Top 10 Baby Names - 2010

[Ralph-Wiggum]

I'm #6! I'm #6!

Your name has gotten a lot more popular since your were born. From #312 to #6. Coincidence???!!!

[Skinypupy]

Huh, our little one isn't even in the top 100. Didn't think Brynlee was that uncommon of a name...there's three just in our neighborhood.

I've never heard that name so I googled it - sure enough, it's only popular in Utah.

Yes, definitely a Utah thing:

Never heard of the name Brinley? You must not live in Utah. The state is a naming world unto itself, and while the rest of the country wasn't looking Utah parents made Brinley a major in-state hit with multiple popular spellings. The spelling Brinley gives it surname style, while Brynlee is more like a composite name ("Katelynne") that emphasizes the nickname Bryn.

Although I have met a number of Bryn's outside this state.

[Grundbegriff]

We're in the process of naming our unborn boy.

When I first read that, I thought it said "naming our unicorn boy".

[Mr Bubbles]

My wife is rejecting a lot of the cultural names I want to give to our kids like, Dieter, Hans, Jurgen, Helmut, and Johann

[Captain Caveman]

We're in the process of naming our unborn boy.

When I first read that, I thought it said "naming our unicorn boy".

We're gonna call him Spike.

[RunningMn9]

#22 on the girl (Avery), and #73 on the boy (Adam).

My name is no longer in the top 100.

[naednek]

Huh, our little one isn't even in the top 100. Didn't think Brynlee was that uncommon of a name...there's three just in our neighborhood.

first time I've heard of it


Oh and # 4.

And to make it better. His middle name is Alan.

Ethan Alan...

Ya the furniture store, except spelled differently

My last name as well as my father's is Alan, and I insisted on keeping that. Erin insisted on Ethan. I told her it's her choice for first name, and her responsibility if he gets made fun of

I told her, the store will go bankrupt before he hits middle school anyways

[El Guapo]

Unless I missed it, "Mira" does not appear to be in the top 100. I don't care all that much about name commonality, so I have no real reaction to this fact.

That's probably the coolest name I've seen in the thread so far (though I have a personal place in my heart for the A-Meal-ias, of course). I'm a big Omicron Ceti fan (how could you not be?!?) but the meaning behind the name is pretty sweet.

Why thank you. I like it as well. It's not super-common (not in the top 100), though we've met a couple other Miras.

[Smoove_B]

Looks like the OFFICIAL list is out (for those that were waiting):

The SSA also tracks which names are trending -- that is, which have the biggest jumps in popularity. While MTV's "Teen Mom" reality series might be viewed as a cautionary tale by some, others are clearly finding inspiration -- at least for names.The two names that saw the biggest increases in popularity are Maci and Bentley. Maci Bookout and her baby son, Bentley, were featured on "Teen Mom."

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While Jacob and Isabella are both names featured in "Twilight," their popularity predates the books, Wattenberg said. Jacob has captured the No. 1 spot for 11 years in a row, and has been in the top 20 for 20 years. Isabella, meanwhile, has the "ella" ending that is so popular with parents right now.

[Jag]

Interesting. My son's name, Aidan is #9, but spelled Aiden on the list. We named him over 10 years ago, when this name was not popular.

[Freezer-TPF-]

I may rethink naming my son Cinderfella. Don't want to be too trendy.

[$iljanus]

And my little Katherine remains safely anonymous at #70.

[coopasonic]

And my little Katherine remains safely anonymous at #70.

My boys are #240 and 254 for 2010, that's anonymous. #70 is what we call common.

[Smoove_B]

The most hated baby names...:

Among the most-hated "trendy" names are Jayden, Brayden, Madison and Addison.

The most commonly cited name that put people's teeth on edge was Nevaeh, or "heaven" spelled backward.

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Similar-sounding names that explode in popularity all at once usually become victims of their own success, Wattenberg found. The most hated boys' names — Jayden, Brayden, Aiden and Kayden — all rhyme and all shot up from obscurity during the last decade. Among girls, a spate of "Mc"-names sparked annoyance: Mackenzie, McKenna and Makayla all made the top 10.

[Isgrimnur]

The one I dislike that seems to be more popular is Maycee and derivations thereof.

[coopasonic]

The most hated baby names...:

Among the most-hated "trendy" names are Jayden, Brayden, Madison and Addison.

The most commonly cited name that put people's teeth on edge was Nevaeh, or "heaven" spelled backward.

...

Similar-sounding names that explode in popularity all at once usually become victims of their own success, Wattenberg found. The most hated boys' names — Jayden, Brayden, Aiden and Kayden — all rhyme and all shot up from obscurity during the last decade. Among girls, a spate of "Mc"-names sparked annoyance: Mackenzie, McKenna and Makayla all made the top 10.

