A Rose. . .
One of the blogs I read linked to the recently posted list of the most popular names for 2007. It will come as no surprise to most of you that I care about names. I have a mom that cares deeply about names, so I come by it naturally.
After looking at the the list for a bit, I remembered that Sherry had recently showed me the Social Security site where you can look up the popularity of a name and other stats about names (most popular names by state, decade, etc). So, I proceeded to spend much time last night looking up lots of names.
I have two brothers and two sisters and none of our five names have ever been (in the last 100 years, at least) in the top 1000 (the only partial exception is my sister Landen, whose name has been in the top 1000 in recent years for boys, but never girls). I like unusual names – I was pleased to see that the name we like the best for a future child has also never been in the top 1000 (Bart hasn’t been either, if you were wondering).
Anyway, the site just fascinates me. I love seeing if someone with a popular name had that name before it got popular, after it started losing popularity, or was named it in the heyday of that name.
Does your name show up on the list? Are you too old, too young, or just right for your name?
I was born in 1985 but my name didn’t really get popular until a few years later. It has hovered in the teens and 20s for the past 15 years or so. Most Kaylas I meet are younger than me.
Weston has never dipped below 347. I think we made a good choice. And now I’m really curious what your baby name choice is..
I’ve looked at that site many times before too. Cohen’s name wasn’t on the list until the year he was born where it started at 650, and was at 415 in 2006, just 2 years later. I’m afraid that it’s going to become more popular, and I really don’t want it to go up on the ranks! Luckily, Sandler is still not on the list, and the other names that I think I would want for any other boys we have are not on the list either! I’m curious too as to what names you’re thinking of for future kids… I like you and your siblings’ names!
I don’t think my name exists. Any where. In fact just today B was saying that he didn’t think anyone would name their kid “Ralphie” because they felt sorry for me. Dang.
“Lucy” is climbing. Grrrrr.
And “Erin” is falling. Whew.
I was surprised at how popular mine name was when I was born because while Katie is a popular nickname, most people are named Katherine. Interesting!