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Willets Point Jan 30 2008 09:19 AM

Here are the names of all of Peter and Lorcan's future classmates: [url]http://www.babycenter.com/0_top-100-baby-names-of-2007_3637303.bc[/url] I still find it amusing that a joke in a Ron Howard film is the number 4 name for girls.

AG/DC Jan 30 2008 09:24 AM

Exactly. A joke in a Joe Dante film I can understand. Brooklyn is number 43?! Fuck it. I'm naming my kid Jackson. Jackson Fucking Heights.

Willets Point Jan 30 2008 09:29 AM

="AG/DC"] Brooklyn is number 43?! More popular than either Brooke or Lynn. The power of David Beckham and Posh Spice is unnerving.

metirish Jan 30 2008 09:31 AM

I guess we didn't pick popular names, cool to see Wyatt on the list.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 30 2008 09:37 AM

AG/DC wrote: Fuck it. I'm naming my kid Jackson. Jackson Fucking Heights. You may want to reconsider that middle name. My daughter's name isn't on the list at all, which I kind of like. My son's name comes in at number 21. (When we named him that we didn't realize how popular a name it had become.) My DOG'S name is number one on the girl's list! The name we actually address her as is also on the list separately, at number 58. Madison was a joke in a Ron Howard movie? Which one? What was the joke?

themetfairy Jan 30 2008 09:42 AM

Madison was Darryl Hannah's character in Splash. When the mermaid became a woman, she saw the sign Madison Ave and chose that when asked for her name.

sharpie Jan 30 2008 10:10 AM

My daughter's name isn't on the list, my son is at 85.

Willets Point Jan 30 2008 10:17 AM

I'm actually a trendsetter. My name was virtually unknown in the US when I was growing up and now it's in the top 50. Imagine all those people naming their kids Willets!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 30 2008 10:19 AM

Golly, girl names are tough. I don't wanna say I was rooting for a guy (we were unaware till birth) but was 100% solid on our guy name at least. I was wishywashy on a girl name not wanting to sound like a stripper as 40% of the names on the Hot Hundred do. Our boy name (Ivan) didn't make the list. His buddies from swim class and other local hangouts (Shogo, Lincoln, Koji) didn't either.

metirish Jan 30 2008 10:21 AM

The top 100 in Ireland is obviously very different but American type names are becoming more popular there, # 68 is interesting. http://www.thinkbabynames.com/popular/1/Ireland/2006 http://www.thinkbabynames.com/popular/0/Ireland/2006

soupcan Jan 30 2008 10:31 AM

Girls' names 1. Sophia One Sophia in my 7 year-old daughter's class 2. Isabella - See above 3. Emma - I know of no Emma's 4. Madison - Friend from college's 13 year-old daughter. 5. Ava - Nope 6. Addison - Huh? 7. Hailey - 22 year old neice (spelled differently) and a girl in my my 9 year-old's class. 8. Emily - That's my wife. 9. Kaitlyn - Sorry. 10. Olivia - Douchebag neighbor's hockey playing 12 year-old. Boys' names 1. Aiden - I know two Jewish kids under 3 years old with this name. I find it ridiculous. Aiden Epstein - WTF? 2. Ethan - I know an 11 year-old Ethan 3. Jacob - Nope. 4. Jayden Rhymes with... 5. Caden ! 6. Noah My 11 year-old's best friend and a was a finalist for us. 7. Jackson - Baba Booey's son is named Jackson. 8. Jack - I know an 11 year-old Jack and a 9 year-old Jack. 9. Logan - My daughter knows a bitchy little 7 year-old girl named Logan 10. Matthew - There's a Mathew in my 9 year-old's 3rd grade class. My boys are 41 (Joseph) & 85 (Henry) and my daughter is 60 (Bailey). For the record I hate my daughter's name. I wanted Sarah.

