NAME OF THE DAY: Snow

With a historic nor'easter  in the 🗽New York Metropolitan tri-state area causing a snow ⛄ day, I decided to talk about the fitting name: 📛Snow 

Everyone surely knows the 🧚‍♀️fairytale character Snow White.🤍 With how popular the Brothers Grimm story 📖 is you would think there would a lot of little girls named Snow but the icy name ranks📉#3625 in 2024 on the US Top 1000 popular 📛names chart.📊 Once upon a time, Snow once peaked high on the Top 1k chart at 📈#1469 in 1894. ⏪ However, Snow ranks right above 1k at #728 on Nameberry's🍒 Top 1000 list. 📃  

Snow is from the English word, derived from Old English snāw. Snow is also a surname. 📛

The most Snows live in 📍Vermont 🥶 and 📍North Carolina. 

Nameberry🍒 describes Snow as: "brisk, fresh, pure, evocative -- and magical. A haunting middle name choice."

Behind the Name comments on the super rare, dainty name Snow are divided 🤔:

I'm a 🧚‍♀️fairy tale fan 🙋🏾‍♀️ so I love 💗 the name 📛Snow. I think it's really darling 🥰 and 🦄different.  End of story. 📕

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛SNOWS:

📛Snow Lopes (adopted daughter of late singer Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes)

📛Jagger Snow Ross (daughter Evan Ross (son of Diana Ross) and of singer Ashlee Simpson)

📛 "Snow Tha Product" [born Claudia Meza] 🎤 (rapper)

📛 "Snow" [Darrin O'Brien] 🎤 (rapper)

📛 Snow Kong [born Kong Xueer] 🎤/🎥(singer & actress)

📛 "Snow" [born Snejana Urbin] 💃 (dancer) 

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Snow:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/S/SN/SNOW/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Snow: 👍 OR 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍/10

NAME OF THE DAY: Surya

Former figure ⛸ skater Surya Bonaly is back in the news again, being applauded as the first 🥇Olympic skater to land a backflip on one blade (aka the "Bonaly flip") in the 1998 Winter Olympics (whilst Ilia Malinin is being praised for performing the same backflips in the 2026 Winter Olympics) — so I will be discussing her first name: 📛Surya

Surya is surprisingly a masculine name, "occasionally used for boys in 2024" 📛Nameberry🍒 says, describing it as a "graceful Indian choice that may 🔊sound feminine to the Western ear but is in fact the name of a male god." Surya means "sun"  in Sanskrit and is the name of the Vedic Hindu god of the sun who rides a chariot across the sky.

Surya however, "peaked for girls at #4822" in 1994  — interestingly before Bonaly's rise in '98.

Bonaly was born in France, but in America, Surya is popular ("used as a boy's name 74% of the time" though) in 📍Delaware & 📍California.

I like the name 📛Surya — but when used for a 💗girl's name more because it does look and sound (I can't stop pronouncing it as: Su-rye-ah 🤷🏾‍♀️) fit for a female.

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Surya:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/S/SU/SURYA/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Surya: 👍 OR 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗/10

NAME OF THE DAY: Ilia

With male figure ⛸ skater "Quad God" aka Ilia Malinin causing a stir at the 2026 ❄ Winter Olympics🏅 — I will be talking about his first name: 📛Ilia 

Ilia is the Georgian form of 📛Elijah (from the Hebrew name אֱלִיָּהוּ (ʾEliyyahu) meaning: "my God is Yahweh"). It is also an alternate transcription of Russian Илья or Belarusian Ілья (see 📛Ilya) or Bulgarian Илия (see 📛Iliya). 

📛Nameberry🍒 describes Ilia as the "international variation of the popular Elijah" and notes it is "currently a unisex option in the US." It is also put upon their 🏅Olympic 👶Baby 📛Names 📃list.

The most Ilias live in 📍Alaska 🥶 yet 📍Florida supposedly has over 200 babies with the name. My Name Stats points out, "The SSA data also shows that Ilia is used as a girl's name 90% of the time."

I'm torn on whether I like or dislike the name 📛Ilia... 🤔 The name Ilia is a completely, refreshing new 😃 name to me so it gets points ✔ for that. When I first saw it, I actually got the pronunciation 🔊Ilia (pro. Ill-lia) correct! 👏🏾 But then finding out it's a variation of Elijah, I say it too: Ill-ly-a. 🙋🏾‍♀️

The thing about Ilia that irks me is, it's tricky 😵‍💫 looking. The 'I' and 'l' look "wrong" 🤨 next to each other... I'd also prefer 📛Ilia more so used for a 💗girl's name because it sounds like a girl's name and looks like one... 🤷🏾‍♀️

Nevertheless, 📛Ilia is an interesting (looking 🧐) name. I'm sure it will have a short-lived growth spurt rising 📈 on the 📛name charts 📊 with skater Ilia Malinin making waves and bringing the name into popular culture. 

