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My son is named Liam. It was not in the SSA top 100, but when he was born, the doc said "What will you name him?" and when we said Liam, she said "Oh I just delivered a Liam earlier today!" Shoulda known from that that it would be pretty popular. There's another in his daycare and we frequently bumped into ones at the park. They are all under 10. The only one people have heard of is Liam Neeson, although the name is more common in the UK and Ireland. (Liam Gallager, etc.)
We did it because his dad's name is William and we didn't want him to be a junior, and we are vaguely Irish-American.  But it's amazing how people outside of the young, yuppie demographic that I'm in have never heard of it, and they call him Leo or LYE-am!
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Anonymous
| Funny, our girl name was "Harlow", a year before Nicole Ritchie had her daughter. Now I can't use that name because everyone will think we got the idea from her. Argh. |
Anonymous
| It's true. I know two little girls my daughter's age (20 mos) named Violet and I always wonder if they copied the Afflecks! |
Anonymous
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I've always loved the name Angelina, but can't use it, for obvious reasons.
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Anonymous
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Funny article on names.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/24/odd.names/index.html?iref=newssearch |
Anonymous
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Look at it this way, now your kids will be able to get all the pencils/cups/paper pads/etc that they want with their name on it. When I was a kid, I didn't know anyone with my name - made me feel special but also a little left out due to all the heathers, lisas, and michelles. Now my name is in the top 10!
I named my dd one of the names posters mentioned A LOT on page one. (so funny, because at the time, I thought her name was SO unique). |
Anonymous
| I learned later the name we chose was popular. But the OBs didn't seem to think so. Their response was something like: Wow, something other than Emma or Ava (which, of course, were two of our other top contenders)!! |
Anonymous
| Uh oh. Next thing I know, I'll find out that Malachai, Cobalt, Rowan and Esme are common names as well. Plus after 4 kids, I'm not going to have another just to name them something unique! |
Anonymous
| Don't forget Jaden is popular for boys. I have come across so many; at least 4 boys and 2 girls spelled Jayden. |
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| To 23:12, sorry but I know so many Sara/Sarah's. But they are all 3, 4, and 5 years old so you may miss the trend by a few years. Maybe not so many of them to contend with in your child's preschool? |
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We had a lot of fun with this site:
http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager It shows the hundred-year trend in a name's popularity among boys and girls. Ashley used to be a boy's name, you know. It also shows alternate spellings, etc. so a name might not be "top ten," but you can gage its true popularity by looking at its multiple spellings: Britney, Brittany, Britany, Britnee, etc. |
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| Every time I go to to the playground there is a Jacob (Jake) and/or Jackson (Jack). We had a boy, but were going to go with Ella if it was a girl. Phew, glad we dodged that bullet. Didn't realize it was so popular. |
Anonymous
LOL. Check out 'Miley'--not in the top 1000 in 2006, but shot to number 278 in 2007. Hm, wonder why... |
Anonymous
| That's it, next girl, her name will be Carol. |
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| Caroline or some version of Ella. |