Predict the next wave of children's names

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1910: Ester, Gladys, Reginald

1950: Nancy, John, Darrell

1970: Jason, Jennifer, Lisa

1985: Amber, Cody, Dakota, Tyler

Currently: Dylan, Opel, Max, Finn, etc.

What next?

― andy --, Friday, 28 October 2005 21:16 (twenty years ago)

Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky and Mike

― captin crunchheart (dr g), Friday, 28 October 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)

Bob, Sue, Ted, Alice and Lil' Skeez

― F.R.I.E.N.D. (nordicskilla), Friday, 28 October 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)

AMON

― F.R.I.E.N.D. (nordicskilla), Friday, 28 October 2005 21:21 (twenty years ago)

Ipod, RX300, Juju, Walter

― oops (Oops), Friday, 28 October 2005 21:21 (twenty years ago)

scooter

― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Friday, 28 October 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

folio, decal

― estela (estela), Friday, 28 October 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

Taqueesha, LaShantrey, Trevelle

― andy --, Friday, 28 October 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

shaggy 2 dope, violent j

― F.R.I.E.N.D. (nordicskilla), Friday, 28 October 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html

― late adopter, Friday, 28 October 2005 21:32 (twenty years ago)

is dylan very popular? I liked that one. oops.

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 28 October 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

I just went to Baby Name Wizard upon seeing this thread! I love that site.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 28 October 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

yeah, sean penn's kid is called dylan.

― F.R.I.E.N.D. (nordicskilla), Friday, 28 October 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

Aruba, Jamaica, Bermuda, Bahama, Key Largo, Montego, and Kokomo.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 28 October 2005 21:59 (twenty years ago)

isabella and eva are THE names for girls right now.

― nein Socken (nein Socken), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:03 (twenty years ago)

Carrot, Pomegranate, Toast, Oatmeal, Club Sauce, Polka.
Bounce, Tumble, Jump, Leap, Pez.

― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:17 (twenty years ago)

Actual names from the class my g/f teaches

Shai, L'teia, Foxaxle

Foxaxle's brother is called Steve.

― Matt (Matt), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

Well, Isabella is #7, but Eva is only #198. That's the highest it's been since 1958, but I don't know that I would say it's HOT.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, but there's wildly popular hot and there's ahead of the curve hot. Nein might be talking the latter.

It's funny how completely different American and British name trends are.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

I know two small Eva's and one Isabella.

― andy --, Friday, 28 October 2005 22:28 (twenty years ago)

"It's funny how completely different American and British name trends are..."

There's no Fiona's in America!

― andy --, Friday, 28 October 2005 22:29 (twenty years ago)

(except for that one.)

― andy --, Friday, 28 October 2005 22:30 (twenty years ago)

Or Alasdairs.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

my name has become steadily more popular since the 30s

― emilys. (emilys.), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:35 (twenty years ago)

Or Nigels, as the Fiery Furnaces noticed.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:35 (twenty years ago)

crystal, however, experienced a sharp decline in the last decade

― emilys. (emilys.), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:35 (twenty years ago)

A trend among the British middle classes has been to deliberately choose quaint old names, partly on the grounds that what sound like grandma and grandpa names to our generation will sound modern when all those old folk have died and been forgotten, and partly as a "no-nonsense" reaction to Fifi Trixabelle and even Alicia kind of names.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:40 (twenty years ago)

Crystal is a good name! I don't think anyone is called that over here.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:41 (twenty years ago)

I saw a talk show with these trashy folks that named all their kids after drugs: Krystal, Rocky, and Mary Jane, I think. The audience booed.

― andy --, Friday, 28 October 2005 22:41 (twenty years ago)

Here are the girls' names currently in the U.S. top 50 that have made the biggest leaps in the last five years (1999 > 2004):

Ella: #375 > #29
Ava: #259 > #24
Trinity: #209 > #48 (haha, The Matrix)
Mia: #120 > #30
Kylie: #108 > #49
Isabella: #60 > #7
Chloe: #63 > #23
Sophia: #53 > #15

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:41 (twenty years ago)

I am such a fucking stathead about baby names.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)

I do really wish there was a babynamewizard with British data.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:43 (twenty years ago)

Max is now the #1 pet name in America. I remember years ago, in LA county, the #1 registered dog name was Lady and the #2 was Sheba. I don't think anyone ever uses Sheba anymore.