♀️Female Version of 📛ILIA:

📛ILIANA

💭I like the feminine version better because it sounds prettier and more girly with 'Ana' added. 👌🏾 

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Ilia:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/I/IL/ILIA/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Ilia: 👍/👎  OR 💙💙💙💙💙/10

What name have the most U.S. Presidents had?

Today is Presidents Day and curiosity had me 💭wondering:

Which 📛name has been most 📈 popular amongst the Presidents?

🥁...

There are six Presidents named 📛James:

📛James Madison, 📛James Monroe, 📛James Polk

📛James Buchanan, 📛James Garfield, 📛James Carter

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛James 👍  OR 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙/10

The runner up most popular name is...

There are four Presidents named 📛John

📛John Adams, 📛John Tyler, 📛John Coolidge, 📛John Kennedy

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛John 👍  OR 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙/10

John however, is tied at the fourth most popular President's name with...

📛William Harrison, 📛William McKinley, 📛William Taft, 📛William Clinton

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛William 👍  OR 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙/10

And the last, first name that is most popular with the Presidents is...

🥁...

📛George Washington, 📛George Bush, 📛George Bush Jr. 

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛George: 👍  OR 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙/10

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MIDDLE MYSTERY: Who gave Moon to Meghan Trainor's daughter Mikey?

 🤔📛❓: "Riley and Barry [brothers] have been so excited, they even got to choose her middle name. We are over the moon in love with this precious girl," Trainor said an Instagram post.

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Moon: 👍 OR 🌝🌝🌝🌝🌝🌝/10  

  

NAME OF THE DAY: Venus

Happy 💌Valentine's Day Today is the holiday of 💞love so I will be discussing the name of a goddess who represents love: 📛💘Venus 

💘Venus in Roman mythology (in Greek mythology she is known as 💘Aphrodite) is the goddess of love, beauty and desire. 💘Venus 🔈we.nusmeans "love, sexual desire" in Latin—  and the second planet from the sun  is named after her.

📛Nameberry🍒 deems 💘Venus an "intimidating no-no" name until 🎾tennis player 💘Venus Williams popularized it, putting "an athletic, modern spin" on the lovely name. 💘Venus currently ranks #956 in the US Top 1000. 

📍California  is fittingly the state where the most women named 💘Venus reside. 

I love 😍 the name 📛💘Venus and I've actually known a 💘Venus (a beautiful friend 🥰 inside & out 👌🏾) since kindergarten. I'm surprised 💘Venus isn't more of a 📈 rising name 📛 — at least in recent years. Hopefully 💘Venus starts to somehow ⬆ chart again on the 📛 name 📊 charts. As classic  and stunning 💖 of a name 💘Venus is — I feel it's only a matter of time ⌛ before more new parents fall in love 🥰 with it to 📛name their 💗daughter. 

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛💘VENUSES:

📛💘Venus DeMilo Thomas 🎥 (director)

📛💘Venus Terzo 🎥 (actress)

📛💘Venus 🗯 (Marvel comic book character)

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛💘Venus:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/V/VE/VENUS/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛💘Venus: 👍  OR 💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘/10

 

NAME OF THE DAY: Dynasty

Reality show Love Is Blind (season 10) has a cast member with the 💥 dynamic name of 📛Dynasty❗

Dynasty the word (meaning: a sequence of hereditary rulers, ie: an Egyptian dynasty), was first recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Late Latin dynastīa, from Greek dynasteia.

📛Nameberry🍒 says on the origin of the word as a first name: "Dynasty emerged primarily in the United States during the 1980s, influenced by the immensely popular television drama series of the same name, which portrayed wealth, power, and influence. The name conveys notions of legacy, heritage, and enduring family prominence. It projects strength, ambition, and a certain dramatic flair. While not among the most common names, Dynasty appeals to parents seeking something memorable with associations of power and prestige. The name's connection to royalty and succession gives it a regal quality that sets it apart from more traditional feminine names."

📍New Jersey and 📍Maine are supposedly the states with the most women named Dynasty. Dynasty Ballard of Love Is Blind however, is from 📍Ohio.

I definitely disagree with the comment of the name hater of Dynasty as a first name below 😬:

I had never heard of anyone being named 📛Dynasty until recently hearing a Love Is Blind personality being named it  — and when I did, I was an immediate fan 🙋🏾‍♀️ of her name. I think Dynasty is a ✔classy, ✔bold and ✔decadent name. 

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Dynasty:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/D/DY/DYNASTY/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Dynasty: 👍 OR 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓/10 

Rewind: The Top 20 Baby Names of 2016

With the viral "2026 Is The New 2016" trend everywhere, I decided to 🧐 look back 🔙 at the most 📈 popular 👶 baby 📛 names of ⏪ 2016! 

