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Aidan & Ethan edge out Michael, but does Emily still rank #1?

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Had you asked me before I read that if I knew or cared my answer would be a defenitive "no". But after reading it, I thought to myself, "I don't know if Emily is the number one girl's name, I wonder if it still is." Despite the fact that I had had no idea that emily ever was the number one girl's name.

To quote Sienfeld: "You know, I don't think I could cut through my shoes with any of my knives."

Hobbes

[ February 04, 2004, 12:28 AM: Message edited by: Hobbes ]
 

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Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
 
Where do people name their kids "Aidan"? (honest question, never heard of that name)
 

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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
Don't worry, you'll care when your spouse wants to name your baby the #1 name.
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
See? I told you Aidan got all trendy. Too bad - it was such a cool Scottish name. I need to stop liking names because then everyone else just goes out and uses them.
 

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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
I was wondering about Aidan too. I've heard of Aidan Quin. I think it's more an indicator that the weird names are taking over from the traditionals.
 

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Posted by Tullaan (Member # 5515) on :
 
We have an Emma Lee in our family.
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
I have a class of 15 people in which 4 of them are Emilies.
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
I also have a sister named Emarie and everyone assumes she's an Emily with a speech impediment.
 

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Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
 
I'm going to try to get my hypothetical (perhaps improbable) future wife to let me name one of our daughters either Ashara or Lyanna. I'm a dork like that though.
 

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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
My niece was among the first Tara's. Then the name exploded. No guaranteeing originality. Social Security Admin baby names site
 

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Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
 
I think we should bring back "Ethel".
 

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Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
 
I just disable the "MSN Today" or the "Yahoo Today" or the "AOL Today" pop-up thingies. Makes for less clicking. There is almost never anything worthwhile anyway that I don't hear about on Hatrack on them, anyway.
 

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Posted by Godric (Member # 4587) on :
 


Aidan has always been my favorite name for a boy! In fact, I've always planned on naming my first-born (assuming it's a boy, of course) Aidan.

Not that I'm likely to have any children anytime too soon...
 

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Posted by Yebor1 (Member # 1380) on :
 
When Is Robey going to be popular. I can't even find it in tyhe baby names books. Sure they always have robert with vatriation of it being rob Robbie Robby and every other variation of the name but no Robey (Row-be)

Incidently a Robey is the hill that an English Nobleman's house sits on.
 

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Posted by Yebor1 (Member # 1380) on :
 
Once a long time ago in hish school I was searching for my names origin.

I did not find it under first names but i found it under last names.

That was the definition I just used.

I just went to google and spent a few hours trying to find any site that had any definition of the name robey and its origins.

No luck what so ever.

And did ya know that if you type in yebor on google ya get a reference to an artist named joan robey who discovered a tribe on the Island Of Yebor called the Naoj.

She uses this spiel to sell her artwork.

Will keep up the search for the Robey origin.

I know It was taken from a last name but noone seems to want to tell what it means anymore or even knows that it exist.
 

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Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
 
Ron's best friend from High School (Bernarcie) and his wife have a little boy named Aiden. She considered naming him Liam, but then we already had a Liam, so she went with Aiden. We just attended his 3rd birthday party this weekend.

It was at a fire station. We took the tour, and the kids loved it. At the start of the tour, when we finally got everyone quiet, Aiden shouted, "Where's Miss Olivia?" For soem reason, he REALLY likes me. Which is cool, 'cause he's such a charming little munchkin.
 

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Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
 
How strange. My name isn't even in the top 1000 names in the past 12 years according to SS.
 

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Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
 
Aiden is a boy's name?



Sounds like a little girl who likes paste, to me. . .
 

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Posted by Sachiko (Member # 6139) on :
 
I loved that article on MSN. I've named 4 babies in the past 5 years, and now I'm addicted to them. I wish I could get a PhD in it, I've spent so much time and thought on the subject.

It's a real industry now, baby naming. There are "baby name experts" that are outside FDA approval guidelines, so approach with caution. They usually love things like Dustin for girls and the last-name or two-syllable B-name trend for boys (Brady, Brenden, Braydon, etc.) Also, it seems like they're all agreed on Sage being the hot name for the next year or so, because they're really trying to push it.

But then...you said you didn't care, so, I digress.
 

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Posted by Sachiko (Member # 6139) on :
 
I mean I'm addicted to naming children. But I'm addicted to the children, too.
 

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Posted by Godric (Member # 4587) on :
 
Whew! For a second there I thought you were addicted to having children. And wanted to get a PhD for it...

[ February 04, 2004, 09:04 AM: Message edited by: Godric ]
 

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Posted by Sachiko (Member # 6139) on :
 
I practically should! Again, 4 kids, 5 years.

In fact, (again, not, that you asked) my water broke with the first one when I was in a college Human Biology lab. Studying the reproductive system, watching a video called The Miracle of Birth. The baby on the show crowned, and POP, I had to go to the hospital. And I didn't even get extra credit!

[ February 04, 2004, 09:50 AM: Message edited by: Sachiko ]
 

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