Girl!

[indyselsa.livejournal.com]

We finally decided on a name for our girl, due March 2. Since I figure this community has a much better finger on the pulse of naming trends, I wanted to see how popular this first name is getting to be. Not that it would change my mind, necessarily, I'd just like to be prepared.

She'll be named Eleanor Jane. Eleanor because I love the sound of the name, and historically the women who have worn it have been strong and capable, and Jane for my mom.

Is she doomed to me one of six in her class? This says that the name is on the upswing, but it's hard to tell how popular this is going to get. As a Jessica Lee born in 1980, I'd really hate to doom my daughter to the same kind of thing.

Whatcha think?

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[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

That site scares the everloving namestress in me.


... I guess you can finally count me in on the "I liked it when I was little, I swear!" camp (for the name Leilani — which still isn't all that popular, but it's the TRAJECTORY at the SSA that scares me, not its current rank).

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

That site also kinda puts paid to "But I LURVE Isabel/le/la! It's not trendy; it's CLASSIC!!"

Sure, the name's been around forever (and others like it: Emily, Ava, Abigail), but it IS trendy and with a peak like that, It Will Fall And Thus Become Dated.