AG/DC Jan 30 2008 10:39 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 30 2008 10:48 AM

The first Google picture that comes up for each of the top girls' names 1. Sophia 2. Isabella (Actually, the first not-for-the-squeamish first picture is of a child massively deformed at birth and this is a picture of the lovely girl after the doctors did their good work.) 3. Emma 4. Madison First shot of a human female is: 5. Ava 6. Addison First shot is a kind of gross closeup of what I think is a mouth. First human female: 7. Hailey 8. Emily 9. Kaitlyn 10. Olivia Image link not working. Go here: http://www.askmen.com/women/galleries/singer/olivia/picture-1.html So, assuming that you find 4, 7, and 9 modest enough, that's five of the top ten not exactly what you hope for regarding how your daughter presents herself publickly. Disqualify number four on the gang symbol and we'll consider girls with 60% of the top ten names doomed. Anybody want the next 10?

soupcan Jan 30 2008 10:42 AM

="AG/DC"]8. Emily That's not my wife.

Willets Point Jan 30 2008 10:42 AM

metirish wrote: The top 100 in Ireland is obviously very different but American type names are becoming more popular there, # 68 is interesting. http://www.thinkbabynames.com/popular/1/Ireland/2006 http://www.thinkbabynames.com/popular/0/Ireland/2006 My name appears to be declining in Ireland. Go figure. Irish kids named Benjamin are kind of the mirror to Jewish kids named Aiden Epstein.

DocTee Jan 30 2008 11:17 AM

My girls are 66 and 87. Neither my wife nor I crack the top 100.

metsguyinmichigan Jan 30 2008 11:29 AM

DocTee wrote: My girls are 66 and 87. Neither my wife nor I crack the top 100. My son is 19, and my daughter is 81. But look at the methodology here: The top 100 names are from a database of over 300,000 names given to registered BabyCenter readers' babies who were born in the United States between January and October of 2007. So you're not looking names pulled from birth certificates, you're looking at a list of people looking for trendy names who would be looking at a trendy baby name website for inspiration, rather than, say, their family tree. We run the recent births in the paper, and like looking at the names. Until we saw this one: Zadok Optimus (I didn't include the last name) Poor kid.

metirish Jan 30 2008 11:37 AM

I hope Zadok Optimus has rich parents with a name like that.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 30 2008 11:42 AM

="DocTee"]My girls are 66 and 87. ="metsguyinmichigan"]My son is 19, and my daughter is 81. Boy, you guys have some old kids!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 30 2008 11:43 AM

A schoolteacher we knew told us about twins in his class in the Bronx -- a boy and girl both named Yo. Yo Highness and Yo Majesty Not making it up.

metirish Jan 30 2008 11:45 AM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: A schoolteacher we knew told us about twins in his class in the Bronx -- a boy and girl both named Yo. Yo Highness and Yo Majesty Not making it up. Freaking white people.

soupcan Jan 30 2008 11:45 AM

That's so not true.

Frayed Knot Jan 30 2008 11:51 AM

Where is 'Aiden' from anyway? I know a 1 y/o Aiden Rivera (father is 2nd generation Puerto Rican) Good lord I'm sitting just behind 'Landon' !! Is there some latter-day appreciation of Alf (the Kansas Republican, not the TV doll) that I'm not aware of? My family, being decendant from a long line of WASPs, not only tended to use very "standard" names but tended to use them over and over again, both due to tradition and also because we, as a race, are just too dull to think of new ones. Even those who weren't specifically named after someone would sometimes get a recycled name because their parents "just liked it". There are even a suspicious number of those marrying into the family with already used names. As a result I'm stuck with a brother Chris, bro-in-law Chris, cousin Chris, cousin Kristen ... and you get the picture. Fortunately a recent injection of ethnicity (bro's Indian wife, cousins marrying Jewish men, etc) has resulted in a new batch of names some of them with interesting mixed-ethnicity; my favorite being cousin Benjamin McAllister Krausse.

