Social Security's Top 1000 Names for 2005

[museofmyself.livejournal.com]

For your viewing pleasure. Or in my case, horror. My daughter's name, Lily, has jumped to #39!! Nobody was naming their daughter Lily back in 1996! I thought I was giving my child a lovely, unusual name. Argh. ;)

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

*EDIT* Just page down and select Top 1000 under Popularity.

Thoughts? Surprises? Comments?

Comments

[lostrocket.livejournal.com]

WOW, "Aryan" is the WORST alternative spelling ever. How ignorant.

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

I just realized. For Aaron? I couldn't even figure it out for a while!

[lostrocket.livejournal.com]

I was actually thinking of it as an alternative spelling for "Arien," but now that you mention "Aaron" it occurs to me that that's not so much a popular name. It's a Tolkien creation. So...alternative spelling or not, it's still ignorant.