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>> Tuesday, October 5, 2010

What's In a Name?

Well, if you ask me. A lot.
I think it is very important to think about your name, what it means to you, where it came from, and how will this child feel about their name in 5, 10, 50 years from now.
It amazes me how some people think that their little sweet boy will be OK with the name "Tico" in 20 years. Really people?! It might be cute now, but come on!
(Yes, that name made the Parenting.com top 50 names list!) No kidding.

If your like me then you find naming a child very difficult. It took me until the 8th month of my pregnancy to determine my little girls name, and even then my husband was the one that made the final decision!
It's hard!
So I have searched online and found the most popular names of this year and there were a few that surprised me, so without further ado...here we go....

Top 20 Girl Names of 2010

  1. Ella
  2. Ava
  3. Grace
  4. Lolita
  5. Emma
  6. Elizabeth
  7. Genevieve
  8. Aurora
  9. Isabella
  10. Bella
  11. Charlotte
  12. Lily
  13. Saria
  14. Sookie..... for real?
  15. Leighton
  16. Sasha
  17. Olivia
  18. Chloe
  19. Sophia
  20. Amelia
Top 20 Boy Names of 2010
  1. Aiden
  2. Jayden
  3. Max
  4. Riley
  5. Liam
  6. Ethan
  7. Jack
  8. Avery
  9. Dyllan
  10. Caleb
  11. Addison
  12. James
  13. Ryan
  14. Andrew
  15. Navajo
  16. Oliver
  17. Michael
  18. Benjamin
  19. Lucas
  20. Logan
Most of these names I wasn't to surprised, but there were a few...
Like on the girls list not only was #14 Sookie, but #22 is Sook.... come on!! That is not a name. Apparently its a popular name in the "True Blood" series... who knew?
And the boys list did not disappoint either with # 37 being Barack... would you really do that to your baby?

OK, hopefully I did not offend! So, give us your scoop... What's Your Favorite Baby Name?

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3 comments:

Alison October 5, 2010 at 11:01 AM  

The most accurate place to find the most popular names would be the Social Security website:

Top 10 Names for 2009
Rank Male name Female name
1 Jacob Isabella
2 Ethan Emma
3 Michael Olivia
4 Alexander Sophia
5 William Ava
6 Joshua Emily
7 Daniel Madison
8 Jayden Abigail
9 Noah Chloe
10 Anthony Mia

Anitra October 5, 2010 at 11:38 AM  

I personally don't understand people who choose their babys name by looking at what's most popular. Why do you want your kid to be one of 7 Jacobs in their class?
My husband and I decided with my first pregnancy that we'd do nothing but family names. It's been fun looking at our geneology to find names we love, and of course figuring out who is most important in our families to name our kids after :)
My favorite name at the moment...Lula...my aunts name (who is basically like my grandma) and what we will be naming our second child due in Dec.

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