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Top 20 Baby Names of 2008
The fastest-falling names for girls often have an association with a falling glamorous star. Examples: Dayanara, name of the Miss Universe ex-wife of Marc Anthony; Raquel, as in Welch; Lindsay; Tatum; and even Diana.
For boys, the celebrity connection is less clear when it comes to names on the way out. Walker, as in George W. Bush’s middle name, was one of the biggest losers, along with Fabian. But other boys’ names dropping from site are those that simply sound old-style to the modern ear: Carl, Scott, Gary. Looking at general trends, many of the boys’ names growing in popularity have two syllables feel like surnames: Beckett, Paxton, Ryker, Kolton, Zayden, Brycen, Kellen. For girls, the trend is toward elaborate feminine names, with many variations of Lila, Paisley, Valentina, Delilah, and Juliet all shooting up the list.
There are some quieter pockets of popularity. Showing strength, for boys, are newer biblical choices Jonah, Asher, and Solomon, along with studious brothers Graham and Grant, Reed and Reid, Johan and Jonas, Charlie and Quinton. Booming girls’ names headed for Harvard include Leah, Cora, Nora, Clara, Charlotte, and Josephine.
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This sounds basically like the list when I named my children forty years ago. Hebrew, Greek, Latin etc. How about some exposure to and for other ethnic names even if they aren't "popular"?
Just randomly place apostrophes in the list of names given and you will have a close approximation of most "ethnic" names.
And the racism train has arrived on time!
David Duke called - he wants his negrophobia back!
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Clearly there are only so many Americans that are fans of Joss Whedon.
:p
God, do we ever give kids boring names. I remember when I named my daughter Chloe in 2001, I had only heard of a couple other girls named that. Now its in the top 10, and I'm actually kind of ticked! It was so unique back then, only 8 years ago!
"Young Greek shoot"? That can't be right. I think that's what the Ottoman Turks used to call out before firing. Anyway, according to this space, "Cohen" is the number one name for boys and girls, or, something like that.
The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene of the City of New York does a similar list - and they break it down by race.
That would be useful here - since different ethnic groups tend to name their kids differently.
Love the egregious shot at Bush. Classy!
Kind of like a lot of these "names".
Alexius is not inside???
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