― andy --, Friday, 28 October 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

Dying girls' names: Sherry. Tanya. Gina.

― andy --, Friday, 28 October 2005 22:48 (twenty years ago)

Whiskya.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:48 (twenty years ago)

Vodka is a nice name for a girl, maybe.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:50 (twenty years ago)

Maybe if you don't have to be that girl.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:50 (twenty years ago)

Ginny is a good booze name. Vino for a boy.

― andy --, Friday, 28 October 2005 22:51 (twenty years ago)

Chandon for a girl, Dom for a boy.

How about these:
Harry, Hermione, Ron, Minerva, Albus, Vernon, Petunia, Neville, etc.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

Inexplicably, Callum dropped like a stone in 2004

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

etc is good for a girl

― Matt (Matt), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:56 (twenty years ago)

Isn't Jack a nickname for John? It used to be.

― andy --, Friday, 28 October 2005 22:56 (twenty years ago)

Yes, but now, especially since Titanic, people think it's a good name on its own. It's not.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:57 (twenty years ago)

Wow. John is now No.64. That's kind of amazing.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)

Oh - I missed Callum at No.18. Whoops.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:59 (twenty years ago)

Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Kanye.

― M. V. (M.V.), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:59 (twenty years ago)

Oh, and Kayne.

― M. V. (M.V.), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:00 (twenty years ago)

Does anyone know what cultural phenom caused Jason to become so popular in the late 60's and early 70's? I know like 35 Jason's.

― andy --, Friday, 28 October 2005 23:00 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jimthing/jason_king.jpg

I suspect

― Matt (Matt), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:01 (twenty years ago)

Harry is also not a name! I get inexplicably irritated by people not using proper names.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:01 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://www.utexas.edu/courses/larrymyth/images/jason/ZA-Argonauts-Comic.jpg

― andy --, Friday, 28 October 2005 23:03 (twenty years ago)

Does anyone know what cultural phenom caused Jason to become so popular in the late 60's and early 70's?

Some kind of mass Friday the 13th precognition?

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:03 (twenty years ago)

All my childhood friends had biblical names: Sarah, Rachael, Matthew, etc. But within a few years you had Forrest and Shilo and shit like that.

― andy --, Friday, 28 October 2005 23:04 (twenty years ago)

Harry is also not a name! I get inexplicably irritated by people not using proper names.

It's kind of weird the way people give their children names that will never be used. I could imagine somebody liking the name Harry but not Harold so they name their child Harold but never actually call him that. Why not cut to the chase?

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:06 (twenty years ago)

Shilo isn't a biblical name?

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:06 (twenty years ago)

I was thinking of Henry, not Harold. Harry just doesn't sound like a proper name to me. It lacks gravitas. A man need gravitas!

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:07 (twenty years ago)

No it's sounds Talmud-al. xpost

― andy --, Friday, 28 October 2005 23:08 (twenty years ago)

Harry is short for Henry!?

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:08 (twenty years ago)

No it's sounds Talmud-al

I guess I was thinking of Shiloh.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:10 (twenty years ago)

I think I'd just feel slighted if a peer of mine was called the same thing as me day-to-day, but also had another, proper name on his birth certificate. Like I lacked roots.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:10 (twenty years ago)

Harry is short for Henry!?

Err.. yes. Like Prince Harry's real name is Henry.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:11 (twenty years ago)

Adolf has slipped alot in the rankings.

― andy --, Friday, 28 October 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)

English people never really got the hang of the whole nickname thing did they?

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:13 (twenty years ago)

Favorite nickname (now rare): BJ!

― andy --, Friday, 28 October 2005 23:19 (twenty years ago)

after seeing no play since the 60s, my grandmother's name, Violet, has experienced a massive surge in the 00s

― emilys. (emilys.), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:41 (twenty years ago)

Foxaxle

How is this pronounced? Like it looks, or sort of like "Fo' Shizzle?"

