Anonymous
Post 05/14/2023 19:29     Subject: Fastest rising baby names — Dutton, Wrenlee, Arlet?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wouldn’t “fastest rising” just mean “biggest statistical jump”?

So if you had 0 Duttons in 2021 and then there were 3 in 2022, that’s a 300% increase…and if there were 6 in 2023, that’s a 600% jump from 2021. So it’s not that there’s so many Duttons, it’s just that 600% increase is more statistically significant than 3,000 Emmas in 2021 rising to 3,050 Emmas in 2022.


Yes. That's why these names are so weird.

That said, I think Georgina and Amiri are actually pretty.

Eithan and Kayce make my eyes twitch. I often wish they could just expunge alternate spellings from the list altogether. If people want to do alternate spellings, that's their problem, but it's dumb when they wind up on these lists because it's not a different name. I think Nameberry sometimes combines common spellings of the same name (Sarah/Sara, for instance) for their lists, and it makes sense. If you are wondering about the popularity of the name, I would factor in alternative spellings because being Eithan in a class with two Ethans is not going to make you unique in the way your were hoping.


Maybe focus on your own life, get a hobby and calm down?


Uh, weird overreaction. I'm sure your Eithan is a very special boy.


But wait! I’m an onamastician hobbyist.

Anonymous
Post 05/14/2023 19:24     Subject: Fastest rising baby names — Dutton, Wrenlee, Arlet?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wouldn’t “fastest rising” just mean “biggest statistical jump”?

So if you had 0 Duttons in 2021 and then there were 3 in 2022, that’s a 300% increase…and if there were 6 in 2023, that’s a 600% jump from 2021. So it’s not that there’s so many Duttons, it’s just that 600% increase is more statistically significant than 3,000 Emmas in 2021 rising to 3,050 Emmas in 2022.


Yes. That's why these names are so weird.

That said, I think Georgina and Amiri are actually pretty.

Eithan and Kayce make my eyes twitch. I often wish they could just expunge alternate spellings from the list altogether. If people want to do alternate spellings, that's their problem, but it's dumb when they wind up on these lists because it's not a different name. I think Nameberry sometimes combines common spellings of the same name (Sarah/Sara, for instance) for their lists, and it makes sense. If you are wondering about the popularity of the name, I would factor in alternative spellings because being Eithan in a class with two Ethans is not going to make you unique in the way your were hoping.


Maybe focus on your own life, get a hobby and calm down?


Uh, weird overreaction. I'm sure your Eithan is a very special boy.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2023 18:55     Subject: Fastest rising baby names — Dutton, Wrenlee, Arlet?
Is Eithan really overused? I've yet to meet an Eithan. Is it pronounced "Eye-than?"

All of these names are horrible except for Georgina.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2023 18:39     Subject: Fastest rising baby names — Dutton, Wrenlee, Arlet?
I like Georgina.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2023 10:58     Subject: Fastest rising baby names — Dutton, Wrenlee, Arlet?
Anonymous wrote:I assume Arlet is pronounced like the character’s name in Call My Agent.


I keep reading Arlet as Alert.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2023 10:57     Subject: Fastest rising baby names — Dutton, Wrenlee, Arlet?
I assume Arlet is pronounced like the character’s name in Call My Agent.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2023 10:52     Subject: Fastest rising baby names — Dutton, Wrenlee, Arlet?
Anonymous wrote:Liam is the top boys names as usual, according to new social security data out today. Olivia tops for girls. More interesting perhaps was in the “fastest rising” names.

I like some of these, others not so much.

Here are the top five fastest rising boys’ and girls’ names in 2022:

Boys Girls
1. Dutton 1. Wrenlee
2. Kayce 2. Neriah
3. Chosen 3. Arlet
4. Khaza 4. Georgina
5. Eithan 5. Amiri


5 for boys is over used. 4: for girls is ok. All the rest are child abuse!
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2023 21:10     Subject: Fastest rising baby names — Dutton, Wrenlee, Arlet?
Anonymous wrote:Most people pay no attention to popularity. Wasn't Michael number 1 for like 20 years? Only nerds like us notice these things.
These are very low class names except Georgina.


Michael was number 1 from 1961 to 1998 which blows my mind...In that time the number 1 girls' name cycled through Mary, Lisa, Jennifer, Jessica, Ashley, and Emily.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2023 21:00     Subject: Fastest rising baby names — Dutton, Wrenlee, Arlet?
Georgina is a fabulous name, as is Georgia and Georgette; and George obvi
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2023 14:48     Subject: Fastest rising baby names — Dutton, Wrenlee, Arlet?
I recently came across Rose-Veronica and Kenelm in a book I was reading from the 1950s. I think I’m just concluding that there are a LOT of names out there.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2023 14:20     Subject: Fastest rising baby names — Dutton, Wrenlee, Arlet?
Most people pay no attention to popularity. Wasn't Michael number 1 for like 20 years? Only nerds like us notice these things.
These are very low class names except Georgina.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2023 13:49     Subject: Fastest rising baby names — Dutton, Wrenlee, Arlet?
Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised that Liam and Olivia are still popular. They’ve been popular for at least 10 years.


Normal people name their kids names they like, or names they want to honor family/friends with, and don’t care about whether a name is “popular.” On account of it being a name and all. If I had had a boy, he would have been Henry, because I love that name and don’t care if it’s popular or if someone else in his class has it or whatever. Big whoop.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2023 13:46     Subject: Fastest rising baby names — Dutton, Wrenlee, Arlet?
Anonymous wrote:Hideous


+1. What the actual f*ck
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2023 22:56     Subject: Fastest rising baby names — Dutton, Wrenlee, Arlet?
I’m surprised that Liam and Olivia are still popular. They’ve been popular for at least 10 years.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2023 22:42     Subject: Fastest rising baby names — Dutton, Wrenlee, Arlet?
By comparison, the top name Liam, for 2022, the number of births was 20456, which represents 1.098 percent of total male births.