Roll Call: Baby Name Lists

Baby Name Lists

I have always enjoyed looking at baby name lists both before having kids and even after. In case you are still in the market for baby names, or just like looking at the lists as I do, here are a few links for you as a follow-up to Monday’s post on baby names.

Are you curious what the top names of the last decade are? If you have kids and your kids go to daycare and/or school I'll bet you can guess some of the top names on this list:

Top Baby Names from 2000-2009 (Click for longer list)

Boys' Names            

 

1. Aiden
2. Jacob
3. Ethan
4. Matthew
5. Nicholas
6. Jack
7. Joshua
8. Michael
9. Ryan
10. Andrew

 

Girls' Names

 

1. Emma
2. Emily
3. Madison
4. Isabella
5. Ava
6. Sophia
7. Kaitlyn
8. Hannah
9. Hailey
10. Olivia

 

Source: www.babycenter.com

Interested in the strangest names out there? Check out this list from wiki.name.com (click for more information on these names):

1. 4Real Superman Wheaton

2. GoldenPalaceDotCom Silverman

3. Savior God Scientist Allah

4. Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen Zappa

5. Espn Malachi McCall

6. Urhines Kendall Icy Eight Special K.

7. @

and more....  (Click the http://wiki.name.com link above for further background information on these and other names).

The Scoop

Are your names or your kids' names in the list of top names from the past 10 years? On Wednesday, I'll post about the power a name holds and whether a name can predict success in business, etc. Over and out…

Anna

Comments

[Mommylisa]

Oh yes! I OBSESSED Over these when I was pregnant and still looked for the first four years after Boo Boo La La was born. The reason? My name was Lisa Ann and I was born in 1967. My parents get an F- for creativity in naming me - I did not wish the same for my child. I wanted creative, but not CRAZY. As it stands her name hovers in the SS websites 820-970's for popularity behind such gems as Serenity (135), Jazlyn (535), and Esperanza (676). http://www.mommysnest.com/2010/01/rewind-that-demonstrates-just-how-crazy.html

[Tamara]

yes...my daughter's name is olivia. i thought i was being so original, but it ends up i wasn't. pottery barn came out with "olivia" bedding that same year and there has always been at least one other olivia in each of her classes since preschool! the power of a name? that sounds very interesting! see you tomorrow. :)

[Anna]

Lisa
Good to know I am not the only one obsessed with baby names. I still check the SSA status of our names! My boys's names are still way down on the list! DH & I have more "popular" names - worldwide it turns out!
Thanks for the comment!
Anna

[Anna]

Tamara,
Thanks for the comment. I have a cat named Olivia (Livi, Liv, Lulu, Lulabelle)- she's 13 now. I thought I was being pretty original too. It's funny how a trend can start. Olivia is stil a beautiful name though!

Thanks for reading and commenting!I hope you like the post tomorrow too. I think it sounds like a good subject. We'll see....
Anna

[Jen]

I love the SSN site with it's graphs about when names were popular and suggestions for similar names. I could look at it for hours. NERD.

My kids names, surprisingly, are not on the lists in this post. Though if No. 3 was a boy, I wanted Aiden (had NO idea that was so popular) and DH wanted Joshua.

I was exactly in Lisa's place when naming my kids. I was born in 1979 and named Jennifer. F- And I didn't want that for my kids. Their names turned out to be more popular/common than I realized but not in the realm of Jennifer. (They are Grace, Connor and Eleanor/Ellie for those reading who aren't Anna. LOL)

[Anna]

Jen, I feel the same way about names. I love looking at graphs and meanings, etc. It definitely took us a while to find the "perfect" names. Ironically, my name and DH's names seem fairly popular now, but weren't so much when we were kids. Even still, we wanted to choose names that were fairly rare and unique. Your kids' names ar great!
Thanks for reading!
Anna