US: Woman Earns Millions By Suggesting Baby Names

Brainstorming to find the perfect name for their newborn can be pretty tough for many parents. But, while most prefer to advise their peers and relatives to zero in on an immaculate name, some even opt for professional advice.

And this is where 33-year-old Taylor A. Humphrey is cashing in by helping parents decide on a name for their babies and getting huge sums in return.

According to a report, Taylor is a businesswoman. She introduces herself as a “passionate writer and storyteller” skilled at social media, branding, and marketing. But what helps her rake in thousands of dollars.

Being a graduate of New York Univ, Taylor has worked as an event planner, fund-raiser, and matchmaker before picking the peculiar profession. According to Taylor, she had always been obsessed with baby names and even turned it into a business.

Taylor started giving baby naming services after opening her “What’s In a Baby Name’ business in 2015. She allows indecisive parents to choose from a list of services that she offers. Starting at the cost of $15, her services range from “a phone call and a bespoke name list (based on parents’ answers to a questionnaire) to a genealogical investigation, with the aim of ferreting out old family names.”

Taylor shared that anxious parents, who are having their 3rd or 4th child, often seek her services as they run out of suitable names for their child. The baby namer insisted that most popular baby names are a “telltale sign of our cultural values and aspirations.”

Although Taylor doesn’t have any children of her own, she is running a lucrative business naming babies. Some parents are even willing to pay her as much as $10,000 (Rs 7.6 lakh) to get a perfect name for their baby. In 2020, she assisted more than 100 clients and earned over $ 150,000 (roughly Rs 1.14 crore).