A. To prove that your charming child does indeed have the name-of-the-day, the Gold Standard is something with their name and picture on it, like a school lunch card or a Looney Tunes passport. A good second bet is their Library! card, their birth certificate or even some artwork that they signed. 

Basically, if you make an effort to prove to us that you had the foresight ___ years in advance to pick today’s name for your child, and you follow the other three IYD rules, identification won’t be an obstacle.

Q. How we choose the names for It's Your Day.

A. Besides whimsical choices, or names from comment cards, each participant gets to register a "vote" for upcoming names.   That means that if you look at the list of names each week, and direct a few of your friends here on their days, and ask them to register their “vote” to your name, within a short amount of time, you’ll have enough votes to get your name up, even if it is an unusual one, or one that has been up before.