[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.

[jonsie]

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

[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.

[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'..

[CholeraJoe]

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

[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?

[TomServo]

An oldie but goodie....

It's worth clicking on - I promise.

[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?

[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...

[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.

[Mannaggia l'America]

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.

We were ahead of the curve. We named our son Caden back in 2000!

It was somewhat uncommon at the time, but sounded masculine enough for me. And it was about the only name on my wife's list that I would agree to.

[clintonh8r]

Wow...a whole generation of future metrosexuals.

[Nea Wood]

The sad thing is, all these people naming their kids "Caden" and "Madison" think they are being soooo glamorous and unique. They're in for a big shock when they register their kids in kindergarten or preschool and find out how common the names are.

[The Great RJ]

They forgot to add:

• Lemonjello
  
• Dibetes
  
• Clymidea

[weef]

I think someone hacked the site.

I agree. If you go to the site it's really a survey of names from the site's visitors, not birth records. Now let me guess who's been visiting it the most...