Twin Power!

Ok, let's talk twins.  My beloved source, the social security administrations top 1000 list, also has a list of popular twin names!  SSA Popular Twins Names is the link to go to if you'd like to check that out.  Overall, there were certainly a small number of twins considering the amount of single births there were last year, but there are a good amount of those twins that have a certain combination of names. 

For instance, for twin girls, Isabella and Sophia are the most popular names to give the set.  Not too surprising, seeing as Isabella is really popular and Sophia isn't far behind.  They also have an Italian or Spanish feel to them, depending on what you're going for.  For a set of twins which are male and female, Madison and Mason top the chart.  This pair flows nicely and, again, Madison is still a very popular name.  Mason is a bit less popular, but it fits so well with Madison that it just makes sense to use it!  Then there's a set of twin boys, which dominate the twin world it seems.  The most popular set of names for twin boys is Jacob and Joshua.  Hello biblical!  We have two J names.  Two biblical names. Two very popular boys names.  They're a match made in heaven, so to speak. 

But what about celebrity twins.  Traditionally, you hear about celebrity babies when they have new and unheard of names, and that seems to be the trend in Hollywood anyway.  Celebrities don't want just any name for their kids.  They want something unique and you figure they must know that what they pick will likely become in vogue, because 9 times out of 10 it does.  Well, this isn't any different for a set of celebrity twins!  Here's a list of recent celebrity twins, parents and the babies:

•Hazel Patricia and Phinnaeus Walter: Julia Roberts and Danny Moder
•Eden and Savannah: Marcia Cross and Tom Mahoney
•Bob and Max: Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller
•Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace: Dennis Quaid and Kimberly Buffington
•Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
•Darby Galen and Sullivan Patrick: Patrick Dempsey and Jillian Fink
•Maximillian David Muniz and Emme Marbiel Muniz: Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez
•Dolly Rebecca Rose and Charlie Tamara Tulip: Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell
•D'Lila Star and Jessie James: Sean "Diddy" Combs and Kim Porter
*source (http://www.namecandy.com/celebrity-baby-names/blog/2009/06/24/marion-and-tabitha-brodericks-name-competition)
 
For the most part, I love these names.  They're all really cute choices.  My particular favorites are Max and Emme.  I love Max, LOVE IT!  Then there's Emme.  What a sweet little twist on Emma!  Some other highlights of the list are Rebecca Romijn using Charlie for a little girl (use Charlotte if you'd like Charlie as a nickname), Patrick Dempsey using Sullivan for one of his little boys (very cute and very rare), and Julia Roberts' use of Phinneaus for the little boy in her set of twins!
 
Although, its highly unlikely that most of us will have a set of twins, its still fun to think of name pairs that you'd like to use if you had the chance!