Kaiden was on our list for the first kid, but I was pretty set on Xander and she finally came around.

[stessier]

but I was pretty set on Xander and she finally came around.

That was one of the names I really wanted if we had a boy, but it never made it past her free vetoes.

[silverjon]

Would that be the entire name in these cases? Would Alexander have been an easier sell?

[stessier]

Would that be the entire name in these cases?

For me, yes.

Would Alexander have been an easier sell?

Probably. But I don't like that one as much.

[silverjon]

http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Alexander_Harris
perfectly legitimate nickname

[stessier]

http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Alexander_Harris
perfectly legitimate nickname

That's where I got the name - I just prefer it as a name over a nick. Starting a name with an X is just cool!

[coopasonic]

http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Alexander_Harris
perfectly legitimate nickname

That's where I got the name - I just prefer it as a name over a nick. Starting a name with an X is just cool!

Same as stessier. Xander is my son's full first name, not a nickname. I also got it from Buffy (knowing his name was actually Alexander). I didn't recall until later that Xander was also Vin Diesel's characters name in XXX (I think). That might have turned me off the name, but I didn't recall at the time.

I actually had a thread here to discuss Xander vs Alexander and the hive-mind thought Alexander was the better option, but I went with Xander anyhow. 5 years in and I still love the name.

When we had the second one, I thought the only logical progression would be a name with two Xs, but Xerxes was shot down quickly and vehemently. In the end we went with Zane and discussed spelling it Xane/Xayne but decided that was obnoxious.

If it was a girl, I was trying to convince my wife to go with Xandria or, failing that, Kira spelled with an X. Again, obnoxious.

[ImLawBoy]

In the end we went with Zane and discussed spelling it Xane/Xayne but decided that was obnoxious.

If it was a girl, I was trying to convince my wife to go with Xandria or, failing that, Kira spelled with an X. Again, obnoxious.

Good call on the obnoxiousity.

In keeping with the X names, we gave my son the middle name Xavier because I thought it would be cool to have X as a middle initial. Well, that was my reason, anyway. My wife probably had a much more logical reason.

[El Guapo]

How would you spell Kira with an X? Xira? X's don't make a k sound (at least not at the front of words). At that point, why not spell Kira with a Q and say it's pronounced Kira, while you're at it?

So, good call not going with that.

[coopasonic]

How would you spell Kira with an X? Xira? X's don't make a k sound (at least not at the front of words). At that point, why not spell Kira with a Q and say it's pronounced Kira, while you're at it?

X= ecks, there's a K sound in there. We don't pronounce Xander "ecksander". I feel X for K works fine, but would be obnoxious. Keira was my go to girl name before we had Xander, I was just trying to make it fit the theme. A Q would have worked just as well.

[Captain Caveman]

After reading this thread, I am now requesting that all refer to me as Xaptain Xaveman. Thanxs.

[El Guapo]

How would you spell Kira with an X? Xira? X's don't make a k sound (at least not at the front of words). At that point, why not spell Kira with a Q and say it's pronounced Kira, while you're at it?

X= ecks, there's a K sound in there. We don't pronounce Xander "ecksander". I feel X for K works fine, but would be obnoxious. Keira was my go to girl name before we had Xander, I was just trying to make it fit the theme. A Q would have worked just as well.

"X" at the start of a word makes a "Z" sound. As in, xylophone or xanthium. So Xander or Xavier is pronounced "Zander" or "Zavier."

To my knowledge, however, "X" never makes a "K" sound, whether at the start of a word or otherwise. Hence, under standard english pronunciation "Xira" would be "Zira". You can always say that your baby's name is pronounced with a "K" sound, but at that point you might as well spell it "Qira" at that point, or "sldkfm".

To conclude, then, you made a good choice rejecting "Xira".

[silverjon]

Interviewer: It's occuring to me right now, O'Leary, that's a very very anglophone name, any yet you seem very, very french. How come?

O'Leary: It's pronounced, uh, Thibodeau.

Interviewer: Thibodeau, really?

O'Leary: Yeah, it's like you go Thi'Bodeau.

[YellowKing]

My mom has been....aggressive....in suggesting names for the new baby, even though we don't even know the gender yet. Just about every name she tosses out is Biblical or religious sounding like Faith, Christian, etc.

I have no problem with Biblical names because I happen to have one, but it reaches "annoyance" level when she acts like she just "likes the name" and I know she only picked it because it's from the Bible.

Right now I really have no clue, and haven't really started thinking about it.

We have a guy at work whose siblings were all named after characters in cult movies. For instance, his sister is named Cable from a character in the Swamp Thing.

