We also report on the latest celebrity baby news and take questions from our listeners!N...
15 Feb 202234min
