what's in a name?
With a new grandchild born today, it’s time to determine how popular their names are. For reference, I went to the Social Security Administration’s Popular Baby Name website. Here is a list of my grandchildren’s names, along with the popularity of the name in 2010. The rankings only go up to 1,000.
Righteous (born in 2006): > 1000
Nevaeh (born in 2008): 25
Gabriel (born in 2008): 21
Charis (born in 2010): > 1000
Zoe (born in 2011): 31
Samara (born in 2012): 606
My name, incidentally, was 17th most popular in the year I was born, but was only ranked #178 in 2010.
You’re welcome.
With a new grandchild born today, it’s time to determine how popular their names are. For reference, I went to the Social Security Administration’s Popular Baby Name website. Here is a list of my grandchildren’s names, along with the popularity of the name in 2010. The rankings only go up to 1,000.
Righteous (born in 2006): > 1000
Nevaeh (born in 2008): 25
Gabriel (born in 2008): 21
Charis (born in 2010): > 1000
Zoe (born in 2011): 31
Samara (born in 2012): 606
My name, incidentally, was 17th most popular in the year I was born, but was only ranked #178 in 2010.
You’re welcome.
Righteous (born in 2006): > 1000
Nevaeh (born in 2008): 25
Gabriel (born in 2008): 21
Charis (born in 2010): > 1000
Zoe (born in 2011): 31
Samara (born in 2012): 606
My name, incidentally, was 17th most popular in the year I was born, but was only ranked #178 in 2010.
You’re welcome.
posted by extraspecialbitter at 9:42 AM
2 Comments:
Only you Dad. I did think this was very interesting. It is funny when we tell people what name we picked, we always get comments like "I went to high school with a girl that had that name etc." I feel like the name has gotten more popular but at that time I had never heard it before. Cool that when she was born it was pretty unique. Yes your name seems very popular, I know your momma was very proud of naming all her sons ;)
It was fun naming all of you - and I'm pretty sure your mother would concede that I took the lead on that. I'm currently in a training class with a Nathaniel (who might be a year or two older than Nate) and Mary and I know a musician who goes by "J" but whose real name is Josiah. As Stephen Wright would say, "it's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it."
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