[Lee N. Field]

he number of girls given the name Mary at birth has fallen 94 percent since 1961

(Not a papist, but) our youngest, born 1990, is a Mary.

We gave all our kids pretty ordinary names, of biblical origin. We didn't try to be trendy (but it turned out there was a spate of Hannahs born in the early 80s).

And I got pointed to this a couple weeks ago:

[NewCenturions]

My co-workers’ baby names this year seem to be unisex: Briley, Brailey, Layton, Braylon. All the moms are in their 20s.

[NYer]

Congratulations on giving your daughter a beautiful and saintly name. Who better to be her guide through life than the Mother of God!

You'll know we've met up with Europe when the most popular boy's name becomes Mohammed (or any of its variant spellings).

[the OlLine Rebel]

Yeah, all the normal names are oriental.

I’m not crazy about Sinutab, but I’d be OK with Dristan.

[Varda]

Madison is the made up name of a slutty character from a movie. The made up black names have more dignity.