PSA: just because a name is popular doesn't mean that there will be a handful of kids with the same name in his class, etc. The number one name today is only used by 18k kids in the US, as compared to when 80k+ used the top name a generation ago. Thus, tons of Jennifers in the 1970s, but hardly any Noahs (as a pp pointed out). Now that people use unique names, last names, made up names, etc, there are more names to choose from. So, no need to shy away from top ten names...it's a nonissue.

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Anonymous wrote:Jayden is not even a real name!!!!!

Well, now it is.

People seem to have a lot of trouble coming to terms with this idea.

I don't know why but you're right: they do. It always comes up in the context of the supposed "Supreme Court justice test." News flash people: this generation of children will grow up thinking Jayden and Neveah are perfectly normal (perhaps even lovely) names. Culture changes and evolves over time. No one is going to balk at a President Neveah So and So in fifty-sixty years.

Anonymous wrote:Question for DCUM- did you all love these names as kids? I loved all these names growing up, so I think it's funny that now these are the most common baby names. I was wondering if this was the case for everyone else.

Yes especially for the girls: Sophia, Isabelle, Emma, Emily, Ava, Lily, Abigail, etc. We ended up naming our daughters Kate and Tessa.

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Anonymous wrote:Jayden is not even a real name!!!!!

Well, now it is.

People seem to have a lot of trouble coming to terms with this idea.

Anonymous wrote:Jayden is not even a real name!!!!!

Well, now it is.

Jayden is not even a real name!!!!!

I'm surprised. I don't know any Noahs or Liams and I know a lot of babies.

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I can't pronounce many of them...

Really? Which ones are you having trouble with? I don't see any names that are difficult to pronounce.

Well then please tell me how to pronounce Daleyza, Neriah, Ishaan, and Thiago. (Is that from Othello with a lisp? )

"Daleyza. (#585, up from #3,769) America has been struck by Larrymania! It's a reality tv series, following the personal life of popular singer Larry Hernandez. If you've missed it, Larrymania airs on Spanish-language cable station mun2, a junior sibling of Telemundo. Tune in and and you'll learn that Mr. Hernandez has an adorable little daughter named Daleyza." http://www.babynamewizard.com/archives/2014/5/the-fastest-rising-girls-names-of-2013-something-for-everyone

"#4 Thiago. (#485, up from #828) Thiago/Tiago is a Portuguese form of James that is hugely popular in Brazil. Soccer player Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento goes by the single name Thiago, in the Brazilian style." from http://www.babynamewizard.com/archives/2014/5/the-fastest-rising-boys-names-of-2013-chasin-jason

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Anonymous wrote:Also fun--the SSA ranks names by how much they have changed in popularity. There are some doozies there:

http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/rankchange.html

I can't pronounce many of them...

and the spelling is atrocious. Abbigail? Charleigh for a girl.

I'm a teacher in a more diverse area, and a lot of times I will have students with these "alternative" spellings that are more a result of non-English speaking parents wanting an American name, but obviously not clear on spelling (Henrry and Ashliy come to mind--seems like Abbigail would fit into on those families). Others just think they're being cre8if.

Dang, my favorite girl name just moved up again in the top 10 list. Have to really consider if I want to name her such a common name. I do love it though.

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Oh, and WTH is up with Jase / Jace? Did I miss a major character in a movie or TV show?

Jace is the son of the most dysfunctional (saying something) of all of MTV's Teen Moms, Jenelle Evans.
http://www.wetpaint.com/teen-mom/articles/jenelle-evans-a-timeline-of-her-arrests

Oh. I was thinking Jay-z's influence.

I was thinking that Jase/Jace is short for Jaysen/Jaycen/Jason.

Isn't Jase also a part of the Duck Dynasty show? I'm mortified that I know this, by the way.

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Oh, and WTH is up with Jase / Jace? Did I miss a major character in a movie or TV show?

Jace is the son of the most dysfunctional (saying something) of all of MTV's Teen Moms, Jenelle Evans.
http://www.wetpaint.com/teen-mom/articles/jenelle-evans-a-timeline-of-her-arrests

Oh. I was thinking Jay-z's influence.

I was thinking that Jase/Jace is short for Jaysen/Jaycen/Jason.

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Oh, and WTH is up with Jase / Jace? Did I miss a major character in a movie or TV show?

Jace is the son of the most dysfunctional (saying something) of all of MTV's Teen Moms, Jenelle Evans.
http://www.wetpaint.com/teen-mom/articles/jenelle-evans-a-timeline-of-her-arrests

Oh. I was thinking Jay-z's influence.

Anonymous wrote:Oh, and WTH is up with Jase / Jace? Did I miss a major character in a movie or TV show?

Jace: Janelle from MTV's Teen Mom named her son Jace.