Mere speculation...

[ky-whitney.livejournal.com]

I understand that babycenter.com rank for 2006 is speculation as of now, but I was amazed by how popular some of the names I liked for this baby was.

According to babycenter.com... here are the names I liked and their ranking:(

99. Peyton
80. Cooper
77. Parker
75. Brady
64. Tristan
62. Cole
59. Hayden
55. Dominic
41. Christian
32. Landon
22. Brayden
16. Connor
13. Caden
7. Noah

I feel so trendy :S

Comments

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

I highly highly doubt there would ever be 3 Landons or 4 Bradys in one class. Besides looking at ranking, you need to look at HOW MANY kids were actually named those names. Yes they're fairly common and yes they're trendy, but the pool of names people choose from has grown SO MUCH that the number of kids getting each name declines. Although, with the -aden trend, a kid likely WOULD be surrounded by kids with similar names. I don't think Landon/Brady are huge enough to warrant that though.

Wait... am I in a roundabout way encouraging the use of Landon and Brady? Ugh. I didn't mean to! lol.

[zorianna.livejournal.com]

I wasn't being literal. I'm just saying I don't want my kids to have to use the first letter of their last name in school to distinguish them from other kids with the same name because they got so popular when they were once really uncommon.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

It's not really the end of the world if that does happen every now and then, though. I was the only Claire throughout primary school, and in highschool there was a whole heap of Claires, and now I'm alone again. I don't think I ever got called Claire S even when there were three Claires in my class. I just got spoken to directly, or if someone had to specify which one, they'd use our whole last name. Some names have nicknames too, to distinguish between two. It's a minor inconvenience and a bi annoying when it happens, but if you adore a name I don't think it's worth using one you like less just in case you fear them ever meeting someone with that name.

However, I would not recommend naming someone something if it's been the number 1 name for years - there can be too much of a good thing. I guess it's just up to you how popular you are willing to let something be.

Anyway this wasn't fully directed at you, just my response to the idea that it's bad to have a letter after your name.. sorry it ended up so long!