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[maude.livejournal.com]

So these are apparently the most popular names of 2006. Of course it's pretty similar to 2005, but any opinions? I don't know why Hailey is so popular, I think it's gross...and Ava jumped way up, which isn't surprising because three out of the four little girls on my street alone are named Ava. Logan and Noah also jumped way up, I like Noah a lot so that depresses me.

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[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised Ella didn't make the top ten. Isabella, Olivia, Hailey, Emma, Ava and Madison I expected. Sophia, Kaitlyn and Abigail surprise me a bit. Especially Kaitlyn - I thought that had faded majorly. And Michael dropping from the top 10 entirely surprises me.

[cerise-blue.livejournal.com]

wow! kaitlyn surprised me. my son (born 2005) is named noah. didn't see that jump coming! our baby girl will be named madeline (due early 2007) so i'll be curious to see how popular it becomes. i try to avoid top 10 names (which i did with noah) but it always seems like the year after i choose a name, BOOM! it's super trendy.

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

I don't really see Madeline jumping too much. The only thing I'd see is that it's the same nickname as Madison, so she could just be Maddie J or something.

We have a few Madisons at my daycare, so we just call the Madeline "Maddie" so we don't call her Madison out of habit.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Actually if you follow that link and click through to the top 100, it has Madeline at #13.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Logan is the only one that surprised me. I knew that one had been climbing, but I didn't know it was that high.

[poespretty.livejournal.com]

I think that it's kind of funny that it's rising. It's my stepson's name and his mom (who never pays attention to these kinds of stats) thought that both her first two kid's names would not be used as much as they are, like she was SO original or something. (her daughter is Kayla). she named the third one Dagan so we'll see how that one turns out.

and it irks my husband that there are all these Logan's being born. so that's a plus. lol. really though, around his age (6) there aren't THAT many he knows in person so it's alright.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't worry much about Dagan, lol. That is a unique one.

We've got the Babysitter's Club generation having children these days. Everyone draws from the same experiences. Everyone seems to ebb and flow with the same trends, whether they realize they are part of something bigger or not. Logan is very predictably a name that is appealing to this generation. Last name as first name, en/on/an ending sound, cute/nice boy from childhood reading materials... it's got nothing but good associations for 20-something mothers.

[poespretty.livejournal.com]

wow. I am so mad at myself right now. I used to read those books back when (I'm 28) and Mary Ann was one of my favorites, how dare I could forget about Logan!?

I guess it's because it's been driven home that he was ok with the name because it's Wolverine's real name(from X-Men, in case you didn't know).

and that's a good point. there are good and bad names to me that relate directly back to what I read as a kid/pre-teen/teen etc, and I've not realized that those books definitely rank up there in the influence department.

and now I'm also realizing a host of other semi-popular/popular names that could have been derived from those books...

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I always forget about XMen just because that's not a personal influence for me, but I've definitely heard other people refer to that when they say that's where they got the name Logan. So you're totally right on that too.

[ghost-dance.livejournal.com]

*most popular names on that site

social security statistics say something different: http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

Its too early for them to put 2006 up, but I wouldnt be surprised to see most of these names up there.

[maude.livejournal.com]

Social security statistics don't have up the 2006 lists yet...so no, they don't really say anything different :)

[ghost-dance.livejournal.com]

oh wait n/m thats for 2006. still speculation. social security doesnt post their statistics until may. plus there are still babies being born.

[cloeigrrl.livejournal.com]

Yah I use to like Logan and Zachary but both are too far up for me to name.

The name I picked is #567 or something like that on the names list so I'm all happy it's not so common but still nifty.

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

Definitely speculation. It doesn't seem right for Aidan to be more popular than Jacob, Michael, or Joshua which have basically made up the top 3 (or 5) for years and years.

It's so weird that I only know one Emma and all the Kaitlyns I know are teenagers. I don't know anyone named Madison or Sophia or Ava. And I know a lot of children.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I don't know many children, but the ones I do know all seem to be named Sophia, Isabel/la, Emma, Ethan, or Elijah.

[ky-whitney.livejournal.com]

Maybe it is merely my area, but the whole Aidan/Jaden/Hayden/Caden craze is absolutely insane around here. I never hear of people having Jacobs, Michaels, or Joshuas anymore.

[heyitsrebecca.livejournal.com]

I like that the list combines different spellings..

And If I ever met someone who named their kid Aedyn, I'd never talk to them again. That's atrocious.

[snailrevolution.livejournal.com]

Kicking Michael out of the top 10 is no small feat. o_o

All of those girls' names ('cept Madison, and I prefer the spelling Hayley) are rather good. I was thinking Nevaeh and Jaeyden or something would take the top spots.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

No Michael on the top 10 makes me sad. Not a fan of any of the top girls' names.

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

I get that they are pretty names and all, but seriously, why would you still choose a boring name. All popular names are boring to me, no matter how much I like them.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

I agree. I used to really like the name Isabel but now that Isabella is sooo common, it just seems so boring to me.

[neroli.livejournal.com]

I saw that earlier in the day but discounted it because of this statement: "we compile data annually from more than 350,000 BabyCenter members."

In other words, it's not data from everyone in the U.S., only from those who belong to that particular site and have chosen to respond to the survey. It's is a pretty safe bet that "people who own computers" will be disproportionately represented in that sample - and the name choices will reflect that fact.

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

Exactly. It's a list of the most popular names for people who tell BabyCenter what they named their kids, nothing more.

[ky-whitney.livejournal.com]

That probably helps the trendiness. Most mothers arent going to be SO excited to put that they are naming their child "Michael" on a website listing.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Girls:
1. Emma (Rank in 2005: 1)- HATE HATE HATE

2. Madison (Rank in 2005: 3)- you know if it wasnt so trendy i'd quite like it... but no.

3. Ava (Rank in 2005: 10)- i love this name. Shame it's so high it's totally unusable. I know 3 Ava's, two are 19 and one was born this year.. but I only know a few babies born this year.

4. Emily (Rank in 2005: 2) - meaqn too much like\Emma.

5. Isabella (Rank in 2005: 6)- really really like but again like Ava.

6. Kaitlyn (Rank in 2005: 4)- I love Caitlin but no other spelling.

7. Sophia (Rank in 2005: 5)- love, i'd use as a middle name as it's mine.

8. Olivia (Rank in 2005: 7) - love

9. Abigail (Rank in 2005: 11) - really dislike.

10. Hailey (Rank in 2005: 13)- really dislike



Boys:

1. Aiden (Rank in 2005: 1)- blah

2. Jacob (Rank in 2005: 2)- it's okay

3. Ethan (Rank in 2005:3)- love

4. Ryan (Rank in 2005: 6)- dont like

5. Matthew (Rank in 2005: 5) it's okay bit boring

6. Jack (Rank in 2005: 8) really dislike

7. Noah (Rank in 2005: 16) love

8. Nicholas (Rank in 2005: 4)dislike

9. Joshua (Rank in 2005: 9) LOVE

10. Logan (Rank in 2005: 19) dislike, too surname-y

[lastcastle.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to add that everyone really should take popularity lists from Babycenter with a grain of salt-- they don't exactly equally represent the naming styles/choices of the entire country, since they are all compiled based on Babycenter survey data of its members (who I would bet, by benefit of being an internet community, are maybe a little trendier than the rest of the US. Also, if you look at babycenter top 100 lists and SSA top 100 lists there aren't ANY hispanic names at all on the babycenter ones some years. Not really representative of the diversity in the US).