The Baby Name Wizard
tracks names of babies born in the United States over the past 100
years allowing you to see trends for names as they come in and out of
fashion. (Warning: Very addictive!)
The Baby Name Wizard
tracks names of babies born in the United States over the past 100
years allowing you to see trends for names as they come in and out of
fashion. (Warning: Very addictive!)
I started this blog in 2006 when I was doing my Master of Library Science degree at the University of Western Ontario.
I started this blog in 2006 when I was doing my Master of Library Science degree at the University of Western Ontario.
6,912 posts and 3,356 comments since 2006.
Comments 5
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It *is* cool, although not as cool as you think it would be if your kids' names aren't in there at all.
Then again, I guess that's a good thing. Apparently we've started a trend – one of my friends (whom you may know) named his first son after mine (I'm dying to see what they call their next one), and when The Captain was at gymnastics, the coach said he was the second kid with that name he'd encountered.
It'd be cool to have a worldwide and/or Canadian version of this compiled.
I dunno, my wife and I were trying to find a name that would be uncommon but not freakish and ended with Connor. Of course when he started school there were three others in his class. No wonder. It's currently at #38, which is pretty high considering how many possible names there are.
When my daughter was born we gave up on avoiding freakish and I'm glad to say that her name didn't make the top 1,000.
Cheers
I think there's something in the mass subconscious that makes names that you think are unique pop up all over the place just as you go to name your own baby. How else can I explain that there were THREE Jason's in my high school class of 40 people (roughly 20 men so what's that – 15%.)) Oh, one clue – it's a name that connects to Mexico.
Cenobyte, I hope you don't mind me sharing the names of your kids in case anybody reading this is looking for some names that actually are unique. Tavish and Eamon (pronounced to rhyme with “Amen”, not “Semen” – isn't that how your dad pronounced it for the first couple weeks or something?
One of the best things about being married is playing the “What should we name the baby?” game. After lots of back and forth, Shea and I actually settled on a girl's name tonight! I won't share yet (I think the worst thing you can do is tell people before a baby is born – let alone before you're even pregnant in case Shea's mom is reading this!) Now, we just have to keep practising!
First couple of weeks!?
The man STILL insists on rhyming his grandson's name with spooge.
My guess for your chosen name is “Tequila”! No. “Marguerita”. No. “Kahlua”….oh DAMN. There are so many to choose from…
What's funny is that my sprogs' names *aren't* unique if you're from where the names are from. Tavish is Scots-Gaelic for Thomas, and there are LOTS of Tavishes in Scotland. Eamon is the Irish form of 'Edmund', and there are SCADS of Eamons out there. Although a lot of them spell it : “Eamonn”.
Hell, even Monty Python has an Eamonn…
That's why I was saying it would be interesting to see this same study done in other countries, not just in the USA. Maybe I'll go back there and see what the stats are for “Cletus”.
You got it – “Tequila Margarita” whether it's a boy or a girl! Yeah, I'd love to see a similar database for other countries. Did you poke around a bit – they have a blog that's got some interesting stats and factoids too.