Fman99 Jan 30 2008 11:59 AM

Ugh. My wife runs a day care center with ~70 kids and I get to hear all of these ridiculous names as she enrolls new children. I hate all these trendy names -- the girl names that end in the 'uh' sound and any male name that ends in '-aden.' Just awful. Those names are Gayden. I also hate any name that is a last name used as a first name. C'mon -- Carter? Landon? Doesn't anyone name their kid Roy or Ned anymore? My kids names are 24 on the boys list and 29 on the girls list, though we spell Isabel in a way more to our liking.

metirish Jan 30 2008 12:06 PM

Aiden is Gaelic/Celtic although most I know with the name spell it Aidan.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 30 2008 12:13 PM

Fman99 wrote: I hate all these trendy names -- the girl names that end in the 'uh' sound and any male name that ends in '-aden.' Just awful. Those names are Gayden. lmao

AG/DC Jan 30 2008 12:15 PM

I think JC is punk posting as Fman.

HahnSolo Jan 30 2008 12:32 PM

My kids come in at 53 on the girls side and 41 on the boys. With two young children myself, I am around little kids a lot between friends, school, and activities. I have yet to meet a Jayden or a Caden. (I think Will Smith's kid is Jayden). At my wife's school in the Bronx, she had a kid whose mother wanted her child to be treated with respect. So she named him SirParis.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 30 2008 12:45 PM

One day a year or two ago I was picking my daughter up at day care. There was a little girl there having the mother of all tantrums. She was yelling and screaming and rolling on the ground and pounding the floor with her fists. I asked my daughter, "What's that girl's name?" And she replied, "Serenity."

metirish Jan 30 2008 12:51 PM

I was down the local Chinese the other night and I get talking to the guy and his little fella was playing around and I asked what was his name, introduced him as Sum Dum Phuk.

AG/DC Jan 30 2008 12:58 PM

Liar.

Willets Point Jan 30 2008 01:03 PM

Q. What's the difference between Noah's Ark and Joan of Arc? A. Noah's Ark was made of wood; Joan of Arc was Maid of Orleans.

DocTee Jan 30 2008 01:59 PM

One of my kid's schoolmates had a parent who wanted to give their kid a "classy name": Jacqueline Onassis (last name withheld)

Centerfield Jan 30 2008 02:14 PM

My wife and I were talking the other day, that if we were to have another son someday, she really liked #95. Which normally would be no problem except that our first boy's name is #11.

metirish Jan 30 2008 02:17 PM

Excellent CF....

HahnSolo Jan 30 2008 02:34 PM

Centerfield wrote: My wife and I were talking the other day, that if we were to have another son someday, she really liked #95. Which normally would be no problem except that our first boy's name is #11. As long as its not 7. George Costanza would disapprove.

Frayed Knot Jan 30 2008 02:54 PM

Right about here we need the George Carlin routine where he talks about how Bobby, Charlie & Eddie can kick the shit out of Jaden, Brandon and Tooooooddd.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 30 2008 03:00 PM

I remember when I was a kid, the most common names of my classmates were names like John, Michael, Robert and David for boys, and Catherine, Deborah and Laura for girls. But there are now very few kids with those names (except for Michael) among my children's peers. And while Michaels aren't rare, they're not all that common either. And there weren't any kids that I knew as a kid who have the names that I gave to my children. I guess we think of the common names from our childhood as too common to give to our own kids, but since a lot of people feel that way, those names are actually no longer common.

Valadius Jan 30 2008 03:30 PM

I promise that when I have kids, I'll give them names that mean something rather than what's "popular". Names like Nathan and Joseph (after my grandfather and great-grandfather, respectively)

Rockin' Doc Jan 30 2008 04:52 PM

I never considered my daughters name to be all that unusual or uncommon, but it fails to make the top 100 female names. My son makes the list, but barely.

KC Jan 30 2008 05:07 PM

My last name made the top fifty as a first name?

themetfairy Jan 30 2008 05:12 PM

KC wrote: My last name made the top fifty as a first name? I know someone who has a son with your last name as his name.

