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

[mightyurchin.livejournal.com]

H's name has been holding steady in the low 200s for the past 5 years, after breaking into the 100s for a few years in the late 90s/early 00s.
For me, same as Casper. (When I got the name, it was #254.)
My husband's name (Alan) is surprisingly high in the list - #135.
Virginia, which is our leading girl's name for the baby, should it be a girl, (which is the same girl's name that we had before, in honor of my grandmother), came in at #562.

BTW, I know a Brayden, a Graydon, and a Grayson, all under the age of 3. There's something about that "--ay-on" sound that people seem to like these days.