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."

[Jeff Chandler]

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

Or Hedda, Kaibeau, Jayjonna?

[yarddog]

My Daughter and Son-in-law, named my first grandson, Thorne.

Not a bad name but what is wrong with the old standbys such a James, William, Joe, David etc.?

Why do they all have to sound like characters on some soap opera?

[Loyalist]

What about Oranjello and Lemonjello?

[Petronski]

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

That's hilarious.

[I still care]

Thanks for a great site!

[gov_bean_ counter]

I was 13 before I realized my name wasn't dammit.

[TomServo]

An oldie but goodie....

It's worth clicking on - I promise.

[Jeff Chandler]

Monica has dropped off the charts.

She's been replaced by Gonoria.

[waterstraat]

What ever happened to George, Gary, Walter, Harry, Roger, Shirley, Sandy, Sherry, Marcella, Betty, Phyllis, Bess, Velma? Does anybody name their kids with these once very popular names anymore?

[cajungirl]

LOL,,yall are really funny. I keep reading these names to my hubby while he is trying to nap, makes him laugh.

[Revolting cat!]

Or Dweezel, Moon, Lourdes!

[stands2reason]

The newspaper in Austin or San Marcos (one of the places I lived) used to run birth announcements.

This is sadly accurate, except I don't see Braeden/Brayden on this list.

It's all Caden/Aden/Jaden/Brayden/Logan now...

[cajungirl]

Hahah,,one of my kids when asked her name when she was two replied "no no"

[Severa]

Hey I have an 'old standby' name of Virginia, which kids in school thought it was great to make fun of because it can be compared to a certain body part on a woman...lemme tell ya how fun THAT was...

[stands2reason]

I'm actually suspicious Brayden isn't up there......

[ElkGroveDan]

The shift in the choice of boys' names is really quite notable.

No this tells me that it is WOMEN who would go to a "Favorite Baby Names" web site. These are definitely dumb-sissy names that mothers are always proposing. Fortunately there are Dads who remember that boys named "Caleb" were teased on the playground when they were kids. The Dads usually step in and put their foot down before their wives can hang a name like "Brieze" on their son.

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.

[Revolting cat!]

Virginia's monologues?

[Jeff Chandler]

What about Oranjello and Lemonjello

If you are Italian, those names should be spelled Orangialo and Lemongialo.

[gov_bean_ counter]

And talk about cheap, my parents were cheap. I was 12 before I learned Christmas wasn't on December 26th.

[yarddog]

I used to know a girl whose last name was Rape. I also had a cousin by marriage whose last name was Raper.

I know I would change it a little if those were mine. Maybe Rapier.