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

[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.)