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Post by kwith on Sept 23, 2013 15:27:30 GMT -5
I found these maps on Slate showing the most popular boys and girl names in America for 2012 to be interesting. Long story short, I am definitely avoiding Sophia and Emma if I do have a daughter:  ![]() <a name="<br/> View Raw Image" href="http://oi39.tinypic.com/33m36s5.jpg" class="thickbox">  </a> </div> <a name="<br/> View Raw Image" href="http://oi44.tinypic.com/2a6uk9s.jpg" class="thickbox">  </a> </div> <a name="<br/> View Raw Image" href="http://oi44.tinypic.com/2a6uk9s.jpg" class="thickbox"> </a> </div> |
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Post by bellatrixbulldog on Sept 23, 2013 15:31:39 GMT -5
That is interesting. How strange that there is so much more diversity among male names...
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Post by GoneFishing on Sept 23, 2013 15:41:04 GMT -5
Interesting indeed. I would have never guessed Emma was so popular right now. Now you have me wondering how popular Eva is. We'll use the name regardless for our first girl since it was MIL's name, but still...
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Post by kwith on Sept 23, 2013 15:53:44 GMT -5
GoneFishing, I wanted to use Eva after my grandmother, but H has a negative association from it in the past, so it was nixed. I look forward to hypothetically living vicariously through your Eva someday in the future. She'll be my favorite, even if the name is popular. LMC, the Jayden/Aiden/Brayden thing annoys me. And I don't quite understand why it's so popular. I was also a little confused by Mason being so popular. I don't have a problem with the name, but the other boy names were all sort of classics, so I don't understand where Mason came from.
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Post by libby2483 on Sept 23, 2013 18:10:35 GMT -5
GoneFishing, I wanted to use Eva after my grandmother, but H has a negative association from it in the past, so it was nixed. I look forward to hypothetically living vicariously through your Eva someday in the future. She'll be my favorite, even if the name is popular. LMC, the Jayden/Aiden/Brayden thing annoys me. And I don't quite understand why it's so popular. I was also a little confused by Mason being so popular. I don't have a problem with the name, but the other boy names were all sort of classics, so I don't understand where Mason came from. I also dislike any boy name that rhymes with Jayden, Aiden, Braden, Caeden, Hayden, etc. I've just never cared for them personally, and they are really trendy right now. I also hate unnecessary "y"s in names. Seriously, your child is not Lynyrd Skynryd. You can imagine my horror when a friend of the family named his son Jaydyn. |
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Post by ajuliana on Sept 23, 2013 18:27:37 GMT -5
I think this map further convinces me that once you're out of the top 5-10 baby names the concentration is so much smaller of those names that you can forge ahead with your choice and not worry as much about it being over represented in your kids class.
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Post by scully on Sept 24, 2013 4:06:11 GMT -5
According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_popular_given_names#Female_names_3) Emma and Sophia (Sofia, Sophie, Sofie) are really popular names also almost everywhere in Western and Northern Europe. I guess like all trends, trendy names are popular world wide.
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Post by nsweare on Sept 24, 2013 8:26:46 GMT -5
GoneFishing, I wanted to use Eva after my grandmother, but H has a negative association from it in the past, so it was nixed. I look forward to hypothetically living vicariously through your Eva someday in the future. She'll be my favorite, even if the name is popular. LMC, the Jayden/Aiden/Brayden thing annoys me. And I don't quite understand why it's so popular. I was also a little confused by Mason being so popular. I don't have a problem with the name, but the other boy names were all sort of classics, so I don't understand where Mason came from. I also dislike any boy name that rhymes with Jayden, Aiden, Braden, Caeden, Hayden, etc. I've just never cared for them personally, and they are really trendy right now. I also hate unnecessary "y"s in names. Seriously, your child is not Lynyrd Skynryd. You can imagine my horror when a friend of the family named his son Jaydyn. My mother's maiden name is Mason, and I'm very very close with that side of the family. I used to plan to name my son Mason in honor of them. However, it's so fresking popular that it's totally ruined for me. My brother was planning on naming his son Mason as well (basically whoever got there first got the name). He didn't care about the popularity and was steadfast on the name. Unfortunately, he's having his second girl soon and they don't plan on having any more. |
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Post by dj on Sept 29, 2013 17:12:21 GMT -5
Going to seem silly, but I wonder if Emma popularity is a product of the Friends-viewing generation? I honestly think it's a possibility. I think it is. Sadly, I think the Kardashians are the main driver in the popularity of Mason. When I was naming my son, we wanted the name to be in the top 200 so it wasn't too unusual but not in the top 20 so it wasn't too trendy. |
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Post by felixf5298 on Oct 18, 2013 10:08:36 GMT -5
This makes me kind of sad. Sophia is the English version of my great-grandmother's name. We were very close when I was a child/young teen, and I've always imagined naming a daughter of mine after her someday. But we don't even plan to start trying for a few more years, so maybe if I hold on to it until a later child, it won't be quite as popular anymore. I just hope one of my siblings doesn't use it in the meantime.
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