The Baby Name Countdown 4 Ed: The Definitive Baby Name Book Fourth Edition

by Janet Schwegel

Newly updated, this popular reference for new parents features 120,000 different first names--more than twice as many as the last edition. It includes the meaning and origins of the 3,000 most popular... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569247358
• ISBN13: 9781569247358
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" 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.