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The Top 20 Most Popular Baby Names (Warning: Stupidity alert!)
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Posted on 01/09/2004 7:07:16 PM PST by VeritatisSplendor
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To: cajungirl
Where is Kinesia, Demetria and Taneesha,The headline editor struck the word "White" from the author's original headline.
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:27:20 PM PST
by
j_tull
(created by God and endowed by Him with certain inalienable rights which no civil authority may usurp)
To: VeritatisSplendor
Looks like a list of porn star names.
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:27:21 PM PST
by
Eris
To: VeritatisSplendor
For my two little boys, we purposely chose names which we felt were not common, and yet not unheard of. I checked all the baby name lists to make sure they werent in the top 20. No matter what though, you can pick a name now that becomes all the rage in a couple of years... so just pick something you like I guess...
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:29:15 PM PST
by
Paradox
(Cogito ergo boom.)
To: supercat
It's limitted to the top 10 names, but try this table to see how names have come and gone from 1880-2000 I see obvious spikes in the popularity of "Shirley" during Shirley Temple's heyday, and "Rachel" during the most popular years of the sitcom "Friends"...
It would be interesting to track down the reasons for the sudden rise and/or fall of other names.
To: Eris
"Looks like a list of porn star names. Stop reading your email and take an aspirin. You'll be just fine!
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:31:40 PM PST
by
BobS
To: Revolting cat!
Do parents still call boys Lux (as in Lux Interior) and girls Poison (as in Poison Ivy)? I turned on the radio the other day and the traffic lady's name was "Paige Turner".
With a name like that I'm surprised she didn't become an author.
To: 07055
Popularity of the name Monica
Popularity over years 1991-2002
Year of birth Rank
2002: 179
2001: 185
2000: 168
1999: 150
1998: 97
1997: 77
1996: 80
1995: 85
1994: 84
1993: 80
1992: 72
1991: 76
Hmm, did something happen in 1998 to suddenly make Monica a less popular name?
To: Brad's Gramma
128
posted on
01/09/2004 8:33:02 PM PST
by
ChefKeith
(NASCAR...everything else is just a game!)
To: Alberta's Child
That's when they find out how many other dopey parents are have named their kids as if they were pets. Something like that happened to my dad --- one time he was calling the dog which had a name that wasn't common for humans, some man heard him and saw the dog come and ratherly offendedly asked why the dog had a human's name because that was the name of his little girl --- my dad told him "well --- I thought it was a dog's name".
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:36:21 PM PST
by
FITZ
To: VeritatisSplendor
Andrew, Ava and Grace are all "family" names and I if I am blessed with any more children those names are in the running....Elizabeth, Victoria, Peter, Michael and Ian have been named after loved ones, parents, aunties or uncles....not according to a "trend".
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:37:10 PM PST
by
MissL
To: Severa
Hey I have an 'old standby' name of Virginia, ...... That is my daughter's middle name, given to her in remebrance of my husband's favorite aunt.
I grew up in an Irish/Italian Catholic neighborhood and all the girls were Maureen, Eileen, Kathleen, Anne Marie, Anna Maria, Maria............not me. I'm sure everyone can imagine what was done to the name Gabrielle.
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:37:44 PM PST
by
Gabz
(smoke gnatzies - small minds buzzing in your business -swat'em)
To: ChefKeith
Maybe THAT explains post #6 on this thread, huh?
To: BobS
Are the 'BOB' squads over?Say it ain't so! I'm a Bob, my Dad's name was Bob and my Mom's name is Barbara - nicknamed Bobbie. When someone called for Bob, everybody answered. At work, I've got three other Bobs within earshot, therefore we are known individually as "BobbyG", "Bob T", "Robere" and "Sox" - that's me.
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:40:14 PM PST
by
Ol' Sox
To: Hildy
What's wrong with this list? It looks pretty good to me. Is there ANYTHING freepers won't attack???? I think most of the names look okay too --- I think some of it's just generational --- I know some us are glad we weren't given our grandparents' or great-grandparents' names even though those names were fine in their day.
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:40:36 PM PST
by
FITZ
To: supercat
I guess I know where my name....Roy...went, when it is not even on your table. I don't think I have ever met another person named Roy all through school and now at college. Nobody.
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:41:25 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
("Men stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up as if nothing had happened." Churchill)
To: sneakers
I think my mom is one of the last 'Josephines' left in the world. That name is on my short list. I love "Josie" as a nic.
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:41:51 PM PST
by
stands2reason
("Dean is God's reward to Mr. Bush for doing the right thing in the war on terror." Dick Morris)
To: VeritatisSplendor
Anyone ever notice how many boy names start with a J? Every other kid I run into has a J name. Jeromy, Joshua, Jabob, Jason.....I think we have 3 Joshua's in our immediate area. LOL!
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:46:17 PM PST
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: Jeff Chandler
The local cops still have a gal named Vendetta on their most wanted list.
No kiddin'.....:)
To: Think free or die
Wow, I'd love to know how that came about, just out of curiousity. Ewell was a semi-common name early 20th century era.
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:46:45 PM PST
by
L`enn
To: FITZ
You "grow" into your name. I always wonder about a grown man "called", Jimmy , Donny, Junior, Bobby, Andy....
I hated my name....wanted to be a Debbie, Susie, Lauie, Monica or Katy...instead I was named for a Great-Auntie, Lola. A name I had to accept, knowing it was different and growing-up had to become LOLA. I was in my late 20's when I had a bit of a clue and now in my mid 40's, I am LOLA. Not Debbie or Katy.
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posted on
01/09/2004 8:52:03 PM PST
by
MissL
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