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1. Not to criticize the parents naming their children, but I feel bad for the kids who are going to be one of ten girls in their grade named Emma or Emily…

   posted by Lindsey on 1-26-2009 at 3:23 pm

2. Also scary — Emily has been the number 1 name for the past 12 years! That’s 293,866 little girls named Emily born in the U.S. during and since 1996. That’s more than 24,000 a year!!! I’m just saying, that’s a lot of kids named Emily.

   posted by Lindsey on 1-26-2009 at 3:29 pm

3. I would have had 6 of 10 if I had spelled Abigail correctly. I was excluding the second “i”. I’m having a bright day.

   posted by A on 1-26-2009 at 3:32 pm

4. We are having a second child. My wife wants to name her Eva if it is a girl. I keep telling her no because it reminds me of a historical figure. She keeps telling me I am the only one who will think that.

   So, to prove me right, can someone, without looking tell me the historical figure I do not want people to think of when people hear my daughter’s name is Eva?

   posted by Witty Nickname on 1-26-2009 at 3:38 pm

5. @Witty Nickname: Eva Braun, I guess?

   posted by d on 1-26-2009 at 3:50 pm

6. Eva Peron, to me.

   posted by BETSY on 1-26-2009 at 3:56 pm

7. @Witty: Makes me think of Eva Peron first and Eva Gabor second

   posted by Eva on 1-26-2009 at 4:06 pm

8. Eva Gabor!!!

   posted by Dep103 on 1-26-2009 at 4:36 pm

9. And those who don’t think of Braun (my first thought) or Peron will instead think of Longoria and that still is not a perception you want to be throwing around out there.

   posted by EMStoveken on 1-26-2009 at 4:46 pm

10. It was Braun, but I will mention Peron to my wife tonight. I am so printing this up and bring it home, THANKS TO ALL!

    posted by Witty Nickname on 1-26-2009 at 5:03 pm

11. I was so mad when this list came out. All the girls names I’ve ever liked throughout my life were in the top 20, my favorite as the top 1. Now if I have a daughter I can’t name her Isabella, Ava, Madeline, Hannah, or Madison (although my husband vetoed that one anyway).
    I refuse to have my future daugther be one of 8 Isabellas in her class, no matter how cool “Isabella Quezada” sounds.

    As for the Eva thing, while some people will think of Braun, it shouldn’t affect her. It’s not like naming your kid Adolf, though I think that should be allowed to make a comeback eventually – it was like the “Matt” of it’s day in Austria. I’m Jewish and it’s actually a family name for me.

    I hear in South America people have been naming their children Eva and Adolf, so maybe it will be normal soon.

    posted by Leah on 1-26-2009 at 5:21 pm

12. I rarely hear Isabella.
    Mainly because I have it, but I never hear it anywhere.

    posted by Isabella on 1-26-2009 at 7:13 pm

13. I thought mine was on there. I know a million Caitlins…Caitlyns…Kaitlins….Kaitlyns…..Katelins….Catelins….Katelyns……Catelyns.

    Seriously. I know at least one of each

    posted by Caitlin on 1-26-2009 at 7:30 pm

14. I also feel bad for all those Emma and Emily’s. I was born an Emily but have always gone by Emma, I’m 23 and growing up I was one of the only Emma’s around. Strange how popular it’s become!

    posted by emma on 1-26-2009 at 7:40 pm

15. I’m with you, Leah. I love some of those names: Elizabeth, Emma, Ava, and Hannah. Good thing I have a few more that aren’t on there! The downside is that I have a few more years before kids, so they may get popular before then!

    Although, it’s nice to see people returning to some sane names. I’m never going to be a fan of Madison, but perhaps these names mark a return from naming kids bizarre things like “Chrystyna” or something, just so their little darling can be “unique”. Yeah…unique and probably will hate you for giving them a demented name, but at least they’re unique!

    And Witty, congrats on little Evita, or whatever you end up going with. :)

    posted by kate on 1-26-2009 at 8:04 pm

16. Emily, the most popular name, was only given to 1 in every 109 newborn girls in 2007. In 1907, 1 in every 19 girls were named Mary.

    In certain areas with certain demographics, any of these will be more frequent (at my youngest child’s school, there are 4 Madisons out of 36 girls in her first grade class).

    Again going back in time, the ten most common names in 1907 made up 19.22% of all baby girl names. In 2007, the top ten only constituted 7.97% of all girls.

    posted by Tom on 1-26-2009 at 8:11 pm

17. Also, babynamewizard(dot)com/wizard is really, really cool. It shows a graphic representation of almost any name you type in. It’s cool to see how temporary some names were (Tiffany or Kelsey) or how some went from very popular to barely used (Albert). Enjoy!

    posted by kate on 1-26-2009 at 8:20 pm

18. I have always been fascinated with names– as a kid, I’d surreptitiously read baby-name books. (It occurred to me that people would think it odd for a child to be reading them. :)) That said, I still missed Isabella, Sophia, and Abigail.

    posted by NYCGirl on 1-27-2009 at 12:50 am

19. (I thought of Eva Braun, too.)

    posted by NYCGirl on 1-27-2009 at 12:53 am

20. (Last one, I promise. :))

    This website is SCREAMINGLY funny: notwithoutmyhandbag dot com/babynames/index.html

    posted by NYCGirl on 1-27-2009 at 1:02 am

21. I’m just glad my mom named me Emily while it was still wildly unpopular.

    posted by Emily on 1-27-2009 at 12:24 pm

22. I also know like a million Caitlins!!!!!!!!!!!! I would think mine would be on there too! I’m with u other caitlin!

    posted by Caitlin on 3-13-2009 at 10:49 pm

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