You can check out how your name ranks since 1880 if you want to. The closest my name came to the top ten is in 1880 at #16.
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/babynames/
Interesting that the popular names seem to be names from the Bible.
1 posted on
05/11/2008 5:45:34 AM PDT by
mware
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2 posted on
05/11/2008 5:45:56 AM PDT by
mware
(mware...killer of threads.)
To: mware
Boys
1 Jacob (#1 since 1999)
2 Michael (last year: #2)
3 Ethan (#4)
4 Joshua (#3)
5 Daniel (#6)
6 Christopher (#7)
7 Anthony (#9)
8 William (#10)
9 Matthew (#5)
10 Andrew (#8)
Girls
1 Emily (#1 since 1996)
2 Isabella (last year: #4)
3 Emma (#2)
4 Ava (#5)
5 Madison (#3)
6 Sophia (#9)
7 Olivia (#7)
8 Abigail (#6)
9 Hannah (#8)
10 Elizabeth (#11)
3 posted on
05/11/2008 5:46:24 AM PDT by
mware
(mware...killer of threads.)
To: mware
I don’t understand why “Sarah” is not on that list. I have 5 granddaughters with that name.
4 posted on
05/11/2008 5:47:38 AM PDT by
Alouette
(Vicious Babushka)
To: mware
I remember when Time magazine was ga ga in 1993 when the top girl baby name was "Hillary."
5 posted on
05/11/2008 5:49:42 AM PDT by
SkyPilot
("I wasn't in church during the time when the statements were made.")
To: mware
Monday is the birthday of my son, Jacob. He was born in 1999. We thought we were being very creative.
Actually, I was so sedated they could’ve named him “Pencil” and I’d have loved it!
8 posted on
05/11/2008 5:53:25 AM PDT by
kimmie7
(<<<---- Too surly for the hoarde.)
To: mware
Rank 39 in 2000. Jason. Good. I’m glad I have a less-than-popular name.
16 posted on
05/11/2008 6:01:25 AM PDT by
arderkrag
(Libertarian Nutcase (Political Compass Coordinates: 9.00, -2.62 - www.politicalcompass.org))
To: mware
I named my daughter Emily Elizabeth back in 1977 before it was popular. She was named after my Aunt Emily. But then I was always ahead of the curve.
17 posted on
05/11/2008 6:02:57 AM PDT by
heylady
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George Forman never saw the site.
20 posted on
05/11/2008 6:04:13 AM PDT by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
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Sometimes the best names are in the byline:
Lyric Wallwork Winik
And yes, that is a woman, not a marketing firm. I googled it to be sure!
22 posted on
05/11/2008 6:07:59 AM PDT by
Tax-chick
(Yes, but how does that help?)
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I see my daughter’s name, Cecilia, only rates in the high 200’s. Ah, well. :)
23 posted on
05/11/2008 6:08:29 AM PDT by
Doohickey
(SSN-681; SSN-671; SSN-669; SSN-712)
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A Census Bureau guest was on Fox with the Friends discussing this...the ditzy blonde excitedly kept asking where "Barack" appeared on this list. Must every segment be an Obamamercial! Of course, his name is nowhere to be found. The guy also pointed out that "Hillary" took a huge fall after she came onto the scene.
26 posted on
05/11/2008 6:14:11 AM PDT by
Miss Didi
("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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Interesting that the popular names seem to be names from the Bible. That could be further evidence that Christians produce more offspring than atheists.
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I would have thought that “Jose” would have been number one.
32 posted on
05/11/2008 6:22:26 AM PDT by
dljordan
To: mware
I’m happy to see there are no mohammeds or jamals or jameikas.
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I find the changing popularity of names fascinating. My grandmother changed her name from Sarah to Shirley back in the 20’s because Sarah was so old-fashioned and Shirley was hip (or whatever the term was back then). Now, Shirley barely makes the top 1000 and Sarahs are everywhere. And I don’t think there’s a single John or Mary in our local school system, yet when I was in school they were the most popular names. I wonder if, thirty years from now, when Jaydon and Emily marry they’ll name their kids Mabel or Hubert?
34 posted on
05/11/2008 6:26:42 AM PDT by
jalisco555
("My 80% friend is not my 20% enemy" - Ronald Reagan)
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Interesting that the popular names seem to be names from the Bible.Biblical names have the advantage that there's usually a version of them in any Western language. For example, my name, Andrew, is Andre, Andrei, Andreas, Andrea, Anders, Anderson, and probably some others I've missed.
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I’m #7 for boys.
I like Autumn for a girl.
40 posted on
05/11/2008 6:39:21 AM PDT by
wastedyears
(The US Military is what goes Bump in the night.)
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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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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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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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