2009 SSA names

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

The 2009 SSA baby names list is out, in case you haven't heard.

2009's top ten names:

BOYS
1. Jacob
2. Ethan
3. Michael
4. Alexander
5. William
6. Joshua
7. Daniel
8. Jayden
9. Noah
10. Anthony

GIRLS
1. Isabella
2. Emma
3. Olivia
4. Sophia
5. Ava
6. Emily
7. Madison
8. Abigail
9. Chloe
10. Mia

Anything surprise you?

Comments

[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

Actually, I just a news story that pointed how the # 1 boy and girl names are from Twilight.

[lovetokate.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I didn't catch that at first either.

Ugh. EW, PEOPLE! EW!

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I think it would be kind of insane to suggest that nobody should name their kids Jacob or Isabella, just because Stephenie Meyer happened to pick popular names for her main characters... and kind of insane to suggest that most of the people choosing those names, which were already very popular before Twilight, are choosing them because of Twilight.

[lovetokate.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to shun little Jacob's and Isabella's I come across or anything. But personally I can't stand the books/movies/franchise and it'd be enough to deter me personally from those names.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure it's the other way around, actually--Stephenie Meyer said she named her main character what she would have named her daughter, and at that time Isabella was already very popular and rapidly rising in popularity. Same deal with Jacob. I really think it's more of a case of the author using popular names, rather than the names becoming popular because the author used them.