Overused

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

If you're bored, like I am:

List five of the most 'overused' (in your opinion) names of 2008 for each sex.



Girls

1. Lily/Lilly
2. Nora/h
3. Charlotte
4. Sophie/a
5. Isabelle/a

Boys

1. Owen
2. Oliver
3. Elliot/t
4. Ethan
5. Liam

Comments

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

Girls:

1.) Jayden and all its spellings.
2.) Mackenzie and all of it's spellings

Not sure on the others, but these are two I seriously hate.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Addison
Sophia
Isabella
Ava
Grace - especially as a middle name

Jack
Jackson
Noah
Aiden
Max

Also, I'm sad that you listed Norah... it's been my favourite name since I was about ten. And now it seems to be getting a lot more popular. :(

[aaww-my-bees.livejournal.com]

Madison and Madeline and all the spellings.
Carter and Carson and all the spellings.

[talonsage.livejournal.com]

Any "Mac" name.

Any and all of them.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

Isabella
Sophia
Addison
Jade
Grace

any variation of Aidan (Jaden, Braydon, Kaidan, etc.)

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

Madeline's a good one!

[chirpygirly.livejournal.com]

Girls
1.Riley (and it's various spellings.)
2.Isabel/Isabelle
3.Lily
4.Emily
5.Sophia

Boys
1.Jacob
2.Jayden
3.Owen
3.Ethan
5.Micah

[chirpygirly.livejournal.com]

I totally forgot about Landon and should have put it on there!

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

For girls: Avery, Madison, Mackenzie, Madeline, Emma

For boys: Owen, Aidan, Noah, Ethan, Jayden (kinda cheating because of Aidan already being there, but...)

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

Also, I'm sad that you listed Norah... it's been my favourite name since I was about ten. And now it seems to be getting a lot more popular. :(

Yeah- it's definitely one of the new "in" names to use. Old lady chic.

But I know how you feel. A couple of my top names became very popular recently. Blah.

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

addison
emma
ava
riley
madison

landon
aiden/variations
ethan
carter
camden

[lovetokate.livejournal.com]

Brayden! I know 3 babies that have been born in the last few months named this.
Aiden
Jaxon (omg how I HATE that spelling)

Madelyn (etc. etc.)
Riley

[blosmbee.livejournal.com]

Boys:
Aiden/Braden/Caden/Hayden/Jaden and all the variant spellings and first letterings. I'm SO sick of it and have been for several years.

Girls:
Ava
Addison
Isabelle/Isabella
Emily
Mackenzie
Makayla
Nevaeh (1 use is "overuse" for this one, in my opinion)

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Girls:

1. Grace
2. Isabella
3. Sophia
4. Rose
5. Riley

Boys:

1. Any name ending in -on or -den!
2. Biblical names (especially creatively spelled ones)

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

lol i agree with the Nevaeh thing :)

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

Girls:
1.Isabel/Isabella
2.Ellie/Ella/Eleanor or anything that gives the nn Elle/Ellie
3.Grace
4.Lilian
5.Riley/Rylie/Rylee/Ryleigh/ any other spelling you make up..

Boys:
1.Harry
2.Elijah/Elias/Eli
3.Logan
4.Wyatt
5.Michael

[fame-and-dirt.livejournal.com]

I'm basing this off of what I seen in my nephews yearbook (his 2008 yearbook)! He's 7 and I just seen a bunch of kids all with the same names! It was crazy.

Girls:
- Brianna (in various spellings but every class had at least, if not more, one Brianna. Not kidding.)
- Olivia (I seen a few different spellings.)
- Madison (one class alone had 3 Madison's in it!)

Boys:
- Noah
- Zachary
- Ethan

Sorry I don't have 5.

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

I'm TTC, so I'm in several TTC/Pregnant communities, and I see it come up ALL the time. It's pretty newly popular, so the Nora/h boom won't be obvious until all the 2008/2009 babies are in school.

[hikerpoet.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there are a bunch where I live too. But I think it is a very pretty name, even though it is becoming uber-popular. Actually my name is similar--my name is Lindsay--I'm in my 30s, and I rarely meet one my age/older than me. But there are about 587272878424575 about twelve years younger than me.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

1. isabel/isabelle/isabella
2. sophia
3. grace (mainly as a middle name though)
4. lily
5. ava


1. henry
2. elliott
3. liam
4. aidan etc.
5. jack

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

nora[h] is just now becoming very, very popular.

[camilleyun.livejournal.com]

Jaedyn is Josh's daughter's name. I can't stand hearing it. I hate how it's spelled. His ex-wife did all the kid-naming. Oy. She just HAD TO have that name. It irks me to no end. Then again she's known by Candi [her birth name is Candice] and she's not a cute, thin, blonde stripper [which is what the name Candi makes me think of].

[snailrevolution.livejournal.com]

Isobel
Lily
Emma
Emily
Madison

Elliot
Jackson
Cayden/etc (I personally know 3 people who've used this :|)
Owen
Alex

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

This is pretty much from my experiences in this community and online, whether it be names that are actually used or just in question.

For girls:

Isabelle/a
Sophia
Grace
Ava
Harper
Madison/Madeline
(Sorry.. know that was more than five haha)

Boys:

Liam (I don't like this name one bit, but everyone and their brother seems to love it lol)
Jack
Jayden/Shaden/et al.
Hmm.. can't really think of as many for boys. lol.

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

ohhh madison is sooo popular now, its unbelievable!

too bad though because its a cute name, i esp love maddie for short.