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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

[harinakshi.livejournal.com]

Esme Colette is going to be our daughter's name. If it wasn't the fact that out of thousands of names, that is the only one that's stuck, I probably wouldn't use it because of the gaining popularity...I was really hoping most people who would actually name their child after Twilight were far from child bearing age, lol.