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The Most Popular U.S. Baby Names
Parade Magazine ^ | Published: May 11, 2008 | Contributors: Lyric Wallwork Winik and Matt Bushlow

Posted on 05/11/2008 5:45:33 AM PDT by mware

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To: Alouette

I have a daughter by that name.

When we named her, we didn’t know anyone named Sarah. Then, when we took her to school, it seemed half the girls were named Sarah.


41 posted on 05/11/2008 6:42:25 AM PDT by Skooz (Any nation that would elect Hillary Clinton as its president has forfeited its right to exist.)
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To: mware
That's Jacob in the middle. Born October 2005!
42 posted on 05/11/2008 6:49:02 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (It's truly bad when your Savior in November is Judas Himself.)
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To: dljordan

I heard a lot of Javier’s being called to on the playground yesterday.


43 posted on 05/11/2008 6:51:03 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (It's truly bad when your Savior in November is Judas Himself.)
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To: mware

I didn’t realize how trendy my name was when my parents hung it on me in 1962...and how uncool it is now!!!!!


44 posted on 05/11/2008 7:00:27 AM PDT by perez24 (Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap.)
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To: mware

We named our son Jacob (1988). At that time, we didn’t think folks were using it much and his great-grandfather had that name. Because I am his mother, I have sometimes called him Jakey. Some of the family call him “Japut” because one of his younger cousins couldn’t pronounce his name correctly and it came out something like that. Sometimes that is shortened to “Jape.” He answers to everything!


45 posted on 05/11/2008 7:05:41 AM PDT by gingerky
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To: TLI

My family has Texas roots back to the 1830s, and I can tell you that a lot of the Jose’s are not anchor babies. Texas was part of Mexico until 1836 and there are many ethnically Mexican Texans that go back to the 1800s.


46 posted on 05/11/2008 7:06:06 AM PDT by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: perez24

> I didn’t realize how trendy my name was when my parents hung it on me in 1962...and how uncool it is now!!!!!

Heh, you’re lucky. I got pegged with a name that hit its popular peak in the early 1920s (#2 in 1922). It was an old traditional family name (which is why I was given it), but it was uncool when I was *born*. The only people I meet with the name are at least 70 years old...

The one upside to having an unusual name is that people remember you better! :-)


47 posted on 05/11/2008 7:09:45 AM PDT by VictoryGal (Never give up, never surrender!)
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To: mware

Bogus. Madison is not the third most popular name in the country. I don’t know a single person or kid named Madison.


48 posted on 05/11/2008 7:20:50 AM PDT by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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To: mware

My twins’ names are going to be Sarah and Samuel—didn’t make the top ten, but that’s okay by me! :-)


49 posted on 05/11/2008 7:24:50 AM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --Soccer Mom and proud Rush Conservative with no dog in the presidential race now *sigh*)
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To: jalisco555; proxy_user

My daughter is named after a great-aunt, Sophie, who is about 85 years old. I think that is how these names skip multiple generations. There are a lot of Grandma and Great-Grandma Sophies out there.


50 posted on 05/11/2008 7:25:16 AM PDT by gridlock (The natural state of the world is Darfur. The freakish aberration is America - - Ann Coulter)
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To: Alouette

Excellent choice! We’re naming one of my twins Sarah! :-)
Lovely name, I think. But how on earth do you tell all those grandkids apart? By their middle names?
:-)


51 posted on 05/11/2008 7:26:07 AM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --Soccer Mom and proud Rush Conservative with no dog in the presidential race now *sigh*)
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To: mware

There was some woman on Survivor a few years ago who was pretty popular, and that was her name—I think that’s when the name started getting popular too. IIRC, it’s just pronounced
“Knee-vah”.


52 posted on 05/11/2008 7:27:37 AM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --Soccer Mom and proud Rush Conservative with no dog in the presidential race now *sigh*)
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To: kimmie7

Emily Elizabeth, mine, is having a baby in Aug and today she told me her baby’s middle name is going to be Noani. She said before I made fun of it I should know Noani is Hawaiian for Linda...that’s my name. That was a nice Mother’s Day present.


53 posted on 05/11/2008 7:41:09 AM PDT by heylady
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To: mware

I one had twin boys in my class

They were named ...
Lemonjello and Orangejello..

I wonder where they rank on that name list


54 posted on 05/11/2008 8:05:40 AM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Robe
Lemonjello and Orangejello

Must be named after Donatello's lesser known brothers.
55 posted on 05/11/2008 8:16:10 AM PDT by posterchild ("Congress does two things very well: one is nothing and two is overreact." - Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga)
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To: pillut48
how on earth do you tell all those grandkids apart? By their middle names?

Middle and last names.

56 posted on 05/11/2008 8:35:45 AM PDT by Alouette (Vicious Babushka)
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To: mware

Some one sent me an e mail the other day and you could go there and see how many people in the world had your name. My name came up ‘zero’. ~sob~ You would think there would be one...... me.


57 posted on 05/11/2008 8:40:17 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Robe
Where is the ranking for Keyshawn or some of these strange Afro-American names (like Barak). Matter of fact where's Mohammad on the list. (My pig's name is MudHAMit)

Lemonjello and Orangejello.. was their last name Kraft? (the owner of Jell-O)

58 posted on 05/11/2008 8:42:05 AM PDT by EagleandLiberty (El Rushbo Tribal name -- RinoHunter Vote Conservatives '08)
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To: mware

My sons name is Jacob. He was born in 1991. I guess my wife and I are trend setters!


59 posted on 05/11/2008 8:47:48 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (All my bullets are dipped in PIG fat. How about yours?)
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To: mware

Happy Mother’s Day, mware!

Names are so trendy. Frankly, I’m glad to see various derivatives of Brittany gone. Brad, too. A generation or two ago it was Barbara, Carol, Susan, Nancy, and I don’t see any of them on the top now.

It is interesting that at least most of the male names now are biblical, and several historical. Your name may see a comeback yet!


60 posted on 05/11/2008 8:52:00 AM PDT by EDINVA (Proud American for 23,062 days.... and counting!)
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