Articles by Kelli Brady
Tue May 21 2024
Top Baby Names 2023: The Playground Analysis
The Playground Analysis groups popular names according to their sound and then ranks the groups instead of the individual spellings. By listing all variant spellings together, we can reveal the top names you're *really* most likely to hear on American playgrounds.
Mon May 22 2023
Top Baby Names 2022: The Playground Analysis
The Playground Analysis groups popular names according to their sound and then ranks the groups instead of the individual spellings. By listing all variant spellings together, we can reveal the top names you're *really* most likely to hear on American playgrounds.
Mon May 16 2022
Top Baby Names 2021: The Playground Analysis
The Playground Analysis groups popular names according to their sound and then ranks the groups instead of the individual spellings. By listing all variant spellings together, we can reveal the top names you're *really* most likely to hear on American playgrounds.
Thu Aug 19 2021
The REAL Top Baby Names of All Time!
We crunch the numbers to reveal the *real* top baby names of all time, once all variant spellings are combined. Does your name make the list?
Sun May 16 2021
Top Baby Names 2020: The Playground Analysis
These are the real top names you will most often hear on the playground! The Playground Analysis groups popular names according to sound, not spelling. Find out which names are really #1!
Fri Sep 11 2020
Top Baby Names 2019: The Playground Analysis
Nameberry’s Playground Analysis combines variant spellings to reveal the *real* top baby names of the year – with some big surprises!
Tue May 14 2019
2018 Most Popular Names: The Playground Analysis
Kelli Brady’s highly anticipated annual analysis of the real baby name popularity of 2018–aka her Playground Analysis.
Tue May 15 2018
Playground Analysis 2017: The REAL Top 50 List!
In her annual Playground Analysis, Kelli Bradie shows that Sophia and Jackson would be the real #1 names if all their various spellings were combined.
Sun Jun 04 2017
Popular Baby Names: Inside the Top 100 of 2016
Name Nerds welcome! Kelli Brady digs deep into the popular names on the Social Security list and comes up with some interesting discoveries about their ups and downs.
Mon May 15 2017
2016 Baby Names: The Playground Analysis
Kelli Brady analyzes what the popularity list would look like if all the spellings of a name were combined.