DocTee Jan 30 2008 05:25 PM

Jayden makes both lists? Xavier? Makayla-- there's a late-breaking name. Lots of variations, too: Micheala, Mikeala, etc Morgan, Brooke, and Quinn seem to get lots of play lately, too.

metsmarathon Jan 30 2008 05:32 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jan 30 2008 05:38 PM

its sad that so many parents strive so hard to preclude any realistic chance at a life of success for their children with these ridiculous names. that said, i'm naming my girl #63, and my boy #4 (curse you doctee, for beating me to my own snark!)

DocTee Jan 30 2008 05:36 PM

There was an urban legend that a Latino immigrant, not knowing English saw a form that listed her newborn as Female. She thought this was the name given to her child so she went with it. There was a funny SNL skit where Adam Sandler is a day camp counselor in Harlem. Among his charges: Fellatio.

Centerfield Jan 30 2008 05:48 PM

Valadius wrote: I promise that when I have kids, I'll give them names that mean something rather than what's "popular". Names like Nathan and Joseph (after my grandfather and great-grandfather, respectively) I promise that when you have kids you'll give them names that your wife likes.

seawolf17 Jan 30 2008 05:56 PM

This list doesn't jive with the "official" US list at all, so metsguy's probably dead on with his assessment of the "sourcing" for this list.

metsmarathon Jan 30 2008 05:57 PM

playing a little game, i decided to hit the random player button on bbref until i happened upon a name in the top 100. my results: hugh - X harry - X marc - X 1985 kansas city royals - X lee - X (close, kaylee, #18F) 1882 detroit wolverines - X 1983 pittsburgh pirates - X ferdie (ferdinand) - X (X) marty (martin) - X (X) doug - X dave (david) - X (#45! finally!) 8 players to get a hit. howsabout a second? lefty (cleon) - X (X) 2006 washington nationals - X 1877 cincinnati reds - X david - #45 again! can i get a different name? 1963 los angeles angels - X dennis - X 1995 los angeles dodgers - X alvin - X chad - X carlos (carl) - X (X) 1986 milwaukee brewers - X 1987 st. louis cardinals - X 1968 baltimore orioles - X 1976 baltimore orioles - X nate (nathan) - X (#24 finally!) 15 random players, 11 random teams (who would think to name their kid 1882 detroit wolverines?), and i get two daves and a nathan. i was half thinking i'd hit a girls name before i hit another boys name. i'm not sure if this was worth doing, but i was bored.

metsmarathon Jan 30 2008 06:03 PM

this would be a better site to look at; they're not yet updated with 2007 data. http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyagerfaq.html#data they pull their names from the social security administration's rolls. unfortunately, a quick scan tells me that it might not be super-easy to pull a top 10 list...

Fman99 Jan 30 2008 06:04 PM

Valadius wrote: I promise that when I have kids, I'll give them names that mean something rather than what's "popular". Names like Nathan and Joseph (after my grandfather and great-grandfather, respectively) My grandfather was also named Nathan (and my son is named for him). We're not cousins, are we? I do have a few Mets fan cousins you know...

cooby Jan 30 2008 06:18 PM

Aiden, Jayden, Caden? Are we kiddin', kiddin', kiddin'? I'm so glad I do not have to name any more kids if that's what it's coming down to.

Valadius Jan 30 2008 06:19 PM

Actually my grandfather's name was Newton, but I'm not putting that on my kid.

Frayed Knot Jan 30 2008 06:41 PM

I have two direct antecedents (5 or 6 generations back) named Moses. Moses S. and his son Moses. Foretunately, not all names kept getting passed down.