― melton mowbray (adr), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:46 (twenty years ago)

Dakota?!?!?!?!?!?!?

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Friday, 28 October 2005 23:55 (twenty years ago)

sure, fake black baby names are a cheap and easy shot, but I'm over it

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:56 (twenty years ago)

norse mythology-based names.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 29 October 2005 00:24 (twenty years ago)

(my friend's girlfriend's kid is named freya)

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 29 October 2005 00:26 (twenty years ago)

Harry is short for Henry!?
Err.. yes. Like Prince Harry's real name is Henry.

Here Harry is used as a nickname for Harold. I have a great-uncle called so.

One of my nieces is named Sabrina which I think is a fantastic name. We call her BriBri.

My brother started out wanting to call his son Seven but they changed their name in the end and made up the name Sebian. My, now departed, grandmother refused to accept the change and always called him Seven.

― MissMisery, Saturday, 29 October 2005 00:58 (twenty years ago)

The Baby Name Wizard is broken - try typing in "Adam" and see!

― F.R.I.E.N.D. (nordicskilla), Saturday, 29 October 2005 01:02 (twenty years ago)

vicinity

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Saturday, 29 October 2005 01:03 (twenty years ago)

jack is a good name

― RJG (RJG), Saturday, 29 October 2005 01:15 (twenty years ago)

aja

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 29 October 2005 01:17 (twenty years ago)

I know a baby named freya too. Freya was a godess of lust, apparently. I dunno whether the parents realise that. I figured it was best not to say anything.

― JimD (JimD), Saturday, 29 October 2005 02:27 (twenty years ago)

Gomer will remain on the outs.

― Aimless (Aimless), Saturday, 29 October 2005 02:28 (twenty years ago)

Isn't Jack a nickname for John? It used to be.
-- andy -- (and...), October 29th, 2005 9:56 AM. (later)
Yes, but now, especially since Titanic, people think it's a good name on its own. It's not.

-- Alba (albab...), October 29th, 2005 9:57 AM. (later)

It could be short for 'Jackson'.

― Sasha (sgh), Saturday, 29 October 2005 02:49 (twenty years ago)

I predict a surge in Arthurian names: Galahad, Guinevere, Lanecelot, Morgan, Gawain, Bedevere, Percival.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Saturday, 29 October 2005 03:31 (twenty years ago)

i am naming my son osbert
i am naming my daughter oona

― anthony, Saturday, 29 October 2005 03:48 (twenty years ago)

metuchen, totowa, hohokus.

those are all towns in new jersey.

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Saturday, 29 October 2005 03:52 (twenty years ago)

young, restless, b. girl

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Saturday, 29 October 2005 04:58 (twenty years ago)

I only know one person called Jack - where are they all?

― dog latin (dog latin), Saturday, 29 October 2005 08:22 (twenty years ago)

I know a baby named freya too. Freya was a godess of lust, apparently. I dunno whether the parents realise that. I figured it was best not to say anything.

there's a rather *fetching* politician which has that name.

i'm amazed noone has mentioned emma. here it's VERY popular.

― nathalie, a bum like you (stevie nixed), Saturday, 29 October 2005 08:25 (twenty years ago)

I imagine there will be a few Keiras. Maybe a few Freddies post-Ashes (I actually quite like Freddie as a small child's name, but it sounds really twattish on a grown-up). I think they may be the Kylies and Jasons of this year.

I only know one person called Jack - where are they all?

Still in primary school. It's only quite recently that it's caught on again. I only know one Jack as well, but he's in his 70s. And his real name's John. (and he's my dad, but that's neither here nor there)

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 29 October 2005 08:30 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, Harry is short for Harold here too, it's just that Henry was what came to mind first.

I hate the all-action hero; strong but fair; masculine but unmacho supposed perfection of "Jack" (see 24, Lost).

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 29 October 2005 08:44 (twenty years ago)

Looking at the UK boy names stats, I'm surprised how popular Lewis is. I think it's in the top 10 in Scotland. I don't know any Lewises. Is it another one that missed our generation? I like it, anyway.

