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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2 posted on
01/09/2004 7:09:17 PM PST by
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(If Woody had gone straight to the police, this would never have happened!)
To: VeritatisSplendor
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
To: VeritatisSplendor
Sounds like most of those names came from Vermont.
Say, isn't "Vermont" French for "green whore"?
5 posted on
01/09/2004 7:11:27 PM PST by
Az Joe
To: VeritatisSplendor
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.
6 posted on
01/09/2004 7:16:22 PM PST by
nj_pilot
To: VeritatisSplendor
I got a new student today named "Quashod" and I am perplexed as to why any parent would name their name son that!
8 posted on
01/09/2004 7:16:46 PM PST by
jonsie
To: VeritatisSplendor
Whatever happened to good Christian names like Latrina, Toyletta, Beedetta?
11 posted on
01/09/2004 7:20:06 PM PST by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: VeritatisSplendor
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.
12 posted on
01/09/2004 7:21:31 PM PST by
bwteim
(Begin With The End In Mind)
To: VeritatisSplendor
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'..
16 posted on
01/09/2004 7:23:17 PM PST by
Zipporah
(Write inTancredo in 2004)
To: VeritatisSplendor
Wait there aren't L'kesha, Tavondria and Muhammed listed. Therefore the survey is RACIST and totally invalid.
19 posted on
01/09/2004 7:25:48 PM PST by
CholeraJoe
(I'm a Veteran. I live in Montana. I own assault weapons. I vote. Any questions?)
To: VeritatisSplendor
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?
22 posted on
01/09/2004 7:26:58 PM PST by
yarddog
To: VeritatisSplendor
What about Oranjello and Lemonjello?
23 posted on
01/09/2004 7:27:22 PM PST by
Loyalist
To: VeritatisSplendor
An oldie but
goodie....
It's worth clicking on - I promise.
27 posted on
01/09/2004 7:28:20 PM PST by
TomServo
("She wouldn't have me on a silver platter." "How about on an air mattress slathered with butter?")
To: VeritatisSplendor
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?
To: VeritatisSplendor
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...
32 posted on
01/09/2004 7:29:55 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
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.
36 posted on
01/09/2004 7:31:19 PM PST by
ElkGroveDan
(Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
To: VeritatisSplendor
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.
To: VeritatisSplendor
Wow...a whole generation of future metrosexuals.
44 posted on
01/09/2004 7:34:22 PM PST by
clintonh8r
(You know that KoolAid the RATs have been drinking? Well, I'm the guy who's been pissing in it.)
To: VeritatisSplendor
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.
45 posted on
01/09/2004 7:35:04 PM PST by
Nea Wood
(Democrats - they throw OUR money at THEIR problems.)
To: VeritatisSplendor
They forgot to add:
- Lemonjello
- Dibetes
- Clymidea
To: VeritatisSplendor
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...
59 posted on
01/09/2004 7:40:07 PM PST by
weef
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