If you want to understand a state's history, start by looking at its name. The map below shows the breakdown of all the states' etymologies. The most names, eight in both cases, stem from ...

By combing through official state websites, state historical society websites, and the website for the History Channel, we found an explanation behind the name of all 50 states.

Those were some of the most popular name choices for newborns in 2023, according to the Social Security Administration, which released new state-by-state data on Thursday.