The Top 20 Most Popular Baby Names (Warning: Stupidity alert!)

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[VeritatisSplendor]

I don't believe this. I think someone hacked the site. The top 3 boys' names are all too similar and I've never heard of two of the three.

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[RippinGood]

well, Aidan is the name of an Anglo-Saxon saint...

but I agree that the similarity among the top three is a bit fishy...

RG

[Az Joe]

Sounds like most of those names came from Vermont.

Say, isn't "Vermont" French for "green whore"?

[nj_pilot]

Go to the social security administration's site http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

There is a query tool that you can ha ve some fun with. Try, for example, "Hillary." 1991, 1992, it was very popular. By 1994, it had crashed, and for 2002, it didn't even make the top 1000. Next, how 'bout monica? took a dive in 98 and never recovered.

The point here is that there is no more unbiased measure of the esteem in which prominent people are held than the frequency w/ which people name their babies after them. So the baloney about Hillary being the most popular woman in the universe appears to be in error.

[07055]

Monica has dropped off the charts.

[jonsie]

I got a new student today named "Quashod" and I am perplexed as to why any parent would name their name son that!

[cajungirl]

Aiden was also the lover of Carrie in Sex in the City!! This is the most peculiar list. Where is Kinesia, Demetria and Taneesha,,

[Jeff Chandler]

Whatever happened to regular names Tyree, Shamkewiea, and HILLARY?

Not to mention Yunika, Butee, and Manteka?

[Revolting cat!]

Whatever happened to good Christian names like Latrina, Toyletta, Beedetta?

[bwteim]

Go to

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

for another way to look at data.

For example, punch in Aiden and get:

Popularity of the name Aiden. It's moving up, but seems hard to believe it is numero Uno this year.

Popularity over years 1991-2002
Year of birth Rank
2002 141
2001 219
2000 325
1999 479
1998 561
1997 652
1996 827
1995 949
Note: Rank 1 is the most popular, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth.

[supercat]

There is a query tool that you can ha ve some fun with.

It's limitted to the top 10 names, but try this table to see how names have come and gone from 1880-2000 [I really oughta update it I suppose].

[Jeff Chandler]

Where is Kinesia, Demetria and Taneesha,,

Yeah, and where's Kinetika, Dementeeyah, and Klinique?

[Carpe Cerevisi]

My two month old son's name is Aidan. We picked it because we wanted something that wasn't too common, was a saint's name and sounded good. Looks like we wanted to be different...just like everybody else.

[Zipporah]

You'd be surprised at the bizarre names people give their kids.. I work with a non-profit child care agency and these names sound 'normal'..

[csmusaret]

Monica went down?

[CrazyIvan]

Quashod? Sounds like a word meaning "wearing four shoes".

[CholeraJoe]

Wait there aren't L'kesha, Tavondria and Muhammed listed. Therefore the survey is RACIST and totally invalid.

[Petronski]

Say, isn't "Vermont" French for "green whore"?

LOL