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Saturday, January 05, 2008

I'm going to be TICKED.

So, David and I have a lot of trouble coming up with names. We hardly ever agree. I say that it can't be in the top 100 for the last year. It has to be definitely masculine or feminine. I don't like girl's names that end in -y or -ie except in very special cases. It has to have a cool meaning. It has to go well with the middle name we've picked out--we hardly ever have a hard time picking a middle name. :) It has to have a few cool nick names if at all possible (Xander's the only one who doesn't really). It has to be kind of trendy without being extremely popular; unusual without being laughable; no famous people of dubious character can share the name. If there is a standard or common spelling, it will have that spelling. I search the web, trying to make sure that all the requirements are met.

So, check out this list:
Most Popular Baby Names

Notice, boy name 59. Girl name 85 and 95.

I was kinda upset to learn that Xander was the 98th name for 2002, but I dealt with it. However, I'm going to really loose it if Abrianna gets popular. It was not even in the top 1000 (yes, that's the top ONE THOUSAND) for 2006. Not to mention, we went with the more phonetic spelling Aubriana and I didn't mind because there was no way it was going to get popular. :P

Luckily, this is not the official Social Security data. It is only names that have been favorited on the babynames.com site. So, I'm not going to wig out yet. But people better back off my of my names. I worked dang hard to figure them out.

As a side note, did you notice boy name 95? Pretty cool to see Miles and Abrianna side by side. So, it's not all bad. ;) Oh, and I guess that means that I have good taste. Small comforts.
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Posted by Kara Henry at 3:04 PM
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2 comments:

  1. jeri9:11 PM

    You're hilarious. I have real specific baby-name criteria too. I was sad when Joe was dead-set on "Parker" for a name because I knew there would be 25 other kids with that name in his school. Fortunately, I've never seen a "Darcy" on those lists. So we're 1-for-2.

    My name pet peeve is masculine-boy-turned-girl names, like Payton, Jordan, Taylor, Ronald... just leave the boy names to the boys OK? It's hard enough to come up with the stupid things! Also I dislike names that are just a mish-mash of letters with no obvious origin or meaning, like Tanawalda, Keilie, or Mykeliine.

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  2. Kelly Moore8:46 AM

    I've always admired your names! Hudson is getting more popular too, and while I was excited to get a less common name, I don't think I'd be actually angry about it becoming popular. I'll wait until I see personalized toothbrushes and stationary. :) I think if I ever met another Hudson, I'd just think his mom had great taste!

    I don't like masculine names for girls either, but only the REALLY non traditional ones, because I have no room to talk... as Kelly was a surname, then a boy name, and now well....
    By the way, I've only met 2 Aubriana's and one was 4 and the other was adult, I haven't seen any babies other than yours. The name that is most over used in this area is Aiden. I know at least 5 people who named their sons Aiden in 2005...
    :)

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