A little girl named Charlotte. I am torn between agreeing that Charlotte is one of the world’s two best girls names and imagining what my youngest child’s life will be like as the name will probably skyrocket in popularity in the near future.
Has anyone asked her her intentions for '52 yet?
I don’t think so. People might be interested for a news-cycle or two but Chelsea Clinton (or is it Chelsea Mezvinsky?) isn’t really a major celebrity - she’s the daughter of a former president (and might end up being the daughter of a current president again).
It’s not like the name Margaret suddenly jumped in popularity after Jenna Bush Hager had her daughter in 2013 or the name Hugo suddenly became ubiquitous when Amy Carter (who did keep her original name after her wedding) gave birth to her son in 1999.
I certainly hope this is true. The name has been creeping up in popularity. It was 26th the year she was born and 9th last year. As someone who had FOUR people with the same name in my seventh grade class, I don’t wish that on my daughter.
It’s already skyrocketed in popularity over the last five years or so. It could go higher or stay up there longer, of course. I think of it as a name that’s popular among hipsters. I like it a lot myself.
Different times. And the Clintons - all three of them, Chelsea very much included - have stayed in the news over the years far more than the Bushes or Carters. It’s somewhat moot only because the name is already one of the ten most popular names for baby girls.
As somebody who has what was not only the most popular boy’s name in the year I was born but remained the most popular boy’s name for the next twenty-seven consecutive years, I can sympathize.
Seriously, I was playing a board game two weeks ago. There were five of us playing and three of us had the same first name.
Great name. My oldest daughter’s name is Charlotte and I picked it. I always liked the fact that it was a classic name but never seemed to hit near the top of the popularity charts. I really hope it doesn’t pick up in popularity because of that. My youngest daughter’s name is Olivia which my ex-wife picked. It is a great name in general but it is also one of the most popular names of her birth year. I can walk into school to pick her up, yell out ‘Olivia!’ and get immediately stampeded by a herd of little girls with the same name.
The big five right now are Ava, Emma, Isabella, Olivia, and Sophia. In various order, they have been the top five names for girls in the US since 2008.
One hundred years ago the top five were, in order; Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret, and Ruth.
Hi Mike!
(Or possibly Dave.)
I think she will rue the missed opportunity to call the new kid Monica Lewinsky Mezvinsky.
It can’t possibly get much more popular, it’s already pretty high. I’m a little surprised they didn’t pick a less popular name.
I’m another one who named her daughter a name that I thought was classic but not overly used … and then it ended up being the girls’ name with the highest jump in popularity the following year, and has been rising ever since. Oh well.
Back to Baby Charlotte, I was really delighted with the news and the photos. I’m a fan of the Clintons in general.
The tradition with a new baby used to be to hand out cigars.
Probably not this time. 
Charlotte made my short list when my daughter was born in 1999. It was one of many my husband veto’d.
Yeah, even if there were a lot of interest in the name of Chelsea’s baby (and I doubt there is), “Charlotte” has been trending upward for the past decade or so. The Baby Name Voyager will generate graphs showing the popularity of names in the US since the 1880s, and there’s a huge spike for “Charlotte” starting in about 2005.
That name sucks.
Best wishes to the new parents.
Regards,
Shodan
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Its a very pretty name. I hope that both Mother and Daughter are resting comfortably.
Stay classy New York Post. Because nothing says dignity in journalism like making fun of babies.
Nobody has ever put “New York Post” and “dignity in journalism” in the same sentence. You came close, but…
If we had had a second daughter, she would have been named Charlotte. A pretty, vaguely old-fashioned name, like the name we gave our first daughter.