Leave a Review Baby Names by BabyCenter
Not the best but definitely has room to grow.
I’ve been looking for hours upon hours and all of the names are either from the Bible or are oldies basic. I’m not talking cute oldies like Pearl or Opal, I’m talking oldies like Lincoln and Martha. If the app were to have categories and filters, I believe it could thrive. It has a lot of potential, but it needs more of a unique/modern touch. Not all of us are the same, we all don’t seek the same name. There are old traditional names we may like and others we will not. Please keep that in mind.Show lessAsenaMH
Baby names are cool
So my mom is pregnant and she is having her baby in 3 weeks and we still don’t have a name but now we do I love looking for baby names because we are looking for French ones this is my moms 7th babyemarceaux
Very glitchy!
I really love using this app and the huge selection of baby names, but it glitches SO FREQUENTLY. It constantly has to reload and when I try to look at my list of favorited names, it’s taken up to 5 minutes to load that list for me. It’s extremely frustrating and I wish they would fix it!r.sunnyxx
Pretty good app
Has a decent range of names. I have a few suggestions for improvements.
1. There should be a general search button. The only way I can search a name is if I search it up under “favorites” but I think it should be a general feature.
2. Organizing all spelling variations. “Alaina”, “Alayna” and “Elena” are all the same name, different spellings. Instead of having to “like” each spelling choice individually, I suggest collecting all spelling variations and putting them on the same name card together. This makes people aware of the different spelling alternatives but reduces repeats and keeps the name lists more organized.
3. I would like to see more unique names. Names that are outside of the top 1,000.Show lessbrittolivia
Doesn’t work well, poor algorithm
First of all, the app always has “trouble loading” even if my connection is fine and all other apps are working. Second, the algorithm really isn’t smart. I get repeated names (of the same spelling variation) and it keeps showing me names I don’t like, especially with weird spellings that would give Starbucks baristas major headaches!Show lessPandasaurus Duck
Want to love it
It’s fun. It’s like a tinder swipe. I LOVE the connectability between partners. HOWEVER, I wish there were filter options as there are on baby center’s website.
I see mostly common/popular names. I much prefer a unique name, so I filter out top 100, 500, 1000...
One of my children’s names was ranked over 10k in popularity. I don’t think I’ll ever see names with that kind of rank in this app. I just see William, David, Rhett, Colton, Anne, Emily, Rose, and Grace...Show lessmrs.mattis
Slow and redundant
Better than other apps but it’s so slow to load. Takes minutes to pull up your list of favorites. At this speed your better off buying a book. Many of the names are the same but a different spelling. Why can’t they provide all spelling variations bundled together and let you select the spellings you prefer? Wish the list of favorites included the name meaning.Show lessHaiku Fan 2
Extensive amount of names, bad loading
I’ve been having issues with the app loading every time I go into it. It may load up when I open it but after swiping through like ten or so names it says it’s having trouble loading and then from there I can’t do anything. From the looks of other reviews this has been an issue for a while and no effort has been put in to fix it.Show less7777777777fr
Favorite so far, but some updates would help
So far, this is the only baby name app that I’ve tried and kept. Even so, I think some improvements could be made, mostly regarding alternative spellings of names. I keep feeling like I see the same names over and over, but it is just alternate spellings. It would help streamline things if each “name card” already contained or was associated with common alternate spellings. So maybe if I “like” a name, I can automatically look at the alternate spellings and filter through those at the same time.
I also feel like I see repeats of the same name sometimes, not an alternate spelling, which feels like a waste of time. I can’t prove that though.Show lessdarkkitsune_RK
Two suggestions
It’s okay, very easy to use. Ads aren’t too bad. But seriously, can you lump together all variant spellings of the same name? I get alternate spelling repeats WAY too often. Also, it would be nice to narrow the search; such as “no names ending in -an”listen-ups