DocTee Jan 30 2008 07:14 PM

Today's Comics Curmudgeon weighs in : http://joshreads.com/

metsguyinmichigan Jan 30 2008 10:00 PM

My wife decided she would get final approval on all baby names, even telling the nurse before they put her under for the C-section that I wasn't allowed anywhere near a birth certificate until she was awake again. For some reason, she didn't think "Seaver" would be a good name for our son. It's not like I was thinking first name. You can make a nice, solid name like Seaver as a middle name and all is good. Alas, the nurse followed my wife's request. The compromise was that I was allowed to name all the pets. Hence, my Cat is "Tug." The first cat's middle name was "Seaver," since we had the cat before the son and I was trying to show it was a perfectly serviceable middle name. The goldfish is named "Costco" in tribute after the store allowed me to return an iPod I had for a year after it died. It's actually "Costco 3" because, well, they have a shorter lifespan than the cats.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 31 2008 05:59 AM

Johan Santana's two daughters: Jasmily, 5, and Jasmine, 2.

Willets Point Jan 31 2008 06:14 AM

For the past 20-something years I've had a series of spider plants named Lazlo. Right now I'm on Lazlo V (who's about 10 years old).

Frayed Knot Jan 31 2008 07:30 AM

My mother bought me a plant the first day of my freshman year in college. My roommate and I named the plant Robert. Robert survived the entire four years, often going unwatered during lengthy vacations and being fed Jack Daniels and other concoctions when we were around. I took Robert home after graduation where it was tended to properly ... it was dead within weeks. ]My last name made the top fifty as a first name? I've known several people with your name as first name. I think that thing tends to work better for those who have a traditional first name as their last. I believe former Met Jackson Todd is chairman of that committee.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 31 2008 07:37 AM

Anderson Hernandez is also a club member.

Willets Point Jan 31 2008 07:45 AM

Hernandez is a traditional first name?

Benjamin Grimm Jan 31 2008 07:55 AM

Oops, scratch that. How about Nolan Ryan instead?

DocTee Jan 31 2008 08:02 AM

Comics Curmudgeon on random baby names: ] Hats off to one-sixth of Six Chix for sharing one of my pet peeves. To expand on this complaint, I offer this piece of advice to expectant parents: In all probability, your child upon birth will already have a perfectly good last name. Why saddle him or her with a second one where the first name should be? Especially to be avoided are last names of former U.S. presidents (e.g., “Carter,” “Madison”) or Canadian prime ministers (e.g., “Mackenzie” and variants). I note actually that the Chic (Chik?) responsible for today’s Six Chix is in fact Margaret Shulock, who also writes Apartment 3-G. Perhaps this is why, for all their other faults, the bland lookalike love interests of that strip at least don’t suffer from the terrible last-name-as-first-name affliction. Though if Lu Ann’s cousin Blaze is any indication, our quizzical bespectacled lady might be about to say, “If it’s a boy, why not name him after a famous lady stripper instead?”

Benjamin Grimm Jan 31 2008 08:05 AM

This is nothing new, though. When I was reading a baby names book years ago (when we were expecting a baby) I read something about how, historically, many names start as place names, then become last names, then boys' names, then girls' names. My own daughter's name, Lindsey, is an example of that.

seawolf17 Jan 31 2008 08:31 AM

I believe that would be because boys rule and girls drool.

metsmarathon Jan 31 2008 08:38 AM

i like the place names idea. when/if we have a girl, we're gonna name her 'parsippany'. a boy, 'sparta'. also on the place names list would be 'budd' 'dumont' and 'hoboken', all of which strike me more as boy names than girl names. our kids should count their blessings we don't live in 'succasunna'...

AG/DC Jan 31 2008 08:42 AM

I'd appreciate if you could babysit for Spuyten Duyvil on occasion. His sister Moshulu and I need some alone time.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 31 2008 08:48 AM

If we have triplets I'd name them Nutley, Newark and Piscataway. Then I'd kill myself

Vic Sage Jan 31 2008 09:01 AM

i prefer Dweezil and Moon Unit

Willets Point Jan 31 2008 09:21 AM

Three towns - villages really - near where I used to live in Virginia are among my favorite place names ever: Croaker, Norge, and Toano. I used to read them off the signs on I-64 in a voice like the Budweiser frogs. Thanks for giving me a good idea on what to name my future triplets.