Shannon is, for some reason, reading aloud all the names of the wives and children of old time presidents of the church. To get her back, I went to www.babynames.com (of course) to find way too many baby names. Of particular note, are the top four boys names for 2006:
Aiden, Caden, Braden, and Jayden. Apparently Hayden didn't get the memo, because he's all the way down at number 11.
babynames.com is, of course, on pot, because the Social Security Administration differs greatly. Their top 10 names for 2005 (found at http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/) are Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew, Ethan, Andrew, Daniel, Anthony, Christopher, Joseph. Still dominated by biblical names. While the SSA has access to what people are actually naming their kids, babynames.com apparently only has access to what 15 year old girls surfing the internet think are cute names.
Curiously, the two sites agree somewhat on girls names, with Emma, Madison, Abigail, Olivia, Isabella, Hannah and Ava appearing in the top 10 on both sites.
7 comments:
You really should check out the Utah Baby Namer website. It is too weird to be real - and yet somehow believable. Go to http://wesclark.com/ubn. You will not be disappointed.
I don't need to look. Our ward organist is VaLois. No Utah Baby Namer is going to top that one.
Don't forget Brett's grandma, Ornealo. That one is pretty unique. Also, referring to the top baby names on babynames.com, my mom's family has a Braden , Hayden and a Kaden.
Oh, come on, Clark! VaLois?! Hardly unique compared with those listed at the Utah Baby Namer. Under "Maybe they're in the Klingon Ward": Tchae, Xko, Corx, G'ni, Vvhs, Garn, Ka, Deauxti, Xymoya, Sha'Kira, Zy, Nivek, Zon'tl, Zagg, Xan, Judziah Datz (a female, named after a character in Star Trek), K'lar (ditto), Jarna Nazhalena, Chod, Xarek, Grik, Stod, T'Shara, Tral, Sherik, Curg, Kahless. Or maybe you like some of the names listed under "Parents were BYU math majors": Alpha Mae, Prime, Omega Lee, Jennyfivetina, Seven, Seavenly, Sevenly, Eighta, Ninea, Tenna, Elevena, Twenty, Datus. I hope none of these give you and Shannon any ideas. Allen would never forgive me.
Clark already wants to name one of our daughters "Ro," the Greek letter. So I guess her name would look more like P. No girl wants to be called pee her entire life.
Shanny,
If I remind you that it is spelled "Rho" does that make it any more likely?
I actually kind of like Rho - very unique. I think you should go for it.
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