Local birth announcements

I was looking at the birth announcements in my area for the other day, some of the names are good, some are … well you’ll see. I noticed so many filler names for the middle names, particularly on the little girls, lots of names like [name]Marie[/name], [name]Grace[/name], [name]Hope[/name], [name]Mae[/name], [name]Rae[/name], etc. I also noticed the more creatively spelled the parents names were, the more classic/traditional the kids names ended up being and vice versa [at least in most cases].

What names have you seen in your local birth announcements of late? Any trends that either annoy or make you smile?

Boys:

[name]Emmett[/name] [name]Jay[/name]
[name]John[/name] [name]Michael[/name]
[name]Declan[/name] Trotter
[name]Aiden[/name] [name]Avery[/name]
[name]Jaxen[/name] Elidge
Elijdah [name]Lewis[/name]
[name]Brayden[/name] [name]Andrew[/name]
[name]Harrison[/name] [name]Leeroy[/name]
[name]Judah[/name] [name]Michael[/name]
[name]Ezekiel[/name] [name]Jason[/name]
[name]Quinton[/name] [name]James[/name]
Jrayden [name]Henry[/name]
[name]Bentley[/name] [name]Tyler[/name]
[name]Jackson[/name] [name]Reece[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name] [name]Thomas[/name]
[name]Jackson[/name] [name]James[/name]
[name]Cade[/name] [name]Antonio[/name]
[name]Cypress[/name] [name]Mathew[/name]
[name]Bradley[/name] [name]Keith[/name]

Girls:
[name]Emma[/name] [name]Hope[/name]
[name]Ashley[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
Toriana [name]Rae[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name] [name]Faith[/name]
[name]Adelyn[/name] [name]Leone[/name]
[name]Adrianna[/name] [name]Mae[/name]
[name]Savannah[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Ellison[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Rebecca[/name] [name]Joy[/name]
[name]Annie[/name] [name]Sue[/name]
[name]Amelia[/name] [name]Rose[/name]
[name]Nora[/name] [name]Jean[/name]
[name]Peyton[/name] [name]Marie[/name]
[name]Emily[/name] [name]Christine[/name]
D’ani [name]Rae[/name]
[name]Aubrey[/name] [name]Macey[/name]
[name]Clara[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Breeanna[/name] [name]Lynn[/name] [name]Skye[/name]
[name]Devi[/name] [no middle name listed]
[name]Alexandra[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Ella[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Ella[/name] [name]Marie[/name]
[name]Aubrey[/name] Mattylynn
Raeann [name]Kay[/name]
[name]Ariana[/name] [name]Marie[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name] [name]Joy[/name]
[name]Kaylen[/name] [name]Madison[/name]
[name]Emmalynn[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Rylan[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Selah[/name] [name]Mae[/name]
[name]Aubree[/name] [name]Mae[/name]
Amyrah [name]Marie[/name]
[name]Sophia[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
[name]Salinger[/name] [name]Zooey[/name]
[name]Sophia[/name] [name]Janelle[/name]
[name]Isabella[/name] [name]Hope[/name]

I don’t like the trends of adding “lynn” at the end of every name or word (Mattylyn? [name]Emmalynn[/name]?) or apostrophes in names (D’ani?). Someone really must have loved “Catcher in the [name]Rye[/name]” author J.D. [name]Salinger[/name] to use both [name]Salinger[/name] and [name]Zoey[/name] in a combo (I guess [name]Zooey[/name] was too much).