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[arbus.livejournal.com]

babynames.com has announced the most popular 100 names of 2009 listed here

what are your thoughts? any surprises? disappointments?

newcomer girls:
vivienne (highest ranking girl newcomer at #60)
stella
harper
esme
rosalie
zoey
isla
adalyn
lorelei

newcomer boys:
nolan
jude
jonathan
rhys
emmett (highest ranking newcomer overall at #54)

i have many thoughts on this, but primarily...
noah is number two and rising? thats sad. that was our top boys name. also, i was surprised to see amelia/emilia at number one for girls. no idea it had shot up so quickly. the husband and i had amelia on our list too. bummer.

ETA: this is the babynames.com list, not the SSA list

Comments

[soul-inside.livejournal.com]

I like the list to get an idea, but I dont think it comes close to representing the truth of names. My son;s name they say went down pn popularity eg it's 35 but SSA for 2008 actually had it at say.. 45, so it really went up now. Ill be waiting w baitef breath for SSA lists 2009 and 10 as those babies will be his eventual classmates.