Posts Tagged ‘basketball’


Serge

Serge peaked in popularity in the 1960s in France. It has never made the Top 1000 most popular males names in the USA.

Royce

In 2001, Royce wasn’t even among the Top 1000 American baby boy names. By 2012, it was in the Top 500 at No. 493

Raviv

Raviv is a Hebrew name, unrelated to the Hindi name Ravi, except that their meanings both have to do with weather

Quiana

Quiana was a Top 1000 American baby girl name from 1977 to 1984, ranking highest in 1979 at No. 569

Quinn (Boy)

Quinn entered the Top 200 American baby boy names in 2006 at No. 282

Quentin

The Corsican version of Quentin is Quintinu. In Italian, it’s Quintino.

Primoz

Primoz Trubar is a Slovenian hero credited with consolidating the Slovene language. June 8 is Primoz Trubar Day in Slovenia.

Nyla

Nyla was No. 869 in the Top 100 American baby girls in 2001. By 2014, it rose to No. 301.

Maceo

42 American boys were named Maceo in 2012

Moses

Moses has been going in and out of the Top 500 popular American baby boy names since 1961. In 2016, it was No. 462

Leilani

Leilani’s popularity as an American baby girl name surged in the 21st century, rising from No. 523 in 2000 to No. 159 in 2016

Lauren

Lauren was a Top 20 American baby girl name from from 1984 to 2004, making it into the Top 10 in only 2 years (1989 and 1990)

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