[glory]

Settle down Hebrew 11:6, here is the ACTUAL top ten names of 2001--plenty of biblical names in that top ten:

Boys: Girls:
Jacob
Michael
Matthew
Joshua
Christopher
Nicholas
Andrew
Joseph
Daniel
William

GIRLS

Emily
Madison
Hannah
Ashley
Alexis
Samantha
Sarah
Abigail
Elizabeth
Jessica

PS I didn't name mine biblical names. I don't tend to think that those who do are any more righteous than those who don't since probably most don't know or don't care of the origin of the name they are using or only know it as a family name.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Your list doesn't specify racially, thereby demonstrating nothing. Being "righteous", as you put it, is not at issue here. My point is that any parent or group which ignores the Bible when naming their kids is also likely to ignore it, and its Author, in every subsequent aspect of child-rearing.

We did name ours Biblically; indeed, they're both in the same Bible verse (Joanna and Susanna in Luke 8:3). Moreover, we gave them both the middle name Christine, which is the feminine for Christian. We reasoned that if we were to die they would still know our hope that they would become Christians. Happily, at 22 and 21 they are, although I'm sure that's completely coincidental.

Still want me to settle down?

[Hebrews 11:6]

Incidentally, as you can see I applied the same to myself in selecting a screen nickname.

[StayAt HomeMother]

Let me try to tie several comments together:

I assumed the popularity of the girl's name Madison stemmed from the 1980s hit movie "Splash" with Tom Hanks, whose character named the mermaid Madison because he met her on Madison Avenue....

On an expectant list I was on a few of the names for caucasian male children were Storm, Riley Thunder, Asher, and Thor. As for girls--too many Hannahs to mention! ...

ACTUAL top ten names of 2001 ... Emily Madison Hannah ...

Darryl Hannah played the mermaid who named herself after the “Madison” street sign in the movie Splash, and now Madison and Hannah are number two and three on the list.

I would mention naming the next crop of boys Aragon and Frodo, but that discussion belongs on the Hobbit thread.