This is a very well designed and compiled list of baby names. We enjoy using books like these for character creation in writing, games and so much more. The layout of this book is easy to use and the descriptions of the names are great!

This book has SO much more information in it than you would think. I loved being able to see so many definitions and also similar names to ones I have or like.

Bruce Lansky’s new baby name book is a comprehensive source which will be invaluable for parents to be. While there are many websites or apps that try to provide this information, they aren’t as comprehensive and they require a lot of clicking around and moving around from site to site. This book provides one set place to find everything you need in your search for a name for your baby. The wide variety of organized lists of most and least popular names, star names, popular names by country or state, are just some of the many lists you will find in his book. I highly recommend this book to parents to be as it is an incredible resource to help them choose a meaningful name for their little one(s) to come!

This is a great book for soon-to-be parents or parents expecting a new baby! There are so many great lists included in this book so if you are having trouble picking a name, look no further! I loved the list of poplar names through every country. Really gives you a lot of options!

I am a huge fan of Bruce Lansky's baby name books and own many variations from various years as I'm quite the name nerd. I really enjoyed this new edition! They seriously get better and better each time and the number of lists and details in this one is fantastic! Beyond the typical "most handsome/prettiest names" type list, there are also lists that show the names increasing and decreasing the most in percentage and how name popularity varies from year to year. This is really important in how names are perceived by others. The most popular names for each states are also listed as well as many, many other types of lists. With such thorough baby name books as Lansky's, typical varieties that just include names and meanings don't cut it! If you want to have an incredibly large variety of names with their meaning and origin as well as many lists and the tools to pick the best baby name for your child/character for your book, this is the book for you!

There are honestly so many books out there that go over baby names that there has to be something unique about them for the book to really stand out. And, truthfully, <i>100,000 Baby Names</i> by Bruce Lansky didn't really stand out all that much for me. For the most part, the only unique thing I really saw within this book was the inclusion of a bunch of different lists regarding the popularity of names for girls and boys within the recent years and I do feel that is something I could have gotten from a baby name website or a baby name app. As someone who generally frequents baby name applications and websites in order to find character names, I will admit that this book was somewhat difficult to find useful and I personally don't care all that much about what names were popular during which years. In fact, the only way I can see myself caring about that is if I don't want my kid to have a name that everyone else has, but it'd be hard to determine that anyway.

There were a large number of names in this book, which I did appreciate. The last baby name book that I read didn't have nearly as many. This is quite useful in terms of finding the right name for your child if you're looking to have a lot of options, though if you're really looking to compare only a few names it might feel superfluous as you continue to read. There are 100,000 baby names included throughout this book, after all. Names are ordered alphabetically after you get through the pages of lists--which admittedly can be somewhat annoying if they're not what you're looking for.

All in all, I definitely see this book as useful, but I don't think it stands out all that much among the plethora of other baby name books that are out there. Off the top of my head, there is really only one baby name book out there that I have come across in the past that really stands out among all the others and that is because it was focused on offering gender neutral names for children.

<i>I was provided a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.</i>

Bruce Lansky has written a super helpful book in baby names! I absolutely love how they are ranked with so many lists!
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I loved the lists although I missed seeing Halston for a girl. I slowly went though and added names to my list like Adleigh .