Posted on 12/04/2009 3:27:34 PM PST by TruthHound
Trendy Baby Names a Sign of Group Think? The Latest Trends in Baby Names May Annoy People in Adulthood
By LAUREN COX Dec. 4, 2009—
In the future, names like Dick, Jane and Mary may sound exotic to the ears of the little Emmas, Ethans and Madisons who are just starting kindergarten now.
Since the 1960s, whole sets of names seem to rise and then burst in popularity bubbles faster than the stock market. Many parents are surprised to find out that the seemingly unique name they picked for their child is shared by what seems like half the kindergarten class.
According to the Social Security Administration, differed in popularity, many of the new names were virtually unheard of 15 years ago -- many were not even in the top 1,000 baby names.
New York City just released its top 10 names of 2008 this week and they were, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene:
GIRLS: Sophia, Isabella, Emily, Olivia, Sarah, Madison, Ashley, Mia, Samantha and Emma.
BOYS: Jayden, Daniel, Michael, Matthew, David, Joshua, Justin, Anthony, Christopher, Ethan and Ryan (tie).
Names differed in popularity by ethnicity -- for example, among Asian Americans in New York, Sophia was the most popular name, among Hispanic parents, Ashley was number one, for black parents, it was Madison and white parents chose either Olivia or Esther.
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In my old neighborhood in Detroit, "Jayden" would get at least one wedgie or swirly per week.
Unless he was REALLY huge.
Our family has nice old-fashioned names that wear well in the washing. Mine was my grandmother's name, and SHE was named after HER grandmother. So I named my kids after THEIR grandparents. Son's name is a little odd (typical Southern custom of naming a male child with mother or grandmother's last name) but daughter is named after her grandmother who (what a coincidence!) was named after HER grandmother. And that's the other side of the family from my name.
Sounds like our reasoning.
One thing we added was that their initials should not spell anything that they wouldn’t want to live with the rest of their lives, but especially as kids.
We tried really hard to avoid middle names with vowels.
The new trick is to take a traditional name and change the spelling so the poor kid has to explain it for the rest of their lives. I know a Caryn and a Mari who are great examples.
And i’m getting really sick of guys named Todd.
It’s a good f@#$%g name OK. Hi whats your name?
Todd. I’m Todd. And this is Blake, and Blaire and Blaine and Brent. Where all these goofy f@#$%g boys names comin’ from? Taylor, Tyler, Jordan, Flynn. These are not real names. You wanna hear a real name? Eddie. Eddie is a real name! What happened to Eddie? He was hear a minute ago. Jackie and Johnny and Tommy and Bill. Danny, Larry, Johnny, and Phil. What happened? Todd.
And Cody, and Dillon, and Cameron, and Tucker.
Hi Tucker, i’m Todd. Hi Todd, i’m Tucker. F*@k Tucker, Tucker sucks. And f&@k Tuckers friend Kyle. Thats another soft name for a boy. Kyle.
Soft names make soft people. I’ll bet you ten times out of ten, Nicky, Vinnie, and Tony would beat the shit out of Todd, Kyle, and Tucker!
—George Carlin
That also goes for Brent, Connor, Jameson, Keaneau and Denzell, too!
Martha, Gideon, Adolphus, Sally, Truman, Sarah, Permelia, Rachael, Alanson, Samuel, Isaac
In my state a few years ago there was an all state defensive back with this name:
Reprobatus Bibbs
Take off on that one you arm chair theologians! Imagine cursing your child with that name!
It’s pretty close in sound to “Jaded,” no?
Permelia has quite a ring to it!
Thanks for the laugh!
To your list of boy names add Denim,Axon and Oric.
To the girls list add Trinity, Justice and Hunter.
Did Unique have a twin Monique?
I used to be a nursery nurse. We had a set of twins once named Regina and Vagina. I kid you not.
LOL...they attended elementary school with my kids...really!
I have to break this out on any name thread I come across...years ago my mother had a set of twin boys in her pre-K class named D’Ivory and D’Ovary.
I once met a woman named Aseline ( pronounced like Vaseline without the v ).
The only other example I can think of, is the son of an old friend. His middle name is D’Vinche. Yes, pronounced like Leonardo, but with a strong “shay” sound at the end. I asked him if he didn’t think it sounded a little too street. He didn’t care, thought it was creative and upscale. We’ll see.
That's like that Italian guy, Fragile. His name's on everything.
I have a nurse friend in a maternity ward. How about Teflon and Sizzlelean? The Briannas and the Caitlins bug me just as much. Just sayin’.
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