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Post by MacBeth on Dec 23, 2009 10:21:33 GMT -5
Each year, BabyCenter gets the inside scoop on the most popular baby names from hundreds and thousands of new parents. Here's what's hot and what's not in 2009. We also went a step further this year to bring you the 50 most popular names of the decade. Note: To capture true popularity, our exclusive baby names list combines names that sound the same but have multiple spellings (like Aden, Aiden, and Ayden). Top girls' names of the decade 1. Emma 2. Emily 3. Madison 4. Isabella 5. Ava Top boys' names of the decade 1. Aiden 2. Jacob 3. Ethan 4. Matthew 5. Nicholas See all 50 top names: www.babycenter.com/babynamer/50_most_popular_baby_names_of_the_decade.htmlTop girls' names of 2009 1. Isabella 2. Sophia 3. Emma 4. Olivia 5. Ava Top boys' names of 2009 1. Aiden 2. Ethan 3. Jackson 4. Jayden 5. Jacob See all 100 top names: www.babycenter.com/babynamer/top-baby-names-2009.htmlThis year, parents found baby-naming inspiration in everything from vampires to vote-getters. Fans of Twilight, Stephenie Meyer's bestselling vampire series, have sunk their fangs into the list, boosting such names as Bella, Alice, and Edward. On the presidential front, the commander-in-chief's daughters Sasha and Malia are moving up our list. shine.yahoo.com/event/coolmom/babycenters-list-of-most-popular-baby-names-of-the-decade-and-2009-556206/
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Post by Georgina on Dec 23, 2009 13:43:26 GMT -5
Is "Aiden", in all of its incarnations, an actual name?
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Post by MacBeth on Dec 23, 2009 14:00:28 GMT -5
It's an Irish name, but until recently I always saw it spelled as Aidan, I have also seen if for both boys and girls. And according to Wiki, it was the most popular name for boys in Canada in 2007
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Post by wheelspinner on Dec 23, 2009 16:06:32 GMT -5
Where does the popularity of these names stem from? If we believe Malcolm Gladwell, there most have been some point at which parents all started rushing to call their kids Aiden and Isabella.
Is there some prototype Aiden out there that everyone is emulating?
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Post by MacBeth on Dec 23, 2009 16:28:05 GMT -5
Movie characters, popular fiction, leaders, all sorts of inspiration - but mostly I think it is copycatting....
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Post by Peltigera on Dec 29, 2009 7:26:29 GMT -5
When my daughter was born, we went out of our way not to give her a common name. We called her Rebecca - everywhere she went - school, guides, theatre group, dance class, etc - there was always another Rebecca (and a Racheal) but we had never come across a Rebecca before. It became suddenly fashionable in the early 1980s for some reason which we did not know about.
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Post by wheelspinner on Dec 29, 2009 16:31:54 GMT -5
When my daughter was born, we went out of our way not to give her a common name. We called her Rebecca - everywhere she went - school, guides, theatre group, dance class, etc - there was always another Rebecca (and a Racheal) but we had never come across a Rebecca before. It became suddenly fashionable in the early 1980s for some reason which we did not know about. Must have been in the zietgeist, Pelti. If Cail had been a girl when he was born in 1981, he would've been Rebecca. I guess my question about the tipping point is that I can't think of a proto-Aiden that has been so influential that a vast swathe of the population would want to name their kid after him.
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Post by Peltigera on Dec 30, 2009 5:39:57 GMT -5
Aidan is a good popular Celtic name and Celtic names have been very popular recently, here at any roads. Perhaps Aidan was just the first male Celtic name people came across when they looked for another Celtic name?
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