Area’s top name of ’05? Ethan, baby

La Crosse Tribune ^ | January 4, 2006 | TERRY RINDFLEISCH

[beaversmom]

Parents of newborns at La Crosse’s two hospitals were likely to write down the names Ethan, Madeline, Samuel, Austin, Haley or Emma when filling out birth certificates in 2005, hospital officials said Tuesday.

Madeline was the No. 1 girls’ name, while Ethan easily was the top choice for boys, with twice as many Ethans as Samuels and Austins, the second most popular boys’ names. Ethan was the top baby name, boy or girl.

Although Madeline was the No. 1 choice for girls at Franciscan Skemp, Haley was by far the most popular girls’ name at Gundersen Lutheran.

Ethan was the No. 1 boys’ name at Gundersen Lutheran, while Austin and Benjamin were the most popular boys’ names at Franciscan Skemp.

Olivia, the most popular girls’ name in 2004, dropped to a tie for seventh with Emily. Jacob, which was last year’s No. 1 boys’ name and the top boys’ name for many years, fell to No. 7.

Also making the top 10 list for the second straight year were Madison, Haley, Emma, Grace, Mason, Aiden and Andrew. New to the top 10 list were Ava, Ella, Abigail, Cole, Connor and Cameron.

Other popular names at Franciscan Skemp were Alayna, Kylie, Alyssa and Neveah. At Gundersen Lutheran, other popular names were Lillian, Anna, Caleb and Taylor or Tayler.

According to BabyCenter LLC, Aidan and Emma were the top baby names in the nation in 2005. BabyCenter has the largest private database of names in the U.S.

Top 10

Girls

1. Madeline

2. Haley

3. Emma

4. (tie) Madison and Grace

6. Abigail

7. (tie) Olivia and Emily

9. Ava

10. (tie) Ella and Kaitlyn

Boys

1. Ethan

2. (tie) Samuel and Austin

4. Zachary

5. (tie) Nicholas and Cole

7. Jacob

8. (tie) Mason and Connor

10. Cameron, Aiden and Andrew

Stand outs

Franciscan Skemp

Girls: Dasianna, Giulia, Keyamonie, Kirandeep and Shqavianna.

Boys: Amrit, Atlee, Cormac, Ephrem, Kenobi and Trygve

Gundersen Lutheran

Girls: Zahra, Amaris, Shelong, Ainsley, Keayrah and Ekaterina.

Boys: Tytus, Chason

[mmercier]

The year I was born my name was the big one. I had seven classmates in my first grade class with the same name.

Half the boys in the room would look when the teacher called one of us. Strangely, I still remember all of them to this day.

[Fierce Allegiance]

In what foreign country is Franciscan Skemp located?

[Fierce Allegiance]

In reference to the "standouts".

[beaversmom]

I know. I can't even pronounce any of those. Poor children.

[beaversmom]

My first job after highschool I worked with about 5 Daves--they were all about my age.

[beaversmom]

I'm thinking Giulia might be Julia--maybe they are Rudy Guiliani fans.

[Fierce Allegiance]

I've seen a similar Giani pronounced Johnny. Ekaterina is a somewhat common eastern Euro name, but Shqavianna will be a lifelong handicap for the kid.

[Miss Marple]

How interesting. Emma and Grace are both on this list. My grandmother was an Emma, and one of her sisters was a Grace. Things do seem to go in cycles.

[beaversmom]

http://www.babycenter.com/general/babynaming/pregnancy/1459677.html?scid=momsbaby:20060102:2564:16856:7034&_loopback=1

My Grandmas were Emma and Emily the top 2 for girls names now.

Top 100 Names of 2005
Girl Names

1 Emma
2 Emily
3 Madison
4 Kaitlyn
5 Sophia
6 Isabella
7 Olivia
8 Hannah
9 Makayla
10 Ava
11 Abigail
12 Sarah
13 Hailey
14 Kaylee
15 Madeline
16 Ella
17 Grace
18 Mia
19 Riley
20 Samantha
21 Sydney
22 Lauren
23 Mackenzie
24 Chloe
25 Alyssa
26 Lily
27 Alexis
28 Natalie
29 Taylor
30 Anna
31 Brianna
32 Zoe
33 Kylie
34 Ashley
35 Elizabeth
36 Megan
37 Allison
38 Kayla
39 Katherine
40 Kyra
41 Isabelle
42 Morgan
43 Savannah
44 Jasmine
45 Arianna
46 Avery
47 Julia
48 Rachel
49 Maya
50 Jordan
51 Brooke
52 Paige
53 Victoria
54 Peyton
55 Katie
56 Abby
57 Gabriella
58 Alexandra
59 Leah
60 Jessica
61 Rebecca
62 Brooklyn
63 Gabrielle
64 Audrey
65 Amelia
66 Jenna
67 Reagan
68 Sophie
69 Trinity
70 Sierra
71 Cadence
72 Lillian
73 Ashlyn
74 Bailey
75 Gracie
76 Faith
77 Kendall
78 Kate
79 Molly
80 Claire
81 Kennedy
82 Caroline
83 Addison
84 Marissa
85 Alana
86 Destiny
87 Jada
88 Amanda
89 Alexa
90 Erin
91 Layla
92 Gianna
93 Ellie
94 Camryn
95 Nicole
96 Angelina
97 Charlotte
98 Aaliyah
99 Mckenna
100 Lucy