Without further ado, here are the 🔝 top 📛 names of 2016 the SSA lists 📄:

My favorite names are:

💙BOYS: 📛Daniel 📛Jackson 📛Alexander 📛Logan 📛James

💗GIRLS: 📛Scarlett 📛Elizabeth 📛Isabella 📛Mia 📛Madison

If 📛Noah and 📛Emma somehow steal the #1 top names spotlight from 📛Liam and 📛Olivia in 2026 — that will be pretty cool for them to reign again in the names realm — ⏩ 10 years later. 🤯

NAME OF THE DAY: Garnet

📛Garnet is a 💎gemstone (for the precious stone, the birthstone of 📅January) and 🌈color name (derived from Middle English gernet meaning "dark red"). 

📛Nameberry🍒 classifies Garnet as, "one of the jewel names in use a hundred years ago, due for revival along with sisters Ruby and Pearl." Garnet ranks #956 on the US Top 1000 📛 name 📊 chart.

A variant of Garnet includes:📛Garnette. Garnet can also be spelled with two t's: 📛Garnett and used as a boy's name. Garnet can also be a surname.📛 

Garnets live mainly in 📍Ohio and 📍West Virginia. 

I really like the name 📛Garnet as I'm 📅January born. 🎂 I'm a big fan of birthstone names in general however. And Garnet is one of the more unusual, less 💎jewel names 📛📃used — unfortunately — because it's a great name. I see 📛Garnet as a unisex name but it leans towards it being a boy's 💙 name more so in my eyes. I absolutely love the cute, alt spelled 📛Garnette if used for a girl. 💗

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛GARNET

📛Garnet Bailey 🏒(hockey player)

📛Garnet Richardson 🥌(curler)

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Garnet:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/G/GA/GARNET/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Garnet: 👍  OR /10

NAME OF THE DAY: January

Being it's the start of January 🎉 I will be discussing the first month of the year name: 📛📅January 

January "the term originated before the year 1000 from Middle English, ultimately deriving from the Latin noun use of Jānuārius, equivalent to Jānus. In ancient Roman culture, Jānus was a god of doorways, beginnings, and the rising and setting of the sun. His name comes from the Latin jānus, meaning 'doorway, archway, arcade.'"

Behind the Name explains that 📅January "briefly charted on the American top 1000 list for girls after it was borne by the protagonist of Jacqueline Susann's novel Once Is Not Enough (1973)." 📛Nameberry🍒 believes it was because of the character 📅January Wayne in Susann's 📘book that boosted baby girls to be named after her in the 1970s.

The second cultural influence that helped spike January as a baby name is — 📅January Jones 🎥—  who played Betty Draper on the wildly successful 2007 📺show Mad Men. The mother-to-be of Jones was inspired by 📅January Wayne's character so much, she named her baby daughter after her. Now Nameberry says, "📅January has joined 📅March, 📅April, 📅June and 📅August as a plausible month name."

📅January's rank on the US Top 1000 name chart 📈 is #749. And as of 2024, "📅January was only used on 11 girls in the US, making it a very rare choice." 

📍North Dakota 🥶 has the most Januarys along with supposedly ☀ sunny 📍California. 

📛📅January 🥇 is just like the month name 📛October to me, one of my favorite names ever. I've loved 🥰 the name 📛📅January since I was in high 🏫school in fact. It's a name I would have loved to have been named 😭 as I was born 👶🏾 (and if I had a daughter and she were born in January, 📛📅January would be my top pick 👌🏾) in January (btw today is my 🎂birthday! 🤗).

📛📅January is a beautiful name with significant history behind the name. I definitely prefer📛📅January more so for a girl 💗 but boys named 📛📅January 💙 are just as cool. 😎 I'm surprised 📛📅January is not a top month baby name by now... 🤔 I hope it will start to rise 📈 on the name charts again. 🤞🏾 Nameberry has hope it will too pointing out: "January was used by Emily Henry in her popular contemporary romance novel, Beach Read, which might inspire parents-to-be in coming years." 

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛JANUARYS:

📛January LaVoy 🧼📺 (actress)

📛January Isaac 📺🎥 (actress)

📛January Gessert 👠 / 📺🌟 (model & reality star)

📛January Low 💃🏻 (dancer)

📛January So 👠 (model)

📛January Thompson 🎤 (singer)

📛January Makamba   (politician) 

📛January Suchodolski 🖌 (painter)

♂️Masculine Version of 📛JANUARY:

📛JANUS

💭I love the masculine version of January. It's a very strong 💪 name and I love the meaning 🚪 behind the name. Janus and January could also make a very cute brother/sister name combination, especially for twins. 👦👧

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛January:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/J/JA/JANUARY/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛January: 👍  OR 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗/10