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[solyma.livejournal.com]

Stop naming boys Ethan! I'm only kidding, of course. ;) But I have loved the name Ethan since I saw the movie All I Want For Christmas when I was 7 years old; I was determined to name my first son Ethan. So I hate that it's become so popular, even though it's a great name! Has anyone else had this experience, where you really love a name, but it has surged in popularity? I hope the Ethan hype dies down when I do eventually have children in a few years. ;)

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[krazyhippie.livejournal.com]

YES. It seems like I'm constantly having to erase names from my list (or just hope they die down) that I've had on there for YEARS because now they're suddenly popular. My fave boy name for a LONG time has been Isaiah, and for some reason now it's becoming popular.

I'm not ready for babies for at least 7 years or so, so hopefully that's long enough for the craze to go away. But I'm sure people will just popularize other names on my list. :/

(btw, Ethan was also on my list)

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

my name is Madelynne and although that name (in a variety of spellings) is very popular now, it wasn't when i was little, which i'm glad about.

everything in life goes in phases.

[cleddy.livejournal.com]

heh when I was pregnant with my daughter, I LOVED the name Sierra. But there were 3 other pregnant women working with me and 2 of them had girls! One named her baby girl Sierra, the other-Ciara. One of them even "thanked" me for helping her come up with a name for her baby!! GRRR!!! So we went with the #2 name on our list...Skylar-we call her Sky

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Year Rank
2004 5
2003 6
2002 5
2001 17
2000 25
1999 37
1998 38
1997 46
1996 62
1995 75
1994 89
1993 92
1992 76
1991 65
1990 58
1989 87
1988 262
1987 322
1986 332
1985 308
1984 286
1983 282
1982 289
1981 283
1980 293
1979 287
1978 299
1977 291
1976 321
1975 327
1974 336
1973 331
1972 341
1971 428
1970 497
1969 533
1968 587
1967 545
1966 582
1965 569
1964 557
1963 670
1962 675
1961 725
1960 794
1959 834
1958 883
1957 942
1956 950

Interesting stats on that one. It's been chart climbing for nearly 50 years! I wonder what happened in 1986 though?

I've scratched a lot of names that became more and more and more common every year. Emma and Chloe were two of the most notable ones. (Though looking back at stats now I can see they were already climbing fast when I thought I was the only one liking them.)

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Those stats are on Ethan btw. I should've mentioned...

[invisiblepet.livejournal.com]

Way interesting stats. I personally think the leap from 262 to 87 (A MASSIVE LEAP) in 1989 is due to Ethan Hawke in Dead Poets Society.

I remember being a in like, fourth grade watching that and thinking Ethan Hawke was just the most awesome name I'd ever heard. And it helped that he was hot, too.

:)
My opinion, at least.

[the-theorist.livejournal.com]

I just love Ethan!

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Yeah that does suck.

Ethan is an awesome, must be, otherwise people wouldn't use it so much.

[estrella-jenita.livejournal.com]

thats why i love Ethan too!

[elizabethsheryl.livejournal.com]

Yes! That happened with the name Jake. I mentioned that's what I wanted to name a boy if/when I have one, and my uncle (who's wife was pregnant) was like "Ooh, I like that." They named him jacob but he's never been called that..only Jake. *sigh*

I also have LOVED Caroline since I was a little girl and now it's becoming popular, which is frusterating.

[youngin1615.livejournal.com]

ever since i named my son maxwel my little sister is 4 there is a boy in her class named maxwel and my cousin who is 4 has a boy named maxwel in his class to. i used to like the names haydan kaydan aydan but my friend named her son kaydan and all thoes names are wayyyy to popular

[pale-september.livejournal.com]

About 3 years ago I was SET on naming my future daughter Jayden. Then a million people started naming their kids Jayden. I got so mad. lol I also liked Xavier (I wanted to spell it Zavier) but now I know a lot of women with sons named that. Ah, well. Still very adorable names. Now I'm in a traditional phase with baby names.

[freedomdreams.livejournal.com]

I have loved the name Audrey forever... and now it seems to be getting too popular. then i started loving the name Roman and 1/2 of hollywood seemed to name their boys that.... oh well...

[daveandmonika.livejournal.com]

Sophia! I have loved it forever and now it is #15 :(

[wishings.livejournal.com]

I had the same problem with the name Aiden. I wanted to name my first son that since I could remember. It held a lot of meaning and history since it was a Celtic name, but now I'm pregnant with a first little boy and it's still too common to use! It sucks.