Articles by Nick Turner

Rah, rah, rah, for the most popular collegiate baby names!

Nick Turner offers five surefire ways to lure a reluctant prospective dad into the baby naming process.

The names of US states have been popular since at least the 1880s. Nick Turner takes us through their ups and downs since then.

Have you noticed all the grown-up TV characters with trendy baby names–and vice versa?? In this humorous piece, Nick Turner gives ample evidence of the disconnect.

On the eve of the Super Bowl, Nick Turner presents his criteria for what elements make for the quintessential football player name.

Nick Turner plays with Elf on the Shelf names and explores how they compare with those of humans–and pets.

You think Lynn and Lee have disappeared? In this blog, Nick Turner proves that they’re just hiding inside other names. It’s Lynnsanity!

By Nick Turner Baby-name fads have come and gone over the decades, but one trend has held true: Names are getting longer. A hundred years ago, boys’ names were typically less than two syllables. John, James, George and Frank were all popular picks, and there were no three-syllable names anywhere in the top 20. In […]

Nick Turner investigates which presidential surnames have had an immediate impact on baby naming. You might find the results surprising!

Occupational surnames as firsts may seem like a recent trend, but Nick Turner traces them way back in his family two hundred years, and adds lots of interesting information on the subject.