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 29 October 2005 08:51 (twenty years ago)

Boys:
Dickface
Jackass
Motherfucker
Nigga
Wank
Shit4Brains

Girls:
Bitch
Byotch
Beetch

― Freddie (freddie), Saturday, 29 October 2005 09:34 (twenty years ago)

All my peers call their female children Alice and their male children Oscar.

― Adam Faithless (Adam Faithless), Saturday, 29 October 2005 09:58 (twenty years ago)

Foxaxle

How is this pronounced?

How it's spelt

― Matt (Matt), Saturday, 29 October 2005 10:28 (twenty years ago)

Speaking of naming trends, what the fuck was going on in the mid-70's to make Jeremy such a common name?

I'm waiting for the next set of names to be all Tolkien-y.

"His name means 'God Exalts' in Elvish!"

― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 29 October 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

I know a baby named freya too. Freya was a godess of lust, apparently. I dunno whether the parents realise that. I figured it was best not to say anything.

-- JimD (ji...), October 29th, 2005.

in this case the mother was fully aware!

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 29 October 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)

i'm amazed noone has mentioned emma. here it's VERY popular.

It's v. trendy in the U.S., too. #2 these days.

― jaymc (jaymc), Saturday, 29 October 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

AMON

Haha, are children being conceived to Supermodified now?

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 29 October 2005 17:43 (twenty years ago)

I totally got robbed re: Sophia, I've been saving it up for almost 10 years and now it's all fookin' popular. It translates the same in like 10 languages! And it's Greek and there's a famous Byzantine cathedral of that name and it has such delicious associations in orthodox Xtianity as feminine face of god/source of female wisdom, in Gnostic teachings as the queen of the angels, and etc! Bah.

― Laurel, Saturday, 29 October 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

Laird, Katrina, Skyler, Moishe

― Names Are For Gays, Saturday, 29 October 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

Cytherea

― mucho, Saturday, 29 October 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)

Horatio

― Spinktor the Unmerciful (mawill5), Saturday, 29 October 2005 19:31 (twenty years ago)

Cereberus

― Hathor the Snow Badger, Saturday, 29 October 2005 19:46 (twenty years ago)

Can somebody tell me why you'd actually need a short name for John? Is it not short enough per se? Or is there some hidden meaning of "short name"/"nick name" I'm not really aware of?

― Jibé, Saturday, 29 October 2005 21:51 (twenty years ago)

My Dad's name is Jack, not ever John, birth certificate says Jack. Then again, my Grandmother also didn't give him a middle name because she couldn't conceive of how a tiny baby would need so many names. I seriously never thought I would experience yuppies naming their kids that, but it is a nice name.

― scout (scout), Sunday, 30 October 2005 01:35 (twenty years ago)

My name is Jack. Barnaby is my middle name.

Is Alba a standalone name, or short for Albatross or something?

― Barnaby (Barnaby), Sunday, 30 October 2005 01:54 (twenty years ago)

yeah we thought we were real original with "Emma", haha, stupid us. also, "Sam" for a boy is probably less popular than "Sam" for a girl, my son is pissed off about that

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Sunday, 30 October 2005 02:07 (twenty years ago)

What in fecks name is a Foxaxle? Can you imagine a 4 year old trying to even SAY such a word? Poor kid.

― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 30 October 2005 02:22 (twenty years ago)

They'll get called "fucksuckle" or something later in life too whats a bet.

― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 30 October 2005 02:23 (twenty years ago)

Haha look at Elijah! People be fancying hobbits.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Sunday, 30 October 2005 05:05 (twenty years ago)

I agree with N about rootlessness.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Sunday, 30 October 2005 05:05 (twenty years ago)

This is so weird and fascinating! Look at Jessica, where did that come from?

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Sunday, 30 October 2005 05:08 (twenty years ago)

Doris - rank in 1980s: 709

That high?????

― JTS, Sunday, 30 October 2005 16:32 (twenty years ago)

Look at Jessica, where did that come from?

I blame Sweet Valley High.