[coopasonic]

My mom has been....aggressive....in suggesting names for the new baby, even though we don't even know the gender yet. Just about every name she tosses out is Biblical or religious sounding like Faith, Christian, etc.

I have no problem with Biblical names because I happen to have one, but it reaches "annoyance" level when she acts like she just "likes the name" and I know she only picked it because it's from the Bible.

If it's a boy go with Cain. She should love that.

[ImLawBoy]

How would you spell Kira with an X? Xira? X's don't make a k sound (at least not at the front of words). At that point, why not spell Kira with a Q and say it's pronounced Kira, while you're at it?

X= ecks, there's a K sound in there. We don't pronounce Xander "ecksander". I feel X for K works fine, but would be obnoxious. Keira was my go to girl name before we had Xander, I was just trying to make it fit the theme. A Q would have worked just as well.

"X" at the start of a word makes a "Z" sound. As in, xylophone or xanthium. So Xander or Xavier is pronounced "Zander" or "Zavier."

To my knowledge, however, "X" never makes a "K" sound, whether at the start of a word or otherwise. Hence, under standard english pronunciation "Xira" would be "Zira". You can always say that your baby's name is pronounced with a "K" sound, but at that point you might as well spell it "Qira" at that point, or "sldkfm".

To conclude, then, you made a good choice rejecting "Xira".

Some pronounce Xavier as Eck-zavier (such as Xavier Nady).

[El Guapo]

That's true - the "X" is sometimes "X" instead of "Z". But I'm unaware of any Kavier Nadys.

[coopasonic]

That's true - the "X" is sometimes "X" instead of "Z". But I'm unaware of any Kavier Nadys.

I think the X as K sound in my mind may originate here, from wikipedia:

Chi (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ; Greek: χῖ) is the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet, pronounced as /ˈkaɪ/ in English.

See X, say Kai.

[AWS260]

My mom has been....aggressive....in suggesting names for the new baby, even though we don't even know the gender yet. Just about every name she tosses out is Biblical or religious sounding like Faith, Christian, etc.

I have no problem with Biblical names because I happen to have one, but it reaches "annoyance" level when she acts like she just "likes the name" and I know she only picked it because it's from the Bible.

If it's a boy go with Cain. She should love that.

Roll with it; the bible has tons of awesome names. Suggestions bolded below:

2 Abraham was the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,
Perez the father of Hezron,
Hezron the father of Ram,
4 Ram the father of Amminadab,
Amminadab the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,
5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,
Obed the father of Jesse,
6 and Jesse the father of King David.

David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,
7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam,
Rehoboam the father of Abijah,
Abijah the father of Asa,
8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,
Jehoram the father of Uzziah,
9 Uzziah the father of Jotham,
Jotham the father of Ahaz,
Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,
Manasseh the father of Amon,
Amon the father of Josiah,
11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah[c] and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.

12 After the exile to Babylon:
Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,
Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
13 Zerubbabel the father of Abihud,
Abihud the father of Eliakim,
Eliakim the father of Azor,
14 Azor the father of Zadok,
Zadok the father of Akim,
Akim the father of Elihud,
15 Elihud the father of Eleazar,
Eleazar the father of Matthan,
Matthan the father of Jacob,
16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.

[YellowKing]

"Ram" it is!

[godhugh]

"Ram" it is!

Screw that, you gotta go with Zerubbabel.

[zinckiwi]

I campaigned my wife briefly for Xanthe ("zan-thee") for our third girl, but no dice

[hentzau]

My mom has been....aggressive....in suggesting names for the new baby, even though we don't even know the gender yet. Just about every name she tosses out is Biblical or religious sounding like Faith, Christian, etc.

I have no problem with Biblical names because I happen to have one, but it reaches "annoyance" level when she acts like she just "likes the name" and I know she only picked it because it's from the Bible.

If it's a boy go with Cain. She should love that.

Go all Seven Brides for Seven Brothers on her and name him Frankincense.

[Isgrimnur]

As children tend to be "forgetful", how about Lethe? (lee-thee)

[El Guapo]

That's true - the "X" is sometimes "X" instead of "Z". But I'm unaware of any Kavier Nadys.

I think the X as K sound in my mind may originate here, from wikipedia:

Chi (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ; Greek: χῖ) is the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet, pronounced as /ˈkaɪ/ in English.

See X, say Kai.

There are plenty of foreign words / names pronounced according to foreign pronunciation rules. All I'm saying is that standard american english (as opposed to say, Greek) pronunciation is that "X" there is a "Z" or an "ecks". Such that if you put "Xira" on paper in front of a group of people here, my guess is that roughly 90% will say "Zira", 10% will say "Eckzira", and 0% will say "Kira." Anyways, I think that's all I have to say about that.