top 1000

[bohemianvegan.livejournal.com]

I was looking at the top 1000 boy and girl names of recent times. My goodness. Some of the top girl names were: Precious, Princess, Chanel, Armani, Ashanti, Shakira, Halle, Celine, Ximena, etc. The boys were: Xzavier, Zavier, Mohammed, Jesus, Zaire, Kaeden, Guy, Zander.

To be honest, I think majority of those names in the top 1000 are either too ridiculous or just too traditional. Yet few are traditional. Really, most of those top 1000 names are awful.
www.innocentenglish.com/popular-boy-girl-baby-names/baby-names.html

Comments

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not surprised at all by Mohammed, Jesus, Guy, or even Celine. But especially Mohammed and Jesus. Those are really common names.

[bohemianvegan.livejournal.com]

Mohammed is common in the Middle East. I guess with the rising Muslim population in the USA, it's becoming more common. Jesus was unheard of until the hispanic population started rising.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Wht's weird about Halle, Celine?
Granted, Xzavier & Zavier are silly spellings of Xavier & Kaeden is a trendy it can be spelt however.. at least the sounds make phonetc sense, normal enough name.
Mohammed is probably the most popular name in the world..


I love loads of the names in the top 1000, not many in the top 100 though.

[bohemianvegan.livejournal.com]

Halle and Celine aren't "weird", yet they are celebrity names.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, but there are plenty of Muslims and Hispanics in the United States, and there have been for a while, so I just don't see how it's at all surprising for those names to be in the top 1000.

[mizsfrankie.livejournal.com]

I know a girl name Princess.
I also know a little girl name Shakira
(why anyone would name there kids princess or shakira is beyond me but w/e)
I know about 30 Mohammads.

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

I love the name Celine! And Mohammed and Jesus are way popular names.

[oreocrackers.livejournal.com]

actually shakira isn't that weird, it is an arabic name related to the word for thankfulness. although most people probably went for it because of the singer (who happens to be half lebanese)