[name]Will[/name] the popularity list be out ON the 5th or after? Does anyone know? I can never remember year to year. >_<
I don’t believe it’s on the exact same date every year. It’s released around mother’s day but on a weekday not the [name]Sunday[/name] itself.
Last year, the list came out on [name]May[/name] 14th, the day after Mother’s [name]Day[/name]. This year, Mother’s [name]Day[/name] is the 12th. Sometimes they release it before Mother’s [name]Day[/name] and sometimes after, so I think we’ll see it somewhere between the 9th and the 14th.
I’m looking forward to it–It’s like namenerd [name]Christmas[/name]!
I remember last year, I must have refreshed the SSA website a thousand times the Friday before Mother’s Day hoping it would be released before Mother’s Day.
LOL! Me, too! I believe I even stayed up late, hoping they would release it around midnight.
I’m excited to get the list! Obviously the sooner the better. 
I too kept refreshing the list on Friday last year.
I hope they don’t keep us waiting until the [name]Monday[/name] again.
All of this. Cannot wait to see it!
Oh no! The 12th!?
Gah, I should feel lucky they do it at all, I suppose, lol.
glad I;m not the only one who waits around for this list. it’s better than some holidays.
My mom finds it hilarious that I look forward to Mother’s [name]Day[/name] for names.
I actually dread this day! It means I lose countless hours pouring through the extended list, taking notes, making charts, updating old information etc. And yet I look forward to it so much!
I’m actually even more excited when the namenerds website releases their name data which combines spellings for names. That will be several more months though.
I just contacted the press office for a date confirmation, but now that they announce on The Today Show, I think it’s somewhat dependent on what other news is happening – it’s usually either the Friday before or the [name]Monday[/name] after Mother’s [name]Day[/name]. I’ll let you know when/if I receive confirmation!
Thank you, [name]Pam[/name]!
Oh gosh, me too! I keep print-outs of the top 1000 in the front of one of my binders, just for a quick reference in case I’m not at a computer and I like to keep notes about leaps in popularity and stuff - I never even thought about making them into charts! O_O Now I have a use for all those page protectors I have! (Yes, I collect office supplies…it’s weird and kind of useless).
I love being part of a community that gets excited over the release of a massive collection of data.
I’m curious, but at the same time apprehensive to see what new atrocities are permeating the charts. Please, please, please let there be more than a few diamonds in the rough…
Please tell me it’s out before the end of [name]July[/name]! I really want to double check all my name choices before my baby’s here. :?
I wish I had made a note of the date. It seemed like it took forever last year; way longer than the year before. But perhaps I was just more impatient last year =)
Well, you CAN go on the SS site and add up the raw numbers of different spellings to see how the total numbers of a name with lots of variations like say [name]Evelyn[/name], [name]Aveline[/name], [name]Evaline[/name] etc compare with the raw numbers of the top 10. Go to this page – Popular Baby Names – click on national data, and download the complete list which will give you raw numbers of how many children were given each spelling of each name.
We will try to do a blog asap after the announcement compiling different spellings! But yeah, huge job…