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Articles by Kelli Brady
Kelli Brady is a stay at home mom of two who needed an outlet for her name obsession. She found it at NameFreak!, a blog dedicated to a wide variety of name-related whims and fancies. You can also follow her on Facebook and Twitter. Her eBook, Name-alytics, is a look at the history of the Top 100 names in the United States. Check it out at https://gumroad.com/l/name-alytics!
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.
Tue Jun 07 2016
Bye, bye Brayden, adios Aiden!
All the members of the aden/aiden/ayden family are slipping. Kelli Brady does the numbers.
Tue May 17 2016
New Top Baby Names
Attention Name Nerds: You’ll be excited to see Kelli’s deep analysis of the new Top 100 list!
Sun May 08 2016
Playground Analysis: The REAL most popular names
We are so pleased to present Kelli’s annual Playground Analysis–how the most popular list of 2015 would look if the various spellings of a name were combined.
Sun Jul 05 2015
Unisex Names of the 2014 Top 1000
Kelli Brady’s exhaustive analysis of just where the 2014 popular names stand on the gender divide.
Mon May 11 2015
The Playground Analysis of the Real Most Popular Names
In her annual Playground Analysis, Kelli Brady shows how the actual #1 names of 2014 are Sophia and JAckson!
Thu Mar 26 2015
The Spellings of Classic Name Katherine
There are several spelling variations of the classic Katherine and it’s fascinating to follow Kelli Brady’s tracking of how they have alternated over time.
Thu Jan 22 2015
Picking a Personal Place Name: Somewhere special to you
Here are Kelli Brady’s list of place names most meaningful to her. What are yours?
Tue Oct 21 2014
Happiness is just a thing called Jo
Kelli Brady looks at the name Jo– its place in her family history and its variations and extensions.