Bad Names and their popularity.

From the most popular list of 2010.

 

Girls:

 

#25 Nevaeh

(I can't believe it's that popular!)

#162 Hayden (For a girl. Not cute!)

#174  Alivia (So dumb! Olivia is nice.)

#216 Hadley (So ugly!)

#217 Miley (File under embarrassing)

#232 Maci

(File under I need to turn off MTV and get a life. Seriously! I can't believe this name jumped from 655 to 232 in one year thanks to Maci from Teen Mom. Wow! People are way too influenced by pop culture these days. What ever happened to naming children after relatives?)

#238 Paisley

(Jumped from 318. Why? Ugh!)

#274 Presley

(Went down a bit from 269. Thank goodness!)

#315 Emerson(Emersyn is 917)
#408  Finley (vomit)

# 227 Cadence (# 913 Caydence, #438 Kadence, #258 Kaydence)

#462 Charlie (#925 Charleigh, #836 Charley, #557 Charlee, #462 Charlie)

#465 Parker

#480 Kayden (For a boy: Caden #119, Caiden #265, Cayden #151, Kaden #106, Kayden #123)

#484 Logan (For a boy it's # 17. So gross on a girl.)

#493 Rowan(Please leave this one for the boys!)

#509 Brynlee(# 660 Brinley)

#523 Miracle

#562 Bristol (Up from 666. LOL )

#571 Dylan

#23 Avery (#572 Averie, #943 Averi)

#593 Sloane (So ugly!)

#648 Leighton

#651 Haven

# 668 Phoenix (# 381 for a boy)

 #758 Campbell (The epitome of feminine. Am I right? lol)

#784 Sawyer (# 173 for a boy)

#790 Rylan (#183 for a boy)

#901 Princess

#960 Precious

 

 Boys:

#40 Brayden (#409 Braeden, #468 Braiden, #337 Braydon, #734 Bradyn)

#9 Aiden (#79 Ayden, #288 Aden, #556 Aaden, #94 Aidan, #636 Aydan, #884 Aedan,

#32 Adan, #664 Aydin, #703 Aidyn)

#96 Hayden

#101 Bentley

#106 Kaden(#119 Caden, #265 Caiden, #151 Cayden, #693 Kaeden, #166 Kaiden, #123 Kayden, #899 Kadyn, #985 Kadin)

 #135 Ryder

#152 Gage

#172 Jaxson(You don't need the "S" if you have the "X")

#174 Jaiden(# 91 Jaden, #708 Jaeden, #4 Jayden, #573 Jadon, #873 Jaidyn, #903 Jaydin, #991 Jaydan)

 #214 Kingston

#311 Ryker (A prison)

#353 Jett

#457 Knox

#464 Talon

#522 Prince

#546 Xzavier

# 599 Cannon

#605 Madden

#619 Zaiden

#619 Ace

#643 Sincere

#650 Messiah

# 798 Jaxton

#848 Blaze

# 880 Major

# 929 Rayden

# 946 Legend

 # 972 Kinglsey

# 991 Slade

 

Changes in Popularity

The SSA now keeps a list of names that are rapidly changing in popularity. Up or down.  It's sad that parents these days apparently look to reality TV for baby name inspirations. The two names that jumped the highest for boys and girls come MTV's Teen Mom. Maci for a girl and her son's name, Bentley. Some of the names on this list are actually nice, but they are inspired by TV, movies or celeb's children. What ever happened to naming children after relatives? People always send me e-mails claiming that they named their daughter Jackson because it's "unique" or their son Knox because it's different and cool. Millions of other people watch the same shows, see the same movies as you do. Trust me, you're won't be the only one who names their kid  Monroe or Moroccan. Why not take a name from your own person family tree? If you name your son or daughter after a relative, you will have a name that truly means something and the name most likely won't be too popular. No attractive names in your family tree? Try a different version of that name. Go with a name from a favorite book. Name your children after someone who inspires you. Anything is better than naming your child after a reality TV celeb.



http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/rankchange.html

Top Ceo Names

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/04/27/peter-deborah-ceo-names/

I thought this was interesting. Not one male name on the female list! I'm aware that these aren't bad names. I am making a point that children with bad names probably won't be future CEO's.


Top 10 Global Male CEO Names
1. Peter
2. Bob
3. Jack
4. Bruce
5. Fred
6. Bill
7. Ron
8. Christian
9. Alexander
10. Don

Top 10 Global Female CEO Names
1. Deborah
2. Sally
3. Debra
4. Cynthia
5. Carolyn
6. Pamela
7. Ann
8. Cheryl
9. Linda
10. Janet

My favorite day!

The most popular names list of 2010 has finally been released! I'm going over it now. I'll be back later to post some of the more interesting names. BTW. Mariah and Nick. Shame on you! Monroe is not a girl's name! Marilyn would have been more appropriate since it's actually related to Mariah. And Moroccan? That's like naming your kid American or Canadian.

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/