Today, I was doing my normal daily browse of baby name sites and the like, and I came across the Social Security Administrations list of name changes. In other words, a list of the top 1000 names ranking from the fastest rising to the fastest falling. I dig this list because it’s interesting to see what’s going on with America’s parents as a whole. I thought I’d post the fastest rising and fastest falling boys and girls names and talk a little bit about them.
Here’s the list:
Boy’s Fastest Rising
1) Cullen (+297 spots): hmm, well I think we know why this one is popular, but I kinda like it
2) Jax (+266 spots): first thing I thought, “Like the game?”
3) King (+248 spots): I think these parents are VERY proud of their baby
4) Emmett (+215 spots): again, Twilight is at work here, but again, I kinda like this name
5) Colt (+164 spots): it’s a pony! Oh yeah, aren’t they sports team or something?
Girl’s Fastest Rising
1) Maliyah (+342 spots): perhaps this is the work of die-hard Obama fans
2) Isla (+273 spots): Isla Fischer is probably responsible here, and I really like this name
3) Caylee (+251 spots): this name is cute, and it’s a variation on other popular names. Obviously, this spelling is taking off nicely
4) Kinley (+214 spots): no idea where this one came from
5) Arabella (+209 spots): WELL, WELL, WELL! I wonder if I like this name. Pretty sure this is another Twilight pick. Love this name!
Boy’s Fastest Falling
1) Alvin (-133 spots): and the Chipmunks. I think that says a lot.
2) Marc (-106 spots): this fashionable spelling of Marc just isn’t meant to beat out the traditional spelling
3) Jonas (-105 spots): bye bye Jonas Brothers? I might like this name if I didn’t think girls around the world would scream every time they heard my kids name
4) Isiah (-91 spots): the spelling Isaiah is way more popular! Love it
5) Brett (-80 spots): I like this name, not sure why its starting to slip
Girl’s Fastest Falling
1) Marley (-517 spots): I guess the love for Marley and Me is fading away
2) Mylee (-420 spots): not a fan, doesn’t matter though because the other spelling is still quite popular
3) Jaslene (-294 spots): it’s been like 3 years since she won, so I guess the name isn’t very popular anymore either
4) Allisson (-197 spots): just one version of this still very popular name
5) Haylie (-145 spots): Haylie may be loosing steam quickly, but Hailey is not
I’m not too surprised about any of these names except maybe King and Brett. And for some of the names, its just one version of the name that is loosing popularity. Something that is heavily apparent about this list is that girl’s names fall faster and rise faster than boy’s names. But that shouldn’t be much of a surprise considering boy’s names do not trend as frequently as girl’s names. The top 10 boy’s names are very close to being the same each year, where as 2-4 spots on the top 10 girl’s names list change every year or two.
After looking at the list, I can’t decide if I’m happy or annoyed that the name I picked for my daughter is one of the names on the fastest rising list. I suppose its not that bad, because its still no where near being a top 100 name and popular or not, it’s a gorgeous name (in my opinion of course)!
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I like Emmett alot too! We also like Everett, but Evelyn and Everett are two Eve names. Although, Eve means life so I'm kinda cool with that. We'd talked about Jasper as a boy name, and I like Jax as a nickname for Jasper! LoL, oh to be pregnant again and actually have a need for a baby name....sometime in the future I guess
ReplyDeleteI love Jasper! Its got so much charm. It would go well with Evelyn, because they're both very old school and sophisticated. I think that might be a really good theme to go with. Then again, I like Emmett alot too!
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