Most common (overused?) names among infants & toddlers in this area?
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sophia/sofie.
In our preschool there is a class where 4/12 kids are either Sophie or Sophia! And every music class, camp, sports team we've been part of has had at least 2. |
Anonymous
It's 54% AA, which leaves a lot of white families. White families may choose from among a smaller number of names, which pushes their picks to the top of the list. |
Anonymous
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More on Allison: It's nationally more popular now, in terms of ranking, than ever before.
Popularity of the female name Allison Year of birth Rank 2009 30 2008 32 2007 46 2006 47 2005 45 2004 40 2003 46 2002 44 2001 44 2000 44 1999 40 1998 38 1997 39 1996 38 1995 34 1994 34 1993 41 1992 48 1991 50 1990 48 1989 46 1988 46 1987 44 1986 42 1985 46 1984 51 1983 59 1982 58 1981 57 1980 59 Still, in the 1990s there were more Allisons per million babies born, because parents today chose more different names. Then there were over 1,800 Allisons per million babies, now it is under 1,600 per million. (http://www.babynamewizard.com/name-voyager#prefix=alliso&ms=false&exact=false) Right now, in addition to DC, Allison is especially popular in Texas (#20), Nevada (#20), Maryland (#21), Georgia (#23), Arkansas (#23), etc. (http://www.babynamewizard.com/name-mapper) |
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aiden, brayden, caden, jayden... these names must die.
lots of max, maya, laila/lola, anya I think that emily/emma, taylor/tyler, brittany, cody, mackenzie have all moved to the trailer parks. hopefully all of the tanner, cooper, conner, hunter... gatherer  will follow suit very soon.
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| In my DS' daycare there's an abundance of Sophie/Sophia for girls and lots of little Erics and Michaels. |
Anonymous
I agree that the Social Security list doesn't ring true and isn't particularly helpful. I never would have known, for example, that Theo and Finn were becoming so overused. The SS list definitely doesn't reflect this. |
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Agree. |
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r My son's name and he was the only 'jack' at his NW preschool for 3 years running and now is the only 'jack' in his Kindergarten class. We don't have any other 'Jack's' in our neighborhood. He is named 'John' with 'jack' as his nickname so I could care less about popularity. ..but the weird thing is his little brother has what I would definitely think of a less common name...and there are 3 others in his preschool class...and many more I meet on the playground. Go figure! It is also very regional. None of our friends on the West Coast use the names that are popular in the 'hoods around here. |
Anonymous
I have an Evelyn and noticed that it's becoming really popular. I actually had another mom get mad at me because I had the audacity to give my child the same name. It didn't matter that my Evelyn was 2 or 3 years older than hers. |
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Sam for boys...my son has 3 friends named 'Sam'.
Girls---hands down "Sophia/Sofia"....there were SEVEN in one class at our preschool last year. Seven. |
Anonymous
Great name. William, John/Jack, Andrew, Thomas, Michael, Matthew, Alexander, Samuel, etc. all very classic male names which stand the test of time. I wouldn't want my son to have some freaky, goofy 'soft' sounding name. |
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| I know it's been said a million times, but Sophie/Sophia/Sofia. Also run into a lot of Leah's. Hannah, Emily, Madison for girls. For boys, Aidan (I don't know many of the variants), Jackson, Charlie. |
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| Ella, Liam, Ella, Liam, oh and Owen and Olivia. And Ella and Liam. |
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| I know many, many Quinns (mostly girls but 2 boys) and Finns. Sounds very 'Glee' but true! |
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Interesting. So to summarize, the most overused baby names in this area are:
GIRLS: Sophie/Sophia Ella/Ellie/Elle Ava Eva Evelyn Mia/Maya/Maia/Malia Isabelle/Isabella Lucy Grace Lily/Lillian Zoe Olivia Emma/Emily Addison Chloe Charlotte Annabelle/Anna Alexandra/Alexandria Madeline Madison Hannah Leah Quinn Layla/Lola Anya Alanna (really?) BOYS: Jack/Jackson Liam/William Aiden (and all that rhyme) Max Alexander Charlie Henry Owen Sam Finn Quinn Elijah Mason Micah Matthew Lucas Noah Tyler Theo Harrison Gavin Dylan Eric Michael Does this sound about right? Any others? |