Favorite Top 20 names

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Anonymous wrote:I’m still mourning Luna’s popularity. I love it.

It’s a dog name.

I know three dogs named Luna, ages 16-10

No, Fido and Lucky are dog names. Luna is a human name people sometimes give dogs because they really like the name. (I really hate the "it's a dog name" thing -- it's such a weird complaint about a name that belongs to thousands of human children).

Also, my family had dogs named Sadie and Abraham when I was a kid and I've long thought they are fantastic names and love meeting kids with those names. Also had a good friend with a dog named Nora in college, and I also adore that name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Names only popular because of fad. It’s nothing more than fashion.

??? Some of the names on the list have been popular for millennia! William, James, Noah, Benjamin, Elijah...all classics.

[Anonymous]

With the exception of Mason, Logan, Harper, and maybe Liam and Mia, all of the names on the list are actually quite traditional and old-fashioned. Yes, on the historical timeline they're having a streak of popularity (with the exception of William and James which haven't fallen out of the top 20 since SSA started collecting data -- and Benjamin has always been top 200) ......but they weren't pulled out of thin air like Madison or Nevaeh or Brooklyn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With the exception of Mason, Logan, Harper, and maybe Liam and Mia, all of the names on the list are actually quite traditional and old-fashioned. Yes, on the historical timeline they're having a streak of popularity (with the exception of William and James which haven't fallen out of the top 20 since SSA started collecting data -- and Benjamin has always been top 200) ......but they weren't pulled out of thin air like Madison or Nevaeh or Brooklyn.

Liam and Mia are both nicknames for extremely traditional names (William and Maria) so while using them as a first name instead of a nn is somewhat trendy, the names themselves have been around for at least centuries.

[Anonymous]

With the exception of Harper, Mason, and Logan (and maybe Mia, since it’s a nickname), all of these names are pretty classic and not very trendy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With the exception of Mason, Logan, Harper, and maybe Liam and Mia, all of the names on the list are actually quite traditional and old-fashioned. Yes, on the historical timeline they're having a streak of popularity (with the exception of William and James which haven't fallen out of the top 20 since SSA started collecting data -- and Benjamin has always been top 200) ......but they weren't pulled out of thin air like Madison or Nevaeh or Brooklyn.

Liam and Mia are both nicknames for extremely traditional names (William and Maria) so while using them as a first name instead of a nn is somewhat trendy, the names themselves have been around for at least centuries.

Yeah! That's what I was trying to say.

[Anonymous]

I like most of the names on that link except Mason. My favorites would have to be Oliver, William, Benjamin and Amelia. I have an Amelia, but she was born in 2002 when it wasn't as popular (139 per SSA site).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m still mourning Luna’s popularity. I love it.

It’s a dog name.

I know three dogs named Luna, ages 16-10

No, Fido and Lucky are dog names. Luna is a human name people sometimes give dogs because they really like the name. (I really hate the "it's a dog name" thing -- it's such a weird complaint about a name that belongs to thousands of human children).

Also, my family had dogs named Sadie and Abraham when I was a kid and I've long thought they are fantastic names and love meeting kids with those names. Also had a good friend with a dog named Nora in college, and I also adore that name.

Right? It seems like almost every non-wasp short name gets called a “dog name” by someone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like most of the names on that link except Mason. My favorites would have to be Oliver, William, Benjamin and Amelia. I have an Amelia, but she was born in 2002 when it wasn't as popular (139 per SSA site).

Same. My Oliver was born in 2007 and we don't know anyone else his age with his name.

[Anonymous]

Favs are James and Elijah

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m still mourning Luna’s popularity. I love it.

It’s a dog name.

I know three dogs named Luna, ages 16-10

No, Fido and Lucky are dog names. Luna is a human name people sometimes give dogs because they really like the name. (I really hate the "it's a dog name" thing -- it's such a weird complaint about a name that belongs to thousands of human children).

Also, my family had dogs named Sadie and Abraham when I was a kid and I've long thought they are fantastic names and love meeting kids with those names. Also had a good friend with a dog named Nora in college, and I also adore that name.

Right? It seems like almost every non-wasp short name gets called a “dog name” by someone.

Okay Molly.

Luna is totally a dog name. Like naming your kid Moon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m still mourning Luna’s popularity. I love it.

It’s a dog name.

I know three dogs named Luna, ages 16-10

No, Fido and Lucky are dog names. Luna is a human name people sometimes give dogs because they really like the name. (I really hate the "it's a dog name" thing -- it's such a weird complaint about a name that belongs to thousands of human children).

Also, my family had dogs named Sadie and Abraham when I was a kid and I've long thought they are fantastic names and love meeting kids with those names. Also had a good friend with a dog named Nora in college, and I also adore that name.

Right? It seems like almost every non-wasp short name gets called a “dog name” by someone.

Okay Molly.

Luna is totally a dog name. Like naming your kid Moon.

Suuuure! And “Robin” is like naming a kid “Petirrojo” or “Rotkehlchen”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m still mourning Luna’s popularity. I love it.

It’s a dog name.

I know three dogs named Luna, ages 16-10

No, Fido and Lucky are dog names. Luna is a human name people sometimes give dogs because they really like the name. (I really hate the "it's a dog name" thing -- it's such a weird complaint about a name that belongs to thousands of human children).

Also, my family had dogs named Sadie and Abraham when I was a kid and I've long thought they are fantastic names and love meeting kids with those names. Also had a good friend with a dog named Nora in college, and I also adore that name.

Right? It seems like almost every non-wasp short name gets called a “dog name” by someone.

Okay Molly.

Luna is totally a dog name. Like naming your kid Moon.

Molly is a great name! It was off limits for us because of a personal association (not a dog, to be clear), but I love meeting little Mollys.

[Anonymous]

James is my all-time favorite boy name and what we would have used had we had a boy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Names only popular because of fad. It’s nothing more than fashion.

Yes, but there are the "mutton sleeves" of names and the "cashmere sweaters" of names. Also, some trends never catch on because they are bad.

Adolph isn’t coming back. But Linda, Susan, and Donna will be the “it” baby names of 2050.

Susan is definitely going to be big.