2009 Top 1000

[mnemosyne]

I’d love to hear you guys’ analysis, so post away!

Here are my thoughts:

**Q – the New Z?
Q wins my award for letter of the year. [name]Quinn[/name] shot up for both boys and girls, with male [name]Quinn[/name] rising from 280 to 258 and female [name]Quinn[/name] rising from 516 to 486. I wonder if Glee’s [name]Quinn[/name] Fabray could have affected the rise of this name? It would be interesting to see a month-by-month gender breakdown – could there have been a shift from male Quinns to female Quinns around the time the show came out?

[name]Quinn[/name] was the only girls’ name to begin with Q, but on the boys’ side, [name]Quentin[/name] rose from 379 to 375. [name]Quincy[/name]'s rank dropped from 513 to 524, but the number of Quincys per million babies stayed stable. All spellings of [name]Quinton[/name] went down with the exception of [name]Quinten[/name]. Random fluctuation or am I missing something?

**[name]Bella[/name] Beats [name]Bel/name
The news of [name]Isabella[/name]'s leap to the top is all over the naming community. However, what I haven’t seen mentioned is that her sister names aren’t sharing in her glory. At least, not all of them.

[name]Isabelle[/name] fell from 93 to 100, [name]Isabel[/name] from 96 to 110, [name]Isabell[/name] from 790 to 827, and [name]Izabelle[/name] from 958 straight off the top 1000. On the other hand, [name]Isabela[/name] rose from 533 to 492 and [name]Izabella[/name] 231 to 163. Clearly, the -a form has come to dominate. Perhaps [name]Isabella[/name]'s gain was merely [name]Isabelle[/name]'s loss?

[name]Gabriella[/name] rose, while [name]Gabrielle[/name] fell, too. [name]Ariella[/name], [name]Arielle[/name], and [name]Ariel[/name] all rose, though, as did [name]Annabella[/name], [name]Anabella[/name], [name]Anabelle[/name], [name]Annabel[/name], and [name]Annabelle[/name] (although [name]Anabel[/name] fell).

Any theories?

**Good-bye, [name]Mary[/name]
For the first time ever, [name]Mary[/name] fell out of the top 100 names, weighing in at 102. This makes [name]Elizabeth[/name] and [name]Katherine[/name] the only girls’ names to have been in the top 100 every year since the beginning of the list.

[LV51sfan91]

@mnemosyne

I’d love to hear you guys’ analysis, so post away!

Here are my thoughts:

**Q – the New Z?
Q wins my award for letter of the year. [name]Quinn[/name] shot up for both boys and girls, with male [name]Quinn[/name] rising from 280 to 258 and female [name]Quinn[/name] rising from 516 to 486. I wonder if Glee’s [name]Quinn[/name] Fabray could have affected the rise of this name? It would be interesting to see a month-by-month gender breakdown – could there have been a shift from male Quinns to female Quinns around the time the show came out?

[name]Quinn[/name] was the only girls’ name to begin with Q, but on the boys’ side, [name]Quentin[/name] rose from 379 to 375. [name]Quincy[/name]'s rank dropped from 513 to 524, but the number of Quincys per million babies stayed stable. All spellings of [name]Quinton[/name] went down with the exception of [name]Quinten[/name]. Random fluctuation or am I missing something?

That sucks for [name]Mary[/name] such a pretty name. I think [name]Isabella[/name] needs out all forms of it at least out of the top 100. I don’t see the appeal. It doesn’t age past 7, its cute for a baby not a woman. I don’t like [name]Bella[/name] at all. I can’t stand that name. [name]How[/name] the heck did [name]Alexis[/name] make it to 12 or 13? That name drives me nuts too. [name]Annabella[/name] would embaress me to have that name. [name]Anna[/name] is fine. I just can’t stand [name]Belle[/name] or [name]Bella[/name]. We need to get [name]Jayden[/name] out of the top ten for boys and [name]Mia[/name] out of top 10 for girls. [name]Mia[/name] is not a full name unless your of colored skin [name]IMO[/name]. I am not racists but that just makes sense to me. All the ones I have known are asian or hispanic.

