Baby names are galore.
The Social Security Administration is there for all the new parents out there, especially if they can apply for their baby’s Social Security number before they even leave the hospital. It’s also a good idea to do so, as you only need the number to claim the child as a dependent on your next tax return and get him or her medical coverage, among a couple of other things.
Another delightful byproduct of this type of early involvement is that Social Security is the ideal go-to resource for all things baby. The SSA famously released an annual list of some of the most popular choices (2020, for example, was the year of Olivia and Liam, as was 2019), but its baby names index also allows you to search for top names depending on the year, decade, and state and see just how your own handle held up over time.
It’s definitely a treasure trove of ideas for naming your newborn and of cultural data for nomenclature nerds.
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