most popular of the decade

[quitmyscene.livejournal.com]

Babycenter.com has come up with a list for the top 50 names (for girls and boys - 100 total) of the decade.

Link is here and the names (for the link-phobic) under the

Sorry for the formatting. I copy pasted and I was going to split the lists to make it look nice but it was taking a long time and I gave up. I apologize.

Girls' Names Boys' Names
1 Emma Aiden
2 Emily Jacob
3 Madison Ethan
4 Isabella Matthew
5 Ava Nicholas
6 Sophia Jack
7 Kaitlyn Joshua
8 Hannah Michael
9 Hailey Ryan
10 Olivia Andrew
11 Sarah Caden
12 Abigail Tyler
13 Madeline Dylan
14 Lily Jaden
15 Kaylee Zachary
16 Ella Connor
17 Riley Logan
18 Brianna Caleb
19 Alyssa Noah
20 Samantha Alexander
21 Lauren Jackson
22 Mia Brayden
23 Alexis Lucas
24 Chloe William
25 Ashley Nathan
26 Grace Joseph
27 Jessica Justin
28 Elizabeth Daniel
29 Taylor Benjamin
30 Makayla Christopher
31 Makenzie James
32 Anna Gavin
33 Zoe Evan
34 Kayla Austin
35 Sydney Cameron
36 Megan Brandon
37 Natalie Mason
38 Kylie Luke
39 Rachel Anthony
40 Avery Christian
41 Katherine Gabriel
42 Isabel Owen
43 Victoria David
44 Morgan John
45 Kyra Jonathan
46 Jasmine Samuel
47 Allison Sean
48 Savannah Hunter
49 Julia Elijah
50 Jordan Thomas

Comments

[quitmyscene.livejournal.com]

And mixing the genders since this is also easier when copy pasting.. I like..

Aiden (but would only spell it Aidan)
Jacob
Madison
Ethan
Ava
Jack
Madeline
Dylan
Connor
Riley (like for boy, too)
Alyssa
Noah
Alexander
Lucas
Nathan
Jessica
Daniel
Evan
Sydney - had no idea this one was so popular
Natalie
Luke - I like this, but had never realized how popular it is as a non-nickname. I imagined if any "nickname as name" were to be on this list, it'd be Liam.
Rachel
Owen
Sean
Elijah

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Luke is pretty common stand-alone. After all, the book in the Bible is Luke, not Lucas.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

The only real surprise to me is Kyra.

I like:
Emma
Emily
Olivia
Sarah
Lily
Ella
Chloe
Natalie
Kylie

Ethan
Matthew
Nicholas
Jack
Michael
Ryan
Andrew
Zachary
Connor (but spelled Conor)
William
Nathan
Joseph
Daniel
James
Gavin
Evan
Brandon
Gabriel
David
Samuel

[sunshinefleur.livejournal.com]

I like...

Aidan
Ethan
Jack
Ryan
Dylan
Logan
Noah
Nathan
Daniel
James
Evan
Owen
Sean
Hunter

Olivia
Madeline
Lily
Riley (on both genders)
Elizabeth
Anna
Natalie
Katherine
Allison

[sunshinefleur.livejournal.com]

and Nicholas. I don't know how I missed that before!

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I like
Madison
Matthew
Sarah
Kaylee
Riley
Logan
Alexis
Chloe
Ashley
Taylor
Christopher
Zoe
Kayla
Sydney
Megan
Brandon
Luke
Christian
Katherine
Morgan
Allison
Hunter

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

emily
olivia
sarah
abigail
madeline
lily
elizabeth
anna
rachel
katherine
isabel
victoria
allison
julia

jacob
nicholas
jack
michael
andrew
zachary
caleb
noah
alexander
lucas
william
nathan
joseph
benjamin
james
gavin
evan
cameron
luke
anthony
gabriel
david
john
jonathan
samuel
elijah

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

The list is for the whole decade though, so some surely will appear dated if they were big back in 1999.

[thellamaqueen.livejournal.com]

lol aww, my little cousin's first and middle names (Zoe Kayla) are in order on the list (#33 and #34).

I'm glad to see that *none* of the names on my personal list are anywhere on that list! :D

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Luke definitely isn't a nickname for Lucas. I guess it could be, but that's not its origin, or its common usage...

[hoochiehoops.livejournal.com]

Hunter is definitly up there. I'm surprised Damien isn't.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Babynames.com counts how often people add names to fantasy lists, not how often those names actually end up getting used.

[quitmyscene.livejournal.com]

I just find it odd because out of the 5 Lukes in the real world, each one was short for Lucas. I guess I'm more surprised that both Luke and Lucas are in the top 50.

[quitmyscene.livejournal.com]

5 Lukes I've met in the real world, rather.