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

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

[sneakers]

OMG! I'm laughing so hard I'm crying!!! (re: post 179 wedding pictures)

[sneakers]

I think my mom is one of the last 'Josephines' left in the world.

[DouglasKC]

on'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.

My first thought too..I've never heard of anyone naming their kids any of those. I've never known anyone by those names as a matter of fact.

[Revolting cat!]

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[Skibane]

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

Many of them do seem to have an air of pretentiousness about them, don't they?

[LouD]

MULVA?

/ obligatory Seinfeld reference

[ChefKeith]

Hey TT You're #9

[L`enn]

Best name story I ever heard was a ballplayer for the KC Royals in the 80's. His name was UL Washington. When asked what the UL stood for, the answer was nothing! That was his freaking name. UL. Unbelievable. Like to know the logic behind that. Mebbe was born under a lamp cord. Who the hell knows.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

The name will come back big time.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Well, what do THEY know?

LOGAN'S #1!!!!!! (hehe)

[Libertina]

These actually seems like nice names. I've heard worse. (much)

[mikrofon]

What about Hugh -- that should have been a big favorite...

[nmh]

I am still glad I named our daughter Sarah, Elizabeth (middle name). She is our little Princess ;) We don't need trendy or pretentious names.

[Think free or die]

"When asked what the UL stood for, the answer was nothing! That was his freaking name."

My husband's grandfather was named UL. It didn't stand for anything either. When the newspaper reported his death, they called him Ewell. I suppose they couldn't understand how he could be without a name and gave him one.

[Straight Vermonter]

Actually it means mountain of worms. Really.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Where are good solid names like, Michael, John, Stephen?
I have not even heard of some of the names mentioned.
Might as well have a boy named Sue!!!!!!!!!!LOL

[nmh]

BTW, it's no surprise names are moving away from Biblical names ... look at the direction our social mores are taking ... in the toilet. We purposely picked Biblical names. Helps bring the Bible alive since they are her namesake.

[DeepDish]

Quashod? Quahog An edible clam (Venus mercenaria) of the Atlantic coast of North America, having a hard rounded shell. Also called hard-shell clam, round clam. Maybe they named the kid after a clam, sort of.

[ChefKeith]

We know He's #1 but then again We did not make the list.

[Ichneumon]

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.

That's hilarious (Hillaryous?). Thanks for the observations, and the link to the cool site.