Thats a relief. Here I was thinking it had to be Van Buren, or maybe even Crane :eek:
OMG, I had no idea the #1 names were Emily and Jacob! :eek:
I am the proud aunt of a young niece and an even younger nephew – named Emily and Jacob – and they’re growing up in the Deep South.
So ya’ll can blame my brother and sis-in-law.
I’m actually feeling a little special about being named Sarah now.
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Er, never mind. Number 12. But it’s not as crazy as Madison or . . . shudder Alexis, is it? Although, it seems that the majority of the top twenty girl baby names are pretty traditional and feminine: Emily, Emma, Hannah, Olivia, Abigail, Ashley, Elizabeth, Samantha, Isabella, Sarah, Grace, Lauren, Jessica, Sophia. The other six (Madison, Alexis, Alyssa, Kayla, Brianna, and Taylor; Isabella and/or Sophia may be added to this list, on a case-by-case basis) are the ones that make you want to scrape your tongue off and talk to some apostle namesakes.*
Slightly surprised (okay, quite surprised) to see the name “Maximus” holding out at 375 for boys though. Is this a traditional name in some culture or was Gladiator way more pervasive than anyone thought? Nearly 700 babies running around that hopefully will be called Max.
Born in '84. Have dated two Jacobs. One was Jake, one was Jacob. It’s never struck me as an odd or unusual name. The boys on the other hand . . . 
*Not to imply that the children holding these names are in any way less precious than those holding the names of Peter, Paul, Mark, Luke, John, Simon, James, James, and the rest. Really, though, who would name their baby Bartholomew?
For some reason Ashley is a popular girls’ name. I hate this name. To me it’s a spoiled rich girl kind of name.
Damn. That reminds me. Ashley is a guy’s name.
My middle name seems to be enjoying a bit of a resurgence.
It had dropped as low as #874, but has now risen to #654.
I don’t think, though, that “Elmer” will ever hit the top 50 again, like it did in the early 1900’s.
Damn cartoon characters. Ruin a perfectly good name.
Kill the wabbit.
I love the (relative) uniqueness of “Askia” but I dislike the fact that most people – seeing my name and learning I’m a teacher – assume I’m a woman. And try finding a coffee mug or T-shirt with my name already on it.
Forget it, it’s Chinatown.
Someone who liked The Simpsons. Remember that most Bartholomews becomes Barts, just as most Jacobs become Jakes. In these cases the parents like the nickname and pick a traditional name for the formal registry. Leo’s in now, so you get Leopolds and Leonards, for example.
Wow, “Sally” isn’t even in the top 1000. “Armani” beats it, fer crissake.
My goodness. #12. I had no idea.
AND #485 for girls! We’re takin’ over the world!
And it’s a really popular last name, too. Top 25, I think.
It’s cooler when you pronounce it “Yak-Ob”, like we do when we refer to Creutzfeld-Jacob disease.
I know someone (online) who has a little girl named James. This seems so strange to me! (Maybe because it’s my dad’s name.) I mean, why?
I’m at #124!! I remember when my name used to be in the top 5.
Oh well, just makes me even more original, I suppose…
Wow, Guano… you’re 12 spots behind Wyatt, ferchrissake! I never would’ve thought it’d be that low. There were aparently more boys named Kaden born in 2003, and I didn’t even know Kaden was a name!
It’s amazing what you find going through lists like this. Here’s a mindfuck: there are more of Aiden (73), Jayden (75), Hayden (85), and Brayden (112), Caden (114), and Kaden (122) than SCOTT (208).
In 2003, 1145 boys were born and named Yahir. What? I guess it’ll be easy when the parents call for them:
“You here, Yahir?”
“Yeah, Yahir here.”
“Get down here, Yahir, ya hear?”
“Yeah, I hear.”
Why Jacob? Cause…
Sure Thing (1985) (paraphrased)
I actually like Jacob and Emily. They’re both easy to spell sexually unambiguous names with roots in history and literature. Sometimes the public has very good taste.
They’re certainly far better than uglies like Madison, Taylor, Cody, Harrison, Jaxon, Hunter, Brooklyn, Camden or Montana.
I once heard someone call out to his daughter at the mall, “Montana, c’mere Montana” and I had literally press my coat against my lips to stifle my giggles.
Maybe she’ll grow up and raise a crop of dental floss.