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NameBattle
My names
The reveal game

Let them guess the name

You’ve chosen. Hide it among lookalikes so believable that even the grandparents hesitate, send one link, and keep the reveal for the moment you choose.

One link, no app4, 6 or 8 names on the boardNobody sees which is real
HazelWrenMaeveClaraJuniper
Six names. One is real. Nobody knows which — until you say so.

Which name did you choose?

Free: 1 reveal game as a guest, 2 with a free account. Unlimited lifts the cap. Guessing on a link is free for everyone.

Ready with sensible defaults
From “the parents”How guests see who is askingShow the split after the revealWho sees how the guesses splitYou press revealWhenever the moment feels right
Who sees how the guesses split
How the reveal happens
  1. IPick your secret, shape the boardWe deal lookalikes from the records around your name. Swap any, deal again, or use the shortlist the family already argued over.
  2. IISend one linkWhatsApp, a text, the family thread. Everyone taps once and signs their guess. Your console shows who said what — only to you.
  3. IIIReveal, by hand or by the clockPress the button at the shower, or set the time and let the page flip itself. Guests who asked get the email. The page stays for the baby book.
Decoys that fool the familyReal names, close in popularity — or the exact runners-up your family heard you consider.
The reveal is yoursPress it when the moment feels right, or schedule it — the page flips itself and emails everyone who asked.
It stays for the baby bookEvery guess, who called it, the note you wrote — on one page you can print, with the name’s full story one tap away.
Not decided yet?
Let the family voteSwipe a deck togetherPlay the shortlist down to oneTry the daily battles

The reveal game is the last step. Every other game on the site ends in a name you can hide here — and every name page has a “let them guess” link. Free: 1 reveal game as a guest, 2 with a free account. Unlimited lifts the cap. Guessing on a link is free for everyone.

Good to know

Questions people ask

How does the reveal game work?

You pick the name you've chosen and we hide it on a board of 4, 6 or 8 names — the rest are lookalikes from the same US records, close in popularity, or the very names your family heard you consider. You share one link. Everyone taps the one they'd bet on, once. When you're ready — or at a time you set — you reveal, and the page turns into the announcement.

Can guests tell which name is real?

No. Every name on the board is a real one from the records, so the meanings and pronunciations are true for all of them and give nothing away. The link, the share card and the page never mark the real one until you reveal it — and the split of guesses is hidden until then unless you choose otherwise.

Where do the decoys come from?

From the same 146 years of US birth records as everything else on the site. We deal names that sit next to yours in popularity, so a guest can't tell #38 from #44 — and you can swap any of them, deal again, or pull in your own shortlist, which makes the hardest board of all.

Do guests need an account?

Never. They open the link, tap a name, leave their own name so you know who called it, and they're done. They can ask for one email when the name is revealed — that's the only thing we'll ever send them.

Can I schedule the reveal?

Yes. Set a date and time and the page flips itself when the moment comes — at the shower, on the due date, at grandma's dinner. Everyone who asked gets the email then. You can always reveal earlier from your console.

Is it free?

1 reveal game is free without an account and 2 with a free one; Unlimited lifts the cap. Playing a link you were sent is free for everyone, always.