**[name]Bella[/name] Beats [name]Bel/name
The news of [name]Isabella[/name]'s leap to the top is all over the naming community. However, what I haven’t seen mentioned is that her sister names aren’t sharing in her glory. At least, not all of them.

[name]Isabelle[/name] fell from 93 to 100, [name]Isabel[/name] from 96 to 110, [name]Isabell[/name] from 790 to 827, and [name]Izabelle[/name] from 958 straight off the top 1000. On the other hand, [name]Isabela[/name] rose from 533 to 492 and [name]Izabella[/name] 231 to 163. Clearly, the -a form has come to dominate. Perhaps [name]Isabella[/name]'s gain was merely [name]Isabelle[/name]'s loss?

[name]Gabriella[/name] rose, while [name]Gabrielle[/name] fell, too. [name]Ariella[/name], [name]Arielle[/name], and [name]Ariel[/name] all rose, though, as did [name]Annabella[/name], [name]Anabella[/name], [name]Anabelle[/name], [name]Annabel[/name], and [name]Annabelle[/name] (although [name]Anabel[/name] fell).

Any theories?

**Good-bye, [name]Mary[/name]
For the first time ever, [name]Mary[/name] fell out of the top 100 names, weighing in at 102. This makes [name]Elizabeth[/name] and [name]Katherine[/name] the only girls’ names to have been in the top 100 every year since the beginning of the list.

[sellons]

I like to look at the list from the bottom up. Kind of weird but that is how I like to look at the list. I was surprised to see the name [name]Mustafa[/name] on the list, granted it is at the very bottom of the list. But it is kind of hard to believe that over 200 little boys now are [name]Mustafa[/name]'s that is the name from the [name]Lion[/name] [name]King[/name] right?

I recently read [name]Sophie[/name] Kinsella’s recent book Twenties Girl (which I loved) and the name of the main character is [name]Lara[/name] Lington. While I was reading it I was thinking [name]Lara[/name] I kind of like this name. I also like that it was on the lower part of the list.

I really think they should just put spelling variations together, if they are the same name I think it’s fine. So putting [name]Vivienne[/name] with [name]Vivian[/name] but not putting [name]Vivian[/name] with [name]Viviana[/name]. [name]Lee[/name] with [name]Leigh[/name] but not [name]Lee[/name] with [name]Leah[/name]. You know what I mean?

I like the name [name]Vaughn[/name] but I prefer the spelling [name]Vaughan[/name] so it was kind of nice to see that name on the list.

Some names like [name]Jessica[/name] and [name]Melanie[/name] I think are dated and I am surprised to see both still in the top 100.

[christy]

@sellons

I like to look at the list from the bottom up. Kind of weird but that is how I like to look at the list. I was surprised to see the name [name]Mustafa[/name] on the list, granted it is at the very bottom of the list. But it is kind of hard to believe that over 200 little boys now are [name]Mustafa[/name]'s that is the name from the [name]Lion[/name] [name]King[/name] right?

I recently read [name]Sophie[/name] Kinsella’s recent book Twenties Girl (which I loved) and the name of the main character is [name]Lara[/name] Lington. While I was reading it I was thinking [name]Lara[/name] I kind of like this name. I also like that it was on the lower part of the list.

I really think they should just put spelling variations together, if they are the same name I think it’s fine. So putting [name]Vivienne[/name] with [name]Vivian[/name] but not putting [name]Vivian[/name] with [name]Viviana[/name]. [name]Lee[/name] with [name]Leigh[/name] but not [name]Lee[/name] with [name]Leah[/name]. You know what I mean?

I like the name [name]Vaughn[/name] but I prefer the spelling [name]Vaughan[/name] so it was kind of nice to see that name on the list.

Some names like [name]Jessica[/name] and [name]Melanie[/name] I think are dated and I am surprised to see both still in the top 100.

I know! What are [name]Jessica[/name] and [name]Melanie[/name] doing on the top 100? And [name]Kimberly[/name]? Wasn’t that supposed to be a ‘70s name? It’s #66! And [name]Khloe[/name]! [name]Carlos[/name] was a surprise to me on the boys’ side. – [name]Christy[/name] ([name]Margaret[/name])