― So so Krispie (Ex Leon), Sunday, 30 October 2005 16:53 (twenty years ago)

AMON

Haha, are children being conceived to Supermodified now?

Yeti

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Sunday, 30 October 2005 17:19 (twenty years ago)

I met an 8-year-old named Usher this summer.

― solarblue (solarblue), Sunday, 30 October 2005 17:53 (twenty years ago)

The upcoming theme in baby names is suburbs of Manchester- Denton, Romiley, Reddish, Radcliffe, Moston etc etc. You wait and see.

Emma is the most popular girl's name in most of Northern Europe, surprisingly. And Sophie is now more common in Scotland than England, which amazed me.

― snotty moore, Monday, 31 October 2005 00:11 (twenty years ago)

Did the same study as above (biggest jumps from 1999 to 2004) but for boys' names (U.S.):

Aidan #166 > #40
Jackson #83 > #48
Ethan #37 > #5
Elijah #60 > #31
Angel #73 > #44
Luke #67 > #42

Aidan was also one of the sharpest increases from 1994 to 1999 (#440 > #166).

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:50 (twenty years ago)

rosemary (f), basil (m), coriander (f) and fenugreek (m)

― vahid (vahid), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:59 (twenty years ago)

my favorite hilarious naming tradition that i'm sure will never die is the southern practice of giving your children "family names"

prentice
ainsley
hall
timmons
jennings
tinsley

my high school best friend's first and middle names were last names!

― tehresa (tehresa), Monday, 31 October 2005 06:47 (twenty years ago)

We still haven't decided on the name! We're at a complete loss when it's a boy. If it's a girl? We had decided on Emma but then discovered that it was the most popular name in Belgium so we dumped that. It's really difficult. :-(

― nathalie, a bum like you (stevie nixed), Monday, 31 October 2005 08:12 (twenty years ago)

For about the last 10 years middleclass British friends of mine all seem to have been giving their children the names of Edwardian domestic staff: Jack, Tom, Harry, Lily, Daisy, Alice etc

I think it's a revolt against their own popular-in-the-60s/70s names (Wayne, Gail, Lee, Neil etc).

― bham, Monday, 31 October 2005 13:03 (twenty years ago)

I once knew someone who named their son Steely, as in Steely Dan. I didn't have the heart to tell them where Steely Dan got their name from.

― NickB (NickB), Monday, 31 October 2005 13:17 (twenty years ago)

Steve, the old hippy who works in my office, assures me that a couple he once knew named their twins, Space and Time.

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 31 October 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)

My cousin's sons are called Charlie (not Charles) and Jacob (not Jake). I find that a bit weird. Jacob had a narrow escape: he was nearly Stanley!

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 31 October 2005 13:29 (twenty years ago)

Oh I know a Stanley AND a Sidney!!!!!!!!!!! I mean, a new(ish) Stanley and a Sidney...

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 31 October 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)

Sidney! Lummy.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 31 October 2005 13:33 (twenty years ago)

... so the next wave could be from "the names of Edwardian domestic staff" (as correctly noted above), to the names of depression-era Lancashire mill employees

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 31 October 2005 13:33 (twenty years ago)

i know an 11 month old sidney (sister is ellie).

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 31 October 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)

The next big thing for girls will be autumnal month names: November, October, poss. September.

― Steve.n. (sjkirk), Monday, 31 October 2005 15:29 (twenty years ago)

I think the next big thing for children's names will be to dispense with language and instead, when asked for one's name, do a special little dance.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 31 October 2005 16:01 (twenty years ago)

I'm sure the picture phone lobby is behind that idea.

― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Monday, 31 October 2005 16:05 (twenty years ago)

Carol, Linda and Janet are ripe for comeback potential.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 31 October 2005 16:07 (twenty years ago)

And Nancy.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 31 October 2005 16:08 (twenty years ago)

stanley is a good name

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 31 October 2005 16:14 (twenty years ago)

Godfrey.

Where did Steely Dan get their name from?

