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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 Sep 21 2014
Seasonal Baby Names: How do they rank?
As the seasons turn, Kelli Brady offers her analysis of the performance of the names Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn over time.
Thu Aug 28 2014
Name-alytics
We’re so happy to share the news of the publication of Kelli Brady’s new ebook, “Name-alytics” which is chock full of interesting and useful data and stats. Heartily recommended!
Sun Aug 03 2014
The #1 Baby Names: How popular are they?
How many usages does it take to bring a baby name to the top spot? Kelli Brady shows how drastically that number has decreased over time. (Or why you know so many grown Jennifers and no baby Noahs.)
Sun Jul 06 2014
The Most Popular Names Over Time
Some fascinating surprises in Kelli Brady’s analysis of the most popular names since 1880–such as Patricia being #3 and James–not John–the top name for boys over time.
Sun May 11 2014
2013 Playground Analysis: How combined spellings change the rankings
What happens if you combine the different spellings of a name? Kelli Brady analyzes how that changes the baby name popularity rankings.
Sun Mar 16 2014
Baby Names for Boys: Popularity of “S” and “Sh” sounds
Kelli Brady continues her analysis of S-sound-beginning names’ popularity–this time looking at the boys. Do you have a favorite S name for boys?
Thu Mar 06 2014
S-Names for Girls: Popularity of “S” vs. “Sh” sounds
NameFreak!’s Kelli Brady applies her awesome analytic skills to the popularity of the varieties of girls’ name starting with the letter ‘S’.
Tue Feb 11 2014
President(ial) Names: Arthur, Carter and Clinton
In the first of our two Presidents’ Day salutes, Kelli Brady analyzes the popularity of U.S. Presidents’ surnames over the years.
Tue Dec 10 2013
The Story of O Names: Then and Now
How have names starting with ‘O’ fared over the years? Kelli Brady does the math and comes up with some interesting stats.
Sun Oct 06 2013
The Fitzes: Beyond Mr. Darcy, F. Scott and JFK
Fitzgerald and short form Fitz have recently come onto the radar via the presidential character in ‘Scandal’. Kelli Brady of NameFreak! takes a look here at the whole range of Fitzes.