And some of you didn't like my choice of names...

[rkold]

So in the last week or so, Social Security finally introduced the top 100 names of 2009 and on Friday we got the top 100 names by State. I always find the top 100 by State somewhat more interesting since sometimes a name can be super popular in one state and not in the country as a whole. (In NY you can find: Chaya, Chana, and Moshe in the top 100 and none of them appear anywhere else and in CA there are lots of hispanic names in the top 100) Some states have few children, so just 2 or 3 parents naming their baby the same thing is enough to get a name on the list. One thing I have learned from this is Violet is waaaay too popular to use as a first name as is Lucy. Both are definitely making inroads even though neither has broken 100 in the country yet.

There are a few names becoming popular I think are either quite pretty or were surprising: Julian, Sebastian, Xavier, Camila, Daisy, Eleanor, Evelyn, Lydia, Melanie, Ruby, Sadie, and Valeria come to mind.

Other popular names are just well... atrocious to me. Sometimes because they have a neu spelling which makes me wonder what crack the parents are on. It's one thing to spell a name Ariana or Arianna it is completely different to decide to spell Jackson, Jaxon. And it's one thing for one person to think Jaxon is unique, it's completely different when over 100 babies end up with that name.

Other names have forever been influenced by TV for me. Jayden==YugiOh GX, Tristan==My voice gives me super strength, and Giovanni==The bad guy in Pokemon, Genesis==A Rock band Phil Collins was in.

So now some of the popular baby names aka at least 50 babies in 2009 were named this somewhere in the US. I am not including any names which are obviously ethnic and I am not going to include all the gosh awful waspy last names as first names or the new trend of Irish Catholic names as first names. (I'm just waiting for babies named things like Goldberg, Tanaka, and Ngyuyen.)

Kaylee
Brooklyn
Peyton (girl's name)
Khloe
Payton (girl's name)
Kayleigh
Rylee
London
Aspen

Kaden
Kaleb
Caden
Braylon (..is this like the bad guy in a new SciFi series???)
Jaxon
Kayden
Hudson
Ryder (...like the truck rental company)

Comments

[twotone]

Daniel has forbidden the use of Lexington for our hypothetical child. (Well, I was going to go with "Alexander", and just call the kid "Lex"/"Lexington", but apparently Lex Lipkowitz is way-too Supervillain-y and tongue-twister-y. It's too bad... he could have been Kal-El Cage's arch-nemesis!)

[rkold.livejournal.com]

Kennis forbid Kamui Koldewyn which is probably for the best. XD; About as Japanesey as I am likely to go is Aya since it is also Hebrew. (Though I rather like the name Akira, it always reminded me of Akiva >>; ) Kennis has also forbidden my pet Japanese names of Yukihiro and Yuzuriha.

...I sort of like Lex Lipkowitz, even if it does sound like a villain, it has nice alliteration. What about Lionel Lipkowitz? Would you and Daniel follow the Ashkenazi tradition of using family names or? I don't think my brother plans to, he currently loves Golda and Yonatan. I am not sure how I feel about Golda/Goldie Goodstein.

I admit, even if one never has a baby, I think it's fun to think about names. Once we know the baby's sex next week I'll probably be making another poll as we settle more on names. I'm also thinking of making a poll to guess the sex lol

[twotone]

I'd like to follow the Ashkenazi tradition if we can. But I also want to keep in mind how the name will sound in Japanese and whether my relatives will be able to pronounce it. :p

Golda Goodstein is *such* a great comic book name! Like, I don't know, she could be Richie Rich's girlfriend or something. :D

[rkold.livejournal.com]

I would think that is possible? There are always names like Naomi (if its open to you) that are a twofer or well Aya lol I have noticed that there are certain names that just do not sound right in Japanese. Kennis, is pretty easy since it's tennis with a K, and even Rachel isn't so bad, though I think it would be better if Japanese speakers just ignored the "l" at the end and pronounced it like "Raicho" vs "Raichulu" But Charles....

She's either Richie's girlfriend or possibly his rival.