baby names!

[flea]

Today's the day the Social Security baby name lists for 2008 come out (they deliberately release them for mother's day, awww.) http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

This year's top 10 are hardly surprising, although Emma has knocked Emily out of the #1 spot for girls:
1 Jacob Emma
2 Michael Isabella
3 Ethan Emily
4 Joshua Madison
5 Daniel Ava
6 Alexander Olivia
7 Anthony Sophia
8 William Abigail
9 Christopher Elizabeth
10 Matthew Chloe

Addison is still #12 for girls (was #11 last year) and my possibly least favorite name ever, Jayden, is #11 for boys. (And Brayden is #50. Why, people, why. Brayden is what a donkey does.)

Casper's name is up to #54 (was #88 the year we named her, was #161 10 years ago).
Dillo's name is still dropping, down to #183.
My name peaked last year and is down to #348.
mr. flea's name is, well, #2. His middle name, though, is #691 and falling.

How 'bout you?

Comments

[susanw.livejournal.com]

Annabel is 801, but Annabelle is 188, and there are a couple of other spellings in the mix. I still think we chose by far the best spelling.

Susan continues to plummet 40-50 places a year. It's at 712 now. Dylan is 31.

Of the top 10 names, Ethan surprises me because I haven't encountered it anywhere. And if my church were anything to go by, Jack would be in the top 10. Most of them are indeed Jacks, and not John using it as a nickname, which makes my old-school naming soul sad. And Brayden and Jayden annoy me because they've spoiled Aidan for me, and it used to be one of my favorites.

Looking at some of my favorites for a hypothetical second kid...if DH got no input at all, I'd name a boy Arthur, which is 363--higher than I thought. DH's favorite is Brendan, at 207 much lower than I thought. I'm very fond of Henry (78) and Patrick (127), and we'd like to use Edmund, a family name not in the top 1000.

For a girl we'd consider Eleanor (256, and I thought it would be MUCH higher). I like Josephine (208) and Rosa (457), and DH likes Honor and Harriet, neither of which are top 1000.

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

I know tons of Jacks. Some are "just Jack" and many are Jacksons (happily, no Jaxons, but I'm sure they are out there). My coworker has a year-old Jack who is a John, though, which makes me happy.

I generally agree with your tastes (as you know!) but I would probably not choose Henry or Eleanor, because of popularity. Henry may be #78 but that's belied by my actual social circles, which are filled with Henrys, and I adore Eleanor, but I also know lots of Ellie-names kids. If I did pick Eleanor, I'd go with Nell as a nickname. I also know a couple of Josies who are Josephines (though I love that one too - I am basically a sucker for most top names from 1910-1915 - one of my grandmother's best friends was Josephine, another Louise, and her sisters were Natalie, Cecilie, and Marjorie.)