It’s a funny thing, naming a child. On one hand, a simple but elegant name can lead to greatness and, even more important, hotness. I mean, do you know any hot girls named Gertrude? But, I bet like 7 out of 10 named Nikki are pretty smokin’, right?
I digress. Anyway, the “Baby Center” recapped the top baby names of 2006. You can see their entire top 100 here. For myself, I’ll just go with the top 20.
Girls:
1 Emma
2 Madison
3 Ava
4 Emily
5 Isabella
6 Kaitlyn
7 Sophia
8 Olivia
9 Abigail
10 Hailey
11 Hannah
12 Sarah
13 Madeline
14 Lily
15 Ella
16 Alyssa
17 Riley
18 Chloe
19 Lauren
20 Grace
I honestly have very few quibbles with this list. Most of the girl names are pretty reasonable, but don’t you get the sense that many of them have a vaguely European bent to them? I mean Ava, Isabella, Sophia? How can you feed Isabella Fruit Loops for breakfast? Shouldn’t she get raspberry scones and a latte even age 4?
My only argument would be with Abagail. Yikes. I guess it shortens to Abby, which is cute, but you KNOW everytime someone sends this girl an email, it will start with “Dear Abby” and uproarious laughter.
Boys:
Now, this is the list where I have some issues.
1 Aiden
2 Jacob
3 Ethan
4 Ryan
5 Matthew
6 Jack
7 Noah
8 Nicholas
9 Joshua
10 Logan
11 Andrew
12 Michael
13 Caden
14 Dylan
15 Tyler
16 Connor
17 Jackson
18 Caleb
19 Jayden
20 Alexander
Aiden? Really? Much like Isabella or Eva, I get the feeling that kid should be reading the Wall Street Journal while getting his corrective shoes polished by the butler at age 5. As for the rest:
Ethan – pretentious kid who thinks liking Jewel’s poetry makes him artsy
Noah – relentless model boat builder who is fixated on animals of every species
Logan – constantly confused with “username”
Caden – way too close to “Gayden” which is just not fair
Connor – doomed to life of spy or porn star
Jackson – obsessed with action and monkeys
Caleb – future serial killer or Amish farmer
Jayden – ok for Will Smith and Jada Pinkett, not for you
Alexander – you just think he will be great, but more likely mediocre
Overall, not a horrible list with less creativity than in years past, though when I saw that Nevaeh has become a trendy name because it is “heaven” spelled backward, I threw up in my mouth a little.
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