A new kind of name game; or, The opposite of dead pool

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Who’s up for participating in the Baby Name Pool?

@The Baby Name Wizard

Just like hemlines and hairstyles, baby names follow fashion. Have a hunch that Henrietta is the next hot hit for girls? Think that the new Narnia film is going to spawn a horde of young Aslans? Predict America’s fastest rising – and fastest falling – baby names of 2005.

Choose six names – three you think have risen sharply in the USA over the past year, three you think have fallen sharply. Submit your entry by February 1 2006.

Details on methodology are on the Baby Name Pool site. I’ll be playing – and probably losing badly – since I’ve been freakishly attuned to baby name popularity for the past year. And I’ll post my choices once I submit my ballot. Anyone else in?

I’ll bump the thread in spring, once the feds release their name info, so we can compare notes.

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All right, I’m posting my picks, now that I’ve made them:

To rise:
Ada
Adeline
Lola

To fall:
Barbara
James
Linda

Anyone else playing along? Or are those crickets I hear?