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

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**Created:** [January 3, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kind-of-name-game-or-the-opposite-of-dead-pool/338288 "2006-01-03T21:51:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kind-of-name-game-or-the-opposite-of-dead-pool/338288/1 "2006-01-03T21:51:44Z")

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Who’s up for participating in the [Baby Name Pool](http://www.babynamepool.com/)?

> [@The Baby Name Wizard](#):
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> 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.
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> 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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**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kind-of-name-game-or-the-opposite-of-dead-pool/338288/2 "2006-01-06T20:19:59Z")

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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?