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

Netscape News ^ | 1/9/04 | anon.

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The Top 20 Most Popular Baby Names

For the first time in more than a decade, the year's most popular baby name for boys is not Biblical. Move over Michael and Matthew and make room for Aidan, Jaden, and Caden--the top three boys' names for 2003, according to BabyNames.com.

Meanwhile, Madison has hung on for another year as the top name for girls, which as near as anyone can figure comes from the 1984 movie "Splash," starring Daryl Hannah in the role of a mermaid named Madison.

Top 20 boys' names:

Aidan/Aiden/Aden

Jaden/Jayden

Caden/Kaden

Ethan

Caleb

Dylan

Jacob

Jordan

Logan

Hayden

Connor

Ryan

Morgan

Cameron

Andrew

Joshua

Noah

Matthew

Addison

Ashton

Top 20 girls' names:

Madison

Emma

Abigail

Riley

Chloe

Hannah

Alexis

Isabella

Mackenzie

Taylor

Olivia

Hailey

Paige

Emily

Grace

Ava

Aaliyah

Alyssa

Faith

Brianna

BabyNames.com compiles this annual ranking of the top 20 most popular baby names using the favorite name lists created on the Web site by more than 100,000 expectant parents.

The shift in the choice of boys' names is really quite notable. "Traditionally, you see more of a fluctuation and creativity in girls' names, but this is the first year we have seen such a big change in the boys' name list," admitted Jennifer Moss, a senior partner with BabyNames.com.

"In the past 20 years, Celtic and English names--such as Ashley, Caitlyn, and Brianna--have been extremely popular for girls," adds Moss. "And now that trend is entering the boys' list with Aidan, Dylan, Logan, and Connor--a huge break from the usual trend of Biblical names like Michael and Jacob. We think as names become uni-gender for girls, parents are taking more risks and being more creative and unique with naming their boys."

[BenLurkin]

"Aidan/Aiden/Aden

Jaden/Jayden

Caden/Kaden "

These aren't even names!

[LouD]

Son, I'd like you to meet your namesake:

[Hildy]

What's wrong with this list? It looks pretty good to me. Is there ANYTHING freepers won't attack????

[Brad’s Gramma]

Maybe we should give 'em a little boost in the right direction???

Read the Hillary post..now THAT'S funny!

[Revolting cat!]

And where are Maybelline, Nadine, Tulane, Long Tall Sally, Good Golly Miss Molly, Lucille, Dizzy Miss Lizzie, Bony Maronie, Short Fat Fannie, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Stagger Lee?

[Sockdologer]

I'd move

[Timesink]

BabyNames.com compiles this annual ranking of the top 20 most popular baby names using the favorite name lists created on the Web site by more than 100,000 expectant parents.

In other words, it has no validity whatsoever. I'll wait for Social Security to release their 2003 list of ACTUAL names given to ACTUAL babies.

[Think free or die]

" If I had a fifth I swear I woulda named him Deuteronomy."

My mother is a retired teacher. She had several students from one family, all of whom had biblical names. I don't remember them all anymore, but two of them were Deuteronomy and Chronicles.

[ChefKeith]

Hillary post ???

[NYCVirago]

Let's see a sampling of birth certificates. That will tell us what the popular names are, and I predict Mark, Mike John, Bob and Dave are still on the top 20 list.

I agree -- the boys' names here are very different than on the official government list.

[Ichneumon]

Hillary post ???

Post #6

[Alberta's Child]

They're in for a big shock when they register their kids in kindergarten or preschool and find out how common the names are.

That's when they find out how many other dopey parents are have named their kids as if they were pets.

I wonder where "Alberta" is on that list.

[ChefKeith]

but two of them were Deuteronomy and Chronicles.

I'll bet that was fun when they were in school learning to write their names.

[Revolting cat!]

Is 'Revolting' in the top 100?

[Brad’s Gramma]

Thanks Ichneumon...I should've been more specific.

[BobS]

How about just good old 'Bob' like me? Or sensuous 'Roberto' in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese? Are the 'BOB' squads over?

LOL!

[Jeff Chandler]

Yeah, and how come no parents name their daughter Black Betty Bam-ba-Lam any more?

[Rushmore Rocks]

Biblical names are good...........makes me really glad that we named our children James, David, and Laura. Our grandchildren also have good names...Anthony, Hope, Elizabeth, Andrew, Aaron. Good strong names. I've told my children that not only do the names have to fit the child, but also the adults they become.

[isom35]

here are some stupid names according to George Carlin: Todd, Blake, Blaine, Cody, Dylan, Taylor, Tyler, Jordan, Flynn, and possibly the 2 worst: Tucker and Kyle.

[Revolting cat!]

Do parents still call boys Lux (as in Lux Interior) and girls Poison (as in Poison Ivy)?