― Rumpie, Monday, 31 October 2005 16:23 (twenty years ago)

it's from a book

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 31 October 2005 16:26 (twenty years ago)

noddy in toyland

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 31 October 2005 16:26 (twenty years ago)

I predict Benedict. I knew a lot of John Pauls or J.P's. I'm surprised Benny hasn't become more popular in Glasgow housing estates in the past few months.

― Rumpie, Monday, 31 October 2005 16:33 (twenty years ago)

it's from a book

Specifically William Burroughs's Naked Lunch; Steely Dan was the name of a steam-powered dildo.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 31 October 2005 16:35 (twenty years ago)

Patented by one Tom Ewing.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 31 October 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

100% Genuine Rejected Names for my forthcoming offspring:

Box Office Mann
Naming Rights Still Available Mann
Whirlpool Taxidermy Mann
Test Tube Gorilla Mann
The Edge Mann
The Rock Mann
Coffee Break Quicky Mann

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 31 October 2005 16:40 (twenty years ago)

How about Hugh Mann?

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 31 October 2005 16:41 (twenty years ago)

Hugo Mann

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 31 October 2005 16:44 (twenty years ago)

That's not even your real last name, Huk.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 31 October 2005 16:45 (twenty years ago)

That reminds me of a drunken discussion one night about the McGann brothers (t.v drama actors). Mr R said there were four of them, but I was only sure of one, Joe.

There followed a debate on who the others were, Dan, Stan, and the little known Chan.

To this day I prefer to name the McGann brothers thus, despite there only being three. I think.

― Rumpie, Monday, 31 October 2005 16:47 (twenty years ago)

I haven't even had sex in 2.5 years!

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 31 October 2005 16:48 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

According to the BBC, some poor sould is going to have to go through life saddled with the name Aanus.

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 23 December 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

a girl i once worked with said she and her husband were both big comic book fans and had decided that when they had a boy child they'd name him Hero. she named a few more winners that i wish i could remember. she was a sweet girl, but jeez. they were also mormons. here nor there, i guess, but interesting.

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 23 December 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago)

No one has mentioned: Marmalade.

― Aimless (Aimless), Friday, 23 December 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

four months pass...

Jack is number 1 boys name in Australia right now.

― Stephen Kuhn, Monday, 24 April 2006 03:24 (twenty years ago)

I like Madison the town but I hate Madison the mysteriously popular baby name.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Monday, 24 April 2006 03:48 (twenty years ago)

I mean really; it's like the Gertrude of our generation!

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Monday, 24 April 2006 03:50 (twenty years ago)

Guess how many girls were registered with the name Mary in Scotland last year.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 24 April 2006 08:56 (twenty years ago)

twelve?

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 24 April 2006 09:12 (twenty years ago)

20.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 24 April 2006 09:22 (twenty years ago)

That's not very many!

There was an article in the paper this past weekend featuring children named Finley [ok], Tyger, and Jabe. Is Jabe short for something, I wondered--Jabob? Jabus? Jabeen? Is there some kind of commonality between these names that I am just not getting, I also wondered.

― sgs (sgs), Monday, 24 April 2006 09:36 (twenty years ago)

Apparently there was a recent fashion for names that rhymed with 'Aidan' which led to all sorts of random coinages like Cayden, Jayden, Treydon etc. But why?

― Archel (Archel), Monday, 24 April 2006 09:42 (twenty years ago)

I find it really weird how far these famous old names have dropped in popularity. 20 Marys. It's nothing! Still 197 Sarahs, though.

587 Sophies.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 24 April 2006 09:44 (twenty years ago)

Every name given in Scotland

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 24 April 2006 09:45 (twenty years ago)

> 1970: Jason, Jennifer, Lisa

so jennifer jason-lee is only one syllable away from the complete set?

Jabe: http://realitytv.about.com/od/iwanttobeahilton/a/HiltonBios2_4.htm
"A charming construction worker who installs septic tanks"

i'd like to see children named using the same scheme as recent aphex twin songs - computer viruses:

Beagle.EC
Kidala.A
Mlab.Lagob
Trojan.Zlob.K
Rontokbro.AN
Polip
Banleed.A
Trojan.Lisentkey
Trojan.Galapoper.A
Opanki.P
Antinny.BF
Mytob.PJ

― koogs (koogs), Monday, 24 April 2006 09:54 (twenty years ago)

3 albas, on your pdf, alba

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 24 April 2006 10:04 (twenty years ago)

All girls.

