Sunday, February 17, 2008

Anyone with a baby name not in The Top 100?

When the day comes that I actually have kids, my plan is for them to have a name that is not super-popular (at least not in the top 20). I hope this will be helpful in their life so there aren't so many other kids with the same name. No doubt that today's daycares & school classrooms are full of Madisons & Avas and Aidans & Jakes just like there was a lot of Jennifers & Jessicas and Michaels & Matthews when I was growing up. (Not that there is anything wrong with this, it's just my personal preference.) This is not as easy as it seems...I believe almost all of my friends & family's children's names are on this list. I am looking at the top 100 names for 2007 and I don't think I can come up with many names not on here...

The chart below is listed by number of popularity followed by boys name and girls name for that ranking. Let's see how creative you all are and let us know if you have a child with a name that's not on the list! (Keep in mind that alternate spellings may or may not be listed but it still counts for that number (ex. Aidan, Aiden, Aaden, etc. are all included under #1 Aidan).

Looking forward to getting some good responses!!

1
AIDAN
AVA
2
BRADEN
ABIGAIL
3
KADEN
CAILYN
4
ETHAN
MADELINE
5
CALEB
ISABELLA
6
NOAH
EMMA
7
JADEN
CAITLYN
8
CONNOR
OLIVIA
9
LANDON
CHLOE
10
JACOB
BRIANNA
11
JACKSON/JAXON
HANNAH/HANNA
12
ELIJAH
LILY/LILLY
13
GAVIN/GAVAN
SOPHIA
14
DYLAN
KAYLEE
15
ALEXANDER
HALEY
16
AARON/ARON
ELLA
17
GABRIEL
ADRIANNA
18
TRISTAN
ISABELLE
19
BENJAMIN
ARIANNA
20
LUCAS
GRACE
21
ANDREW
ELIZABETH
22
JACK
AMELIA/EMILIA
23
NATHAN
AALIYAH/ALEAH
24
LOGAN
ADDISON
25
NICHOLAS
ALYSSA
26
JOSHUA
MADISON
27
OWEN
AUDREY
28
LIAM
KYLIE
29
MATTHEW
KEIRA
30
COLE
PAIGE
31
ZACHARY
ALLISON
32
WILLIAM
EMILY
33
DOMINIC
SAVANNAH
34
ADAM
ABBY
35
DAMIEN/DAMIAN
ALANNA
36
ISAAC
CLAIRE/CLARE
37
IAN
LAYLA/LEILA
38
COLIN/COLLIN
CADENCE
39
BRANDON
CHARLOTTE
40
ADRIAN
ANNALISE
41
CHASE
BELLA
42
DANIEL
NATALIE
43
JAMES
JADYN
44
SEBASTIAN
MAYA
45
RYAN
MICHAELA
46
LUKE
GABRIELLA
47
SETH
SOPHIE
48
KEAGAN/KEEGAN
SADIE
49
OLIVER
SARAH/SARA
50
CHRISTOPHER
FAITH
51
NATHANIEL
EVA
52
SAMUEL
RILEY
53
ISAIAH
MIA
54
HAYDEN
SCARLETT
55
ANTHONY
BAILEY
56
MASON
GABRIELLE
57
MICHAEL
SAMANTHA
58
JONATHAN
LAUREN
59
XANDER/ZANDER
ASHLYN
60
EVAN
ALEXA
61
XAVIER
REGAN/REAGAN
62
JACE/JASE
RACHEL
63
BRICE/BRYCE
BIANCA
64
MICAH
ZOE
65
JUSTIN
KAYLA
66
TYLER
ANNA
67
CARTER
ASHLEY
68
DAVID
ALEXANDRA
69
REECE/REESE/RHYS
AMY
70
BRENDAN
PEYTON
71
CAMERON
AVERY
72
WYATT
CARLY
73
JAKE
AMBER
74
THOMAS
ALEXIS
75
BLAKE
AUTUMN
76
ASHER
CATHERINE
77
MADDOX/MATTOX
LEAH/LEA
78
JASON
BROOKE/BROOK
79
SEAN/SHAWN
SIENNA
80
PARKER
CALLIE
81
JOSEPH
MACKENZIE
82
CODY
ERIN
83
RILEY
LUCY
84
AUSTIN
VICTORIA
85
FINN
AUBREY
86
HUNTER
JULIANNA
87
BRODY
JASMINE
88
GARRETT
ANNABELLE
89
JONAH
LILLIAN/LILIAN
90
CHRISTIAN
JILLIAN/GILLIAN
91
GRAYSON
AARALYN
92
BRADLEY
MEGAN
93
GAGE
JULIA
94
TREVOR
AURORA
95
MILES/MYLES
ABRIANNA
96
COLTON
TAYLOR
97
BRIAN/BRYAN
ADRIENNE
98
HOLDEN
VIOLET
99
HENRY
ALEXIA
100
JARED
NICOLE/NICHOLE

9 comments:

Unknown said...

My two boys are NOT in the top 100: Tyson & Preston

Laski said...

OK. I don't. As a matter of fact, I chose one that is really POPULAR. I'm lame . . . but, at least it is Biblical, right. That's good, right. Whatever.

Here's the deal. In a teen movie from the 80's there was this HOT jock guy and I had a HUGE crush on him. In the end the awkward girl gets the guy. Yeah! Go awkward girl! The HOT jock guy is the inspiration for my little one's name. I NEVER tell family this story . . . EVER.

Leeann said...

I found you through Random Thoughts. Hope you don't mind me snooping! :)
You had me curious...so I looked.
I have four kids, also known as # 46, 55, 71 and 83. So much for being origional! LOL

Danielle said...

Eliza is not on the list! Most of the time I just get weird looks when I say she is named after Eliza Doolittle from My Fair Lady. When she was born at 6lbs we called her Eliza Toolittle.

Pam said...

Both my kids are on the list- but at least after the halfway mark! I tried to have names there were fun and a bit different, without being so out there my kids would get made fun of. So, Ashlyn and Riley (I used it for a boy though, not a girl) were how we decided to go.

Also- since my hubby and I are both teachers- we were trying to avoid names that reminded us of difficult students.

Lauren said...

After swearing my children would not have common names, I feel in love with #11 on the list for my DD. Thankfully she has been the only one in her nursery rooms so far. :)

On the other extreme, some people try so hard to give their kids unique names, the practically curse their kids to a life of being asked to spell it or called something similar but not their name...

Lori said...

Well Blake is #75, but the two top names for baby boy #2 are not on the list (Shane and Kolby)

Anonymous said...

Our baby girl name is on the list in a different spelling. Her name is Maya, and it aper as Mia.

Anonymous said...

Yep, you got me Dan. Madison is definatley on that list. If #2 is a boy his name is up there too but if I remember correctly you liked that name too. If it is a girl however her name will probably not be on the list. Justin is hooked on Shaelynn and I won't budge from Stella. Looks like we may have to find an alternative.