Small Talk Live: What Baby Names Say About Your Generation

Why don’t we name our kids the same names our parents gave us, and why will our kids give their kids our parents’ names?

Those are just a few questions I posed to

Pamela Redmond

— bestselling author and founder of Nameberry, the #1 baby name site on the internet.

Here are six takeaways from our conversation:

• The most “Gen X” names and why they mattered

• Why no one’s naming their baby Linda anymore

• Which names are making unexpected comebacks

• The 100-Year Rule of naming

• What your own name says about when you were born