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What's In A Name? 2008
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 4:30 pm
by ne1410s
According to parents.com:
Top ten names of 2008
Girls:
10. Olivia
9. Madeline
8. Addison (Go Cubbies!)
7. Emma
6. Madison
5. Abigail
4. Elizabeth
3. Emily
2. Ava
1. Isabella
Boys:
10. Matthew
9. Andrew
8. Caleb
7. James
6. Caden
5. Ethan
4. Michael
3. Jacob
2. Jayden
1. Aidan
Re: What's In A Name? 2008
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 4:52 pm
by andrewjackson
I think those are the "hottest" names as opposed to the most common. Their website even says this:
This list is based on the names receiving the most traffic on Parents.com between Jan 1 and Dec 10, 2008. Copyright © 2008 Meredith Corporation.
Traffic. Not even reports of people using those names. It could just be people looking them up.
I'll be interested to see if Jaden and Caden make the Social Security Administration lists of the most common names when it comes out later in 2009.
Re: What's In A Name? 2008
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:06 pm
by littlebeast13
Again I remind these stupid listmakers that 2008 is NOT over yet.....
lb13
Re: What's In A Name? 2008
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:40 am
by PlacentiaSoccerMom
ne1410s wrote:According to parents.com:
Top ten names of 2008
Girls:
10. Olivia
9. Madeline
8. Addison (Go Cubbies!)
7. Emma
6. Madison
5. Abigail
4. Elizabeth
3. Emily
2. Ava
1. Isabella
When I named my girls Madeline and Emma, I deliberately picked "normal" names that people could understand, but weren't too common. (Jeff and I both had common names growing up and I hated being Julie R, because there was also a Julie F.)
Madeline was actually a more popular name than Emma when I picked out names, and it was ranked in the hundreds in terms of popularity. I think that the name Emma started being more common when Rachel named her daughter Emma on
Friends.
Re: What's In A Name? 2008
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:14 am
by peacock2121
Neither of my names will ever appear on these lists.
That is fine by me.
Re: What's In A Name? 2008
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 9:02 am
by ulysses5019
peacock2121 wrote:Neither of my names will ever appear on these lists.
That is fine by me.
Well, who in their right mind would name their kid "peacock"?
Re: What's In A Name? 2008
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:14 am
by peacock2121
ulysses5019 wrote:peacock2121 wrote:Neither of my names will ever appear on these lists.
That is fine by me.
Well, who in their right mind would name their kid "peacock"?
Wouldn't that be Pea or the other part of the word?