Boy Names
1 Aidan
2 Jacob
3 Ethan
4 Nicholas
5 Matthew
6 Ryan
7 Tyler
8 Jack
9 Joshua
10 Andrew
11 Dylan
12 Michael
13 Connor
14 Caden
15 Jayden
16 Noah
17 Zachary
18 Alexander
19 Logan
20 Caleb
21 Nathan
22 Jackson
23 William
24 Evan
25 Joseph
26 Benjamin
27 James
28 Christopher
29 Cameron
30 Daniel
31 Christian
32 Luke
33 Gavin
34 Gabriel
35 Mason
36 Anthony
37 Brayden
38 David
39 Austin
40 Lucas
41 John
42 Elijah
43 Owen
44 Jonathan
45 Brandon
46 Alex
47 Samuel
48 Sean
49 Thomas
50 Hunter
51 Landon
52 Jordan
53 Justin
54 Carter
55 Cole
56 Jake
57 Ian
58 Liam
59 Hayden
60 Dominic
61 Isaac
62 Jason
63 Kyle
64 Adam
65 Isaiah
66 Aaron
67 Nathaniel
68 Colin
69 Devin
70 Riley
71 Robert
72 Max
73 Eric
74 Tristan
75 Chase
76 Wyatt
77 Carson
78 Julian
79 Cooper
80 Blake
81 Charlie
82 Brady
83 Bryce
84 Brendan
85 Brian
86 Sebastian
87 Xavier
88 Seth
89 Parker
90 Cody
91 Sam
92 Patrick
93 Ashton
94 Will
95 Kevin
96 Garrett
97 Ben
98 Trevor
99 Henry
100 Drew

[Popman]

Area’s top name of 2050? Abdul or Achmen, baby

or take your pick

List of Arabic male first names and their meanings

[beaversmom]

Probably in Europe. Hopefully not here.

[kellynch]

A colleague at work has one daughter named Emma and one named Grace. I know several little girls with "Claire" in their name (either first name or middle name), and several little boys named Ethan.

It's nice to see traditional names coming back into style. Apologies to anyone here, but I was never fond of "Ashley" or "Heather."

[beaversmom]

Also apologies from me but I don't like Madison. A radio guy was calling some local politician the other day Carol Morgan turns out her name was actually Morgan Carroll.

[barker]

Things do seem to go in cycles.

My late Aunt Madeline was born about 1916.

[Coldwater Creek]

Memphis, Tennessee!!!!!

[sweetliberty]

I think naming kids popular names should be avoided, although I think oddball spelling of any name is an equal curse to a child. I was stuck with a name (Susan) that was very common when I was born and I swore I wouldn't do that to my child. My husband wouldn't let me name our daughter what I wanted to (Spring), however, and she ended up with a more common name (Dawn) than I would have chosen, although she really only once shared a name with someone else that she knew, a girl in her Sunday school class for a couple of years. Then, when she had her son, I tried to convince her and her husband not to name him the name they had chosen because it was way too common, but they ignored me and now he is stuck with what turned out to be the most common boy's name (Tyler) the year he was born.

[Fierce Allegiance]

When I hear the name Morgan, I think horse, and when I hear Madison, I think dead president.

[sweetliberty]

I noticed that a lot of the names go back to some of the old names. I don't care for many of them, but it's an interesting trend.

Another thing I find odd; a lot of names that I have really liked at one time were because they were names that I'd "made up" (I used to do that a lot when I was a kid) or that I'd never heard, but liked the sound of, and now a lot of them are quite common.

[sweetliberty]

"Apologies to anyone here, but I was never fond of "Ashley" or "Heather."

I really liked the name "Heather" at one time, but I'm very glad I never named a kid that. It is one of the most common names in the circle of people I deal with, both as coworkers and clients. It gets very confusing at times.

Two names that I cringe at (brought to mind because of your screenname) are Kelly and Jessica. They are two of the most common names I see among abusive/negligent parents. My apologies if that is your real name.