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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 15 2013
G Names: Then and now, hard and soft
Kelli Brady of namefreak! presents an interesting analysis of the history of G-names over the years, and how their sounds have shifted.
Wed Aug 21 2013
Where have all the F names gone?
Back in the day, there were a lot more popular names beginning with the letter F than there are now. Kelli Brady of NameFreak! offers her analysis of F-names then and now.
Tue Jul 23 2013
Names on the Cusp
Kelli Brady of thenamefreak! takes a long hard look at the names she predicted would crack the Top 1000 in 2012, and shares how right or wrong she was. What names do you see making it onto the 2013 list?
Mon Jul 15 2013
V Baby Names: Varied and vivid, from Velvet to Viggo
They may be small in number, but as Kelli Brady of NameFreak! shows, V-starting names are wildly varied. Here she breaks them down in groups from the well-known (Victoria) to the vintage (Virgil) to the geographic (Vienna). What’s your favorite V name?
Sun Jun 23 2013
Word Names in the Top 1000
Words as names? The infamous North aside, a surprising number of other word names are to be found in the 2012 most popular list–and Kelly Brady of Name Freak! presents the evidence.
Mon Jun 03 2013
R Names Then and Now: Ralph vs. Ryder
Kelli Brady of NameFreak! compares the R-beginning names of the 1950’s to what and where they are today and comes to some interesting conclusions.
Fri May 10 2013
Playground Analysis: The REAL Top 50 Names
Are Sophia and Jacob really the top baby names? Kelli Brady of NameFreak!’s analysis of spelling variations shows that for boys, there’s a different Number 1…AND 2.
Tue May 07 2013
Literary Character Surnames: Wentworth, Gatsby and Holmes
Kelli Brady of the blog NameFreak! finds baby name inspiration from the surnames of notable literary characters, from David Copperfield to Robinson Crusoe.