Actually, another interesting thing is how many more different girls' names were registered compared with boys'.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 24 April 2006 10:10 (twenty years ago)

One "Niclas". Which is just ridiculous.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 24 April 2006 10:11 (twenty years ago)

Or maybe just foreign.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 24 April 2006 10:12 (twenty years ago)

on Alba's list:

"Kenechukwu" 1

my scottish relative??

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 24 April 2006 10:26 (twenty years ago)

Has it been mentioned on here that Penn Gillette named his daughter Moxie Crimefighter? I kinda like it. And that Jason Lee named his son Pilot Inspektor? I don't like that one as much.

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 24 April 2006 10:26 (twenty years ago)

moxie crimefighter jillette sensor

― even cathy berberian's nose (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 24 April 2006 10:39 (twenty years ago)

Akshat got a narrow esxcape.

Abbie-Elizabeth just seems cruel.

8 Aryans!

Brandon-Lee?!

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 24 April 2006 12:14 (twenty years ago)

there's one boy called, apparently, 'T'. another called "K-Ci". madness. there are also about a dozen different spellings of rebecca.

― koogs (koogs), Monday, 24 April 2006 12:20 (twenty years ago)

"Bonnie-Clyde" ?????

― JTS (JTS), Monday, 24 April 2006 14:16 (twenty years ago)

5,000,000 Alices in 2012

― Washable School Paste (sexyDancer), Monday, 24 April 2006 14:32 (twenty years ago)

20Peter12

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 24 April 2006 14:45 (twenty years ago)

I fear these two excellent names are going extinct—

for girls: Josephine
for boys: George

ILXors must have many babies and reverse the trend! George Foreman alone can't do it!

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Monday, 24 April 2006 19:33 (twenty years ago)

Beth, you're wrong about Josephine! In 2004 Josephine was the 242nd most popular girl's name in the U.S. -- which isn't tremendously popular, but the last time it was that high was 1958, and it's trending upward, even if it may not reach its 1916-17 peak of #21. (After falling for much of the 20th century, and dwelling in the 400s for 1975-93, it's been slowly rising for the last 10 years.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 24 April 2006 19:56 (twenty years ago)

My boyfriend is named Ge0rge. It is his family's tradition for all the boys to have that first name and a unique middle name. So if we have a son we shall be helping your cause Beth.

― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Monday, 24 April 2006 19:59 (twenty years ago)

You are right about George, though. It'd been getting steadily less popular each year since approx. 1900, when it was #4. Now it's #148.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:00 (twenty years ago)

Haha, I'm like the DJ Martian of baby names.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:03 (twenty years ago)

My great-grandfather's name was George W. Baker. Needless to say, that one is officially out. Sorry, Gramps.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:06 (twenty years ago)

George has been top 20 in England and Wales for the last five years.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/specials/babiesnames_boys.asp

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:07 (twenty years ago)

New U.S. stats (for 2005) come out in about three weeks, I think.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:09 (twenty years ago)

Do keep us posted, john.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:14 (twenty years ago)

I will sleep better tonight. Thank you all.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:17 (twenty years ago)

Just glanced at the Scottish list -- has Keira always been a top-30 name, or has Miss Knightley increased its popularity? Amused, as always, to see quite popular UK names that I've either never heard of (Isla) or are hopelessly out of vogue here (Lucy). (Although Lucy may be poised to make a Josephine-style comeback.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:20 (twenty years ago)

Lucy is never out of style.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:53 (twenty years ago)

Except maybe in this picture

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:55 (twenty years ago)

http://indianapolis.canalblog.com/images/lucy.jpg

― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:57 (twenty years ago)

There's hella girls named Abbie these days. I never met another Abbie until a few years ago when I'd hear my name in grocery stores and look around confused until I saw a mom yelling at her barely-walking daughter.

― Abbott (Abbott), Monday, 24 April 2006 21:43 (twenty years ago)

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