The Baby Name Countdown 5 Ed: The Definitive Baby Name Book

By Janet Schwegel

A classic, the baby name countdown (over 120,000 copies sold) is now fully revised and updated for the first time in a decade. Featuring more names than any other guide and based on more than 2.5 million birth records, the book includes brand-new data, a new introduction, a revised section on the most popular baby names of the past year and decade, and updated popularity ratings throughout. Discover at a glance the most popular given names from each decade of the 20th and 21st centuries, meanings and origins of the 3,000 top names, and thousands of rare and exotic monikers. Whether your taste in names is trendy, traditional, or international, The Baby Name Countdown is the ideal resource for every parent searching for the perfect name.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569245908
• ISBN13: 9781569245903
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating!

My husband and I love this book. One of the major criteria for choosing our daughter's name was that the name was not too popular. This book gives a general popularity rating along with regional lists and lists of changing popularity over time. Also this book has the most extensive list of names I have ever seen in a baby name book. We spent hours reading this book even after we had chosen a name!

Love the number-crunching

I just loved this book! Every parent debating on their new child's name should read "The Definitive Baby Name Countdown"! It ranks names according to their popularity, which is extremely helpful when trying to come up with "THAT PERFECT NAME", and even has a section that breaks down popular names within different North American Regions! I found this book immensely interesting and informative! If you need a name, you will find it in this impressive volume of work! Well done!

useful outside the US

in germany you can only give a name to a baby, if this name is recognized by the authorities as an actually existing name. this book is very useful in proving that a given word is a name.

great baby book to keep your child's name original.

This book lists the names in most popular order! but not only all over the US, but in regions also. I found it heplful to keep from naming my child what everyone else is.

A treasure trove of extensive, fascinating name data!

This book will provide unlimited enjoyment for people intrigued by names and naming trends. It contains an astounding variety of unusual names, and no other name book I've encountered approaches its diversity and thoroughness.