There are as many girls named Sthefany as Kirstie, Coretta, Kaye, and Dulcie. @ @

Girl Names
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Looking up the top 7000 names, ranked so that names that have multiple spellings are counted all together as a single name to get a real measure of their popularity. The site shows how many of each child with each spelling was born. I’m looking for 2011. Here are some of the genius parents we have from 2011.

Number of kids named:

Klowi ([name]Chloe[/name]) 6

Xoey ([name]Zoe[/name]) 29

Heyli ([name]Haley[/name]) 9

Nataliee ([name]Natalie[/name]) 11

Mkenzi ([name]Mackenzie[/name]) 5 and Mikenzii (7)

Aahna ([name]Ana[/name]/[name]Anna[/name])14

Teighlor ([name]Taylor[/name]) 7

Lundyn ([name]London[/name]) 81

[name]Melony[/name] ([name]Melanie[/name]) 46 (as in…like a melon?!)

Deztyni ([name]Destiny[/name]) 6

Jenasis ([name]Genesis[/name]) 22

[name]Faythe[/name] ([name]Faith[/name]) 14

Jlyn ([name]Jaylyn[/name])10

Kla ([name]Kayla[/name]) 10

Jahde ([name]Jade[/name]) 5

Sthefany ([name]Stephanie[/name]) 5

Dlylah ([name]Delilah[/name]) 7

Jenipher ([name]Jennifer[/name]) 5

[name]Shyanne[/name] ([name]Cheyenne[/name]) 222 (um…so you named your child… Shy [name]Anne[/name]?!)

[name]Journee[/name] (383), Jurnee (190), Journei (60) ([name]Journey[/name])

Kwynn ([name]Quinn[/name]) 8

Angle ([name]Angel[/name]) 7 (Like…a RIGHT ANGLE?)

[name]Miley[/name] (987) just facepalms

Lyndzee (5) Lincy (5) Lyndzie (5) [name]Lynzee[/name] (5) (as in [name]Lindsay[/name])

[name]Ivee[/name] ([name]Ivy[/name]) 15

Hydie ([name]Heidi[/name]) 5

Lyriq ([name]Lyric[/name]) 47

Jlee (5) and Jleigh (5) (aka [name]Jaylee[/name])

Any ([name]Annie[/name]) 5 (as in do you want any more food?!)

[name]Karsyn[/name] ([name]Carson[/name]) 408 facepalmfacepalmfacepalm

Myrikal ([name]Miracle[/name]) 11

[name]Annistyn[/name] (Aniston) 28 (…if you’re naming your child after someone famous, SPELL IT RIGHT)

Yunique ([name]Unique[/name]) 9

Analy ([name]Annalee[/name]) 61 (yes…as in…taking it up the butt)

As a comparison…these comparably normal names had THIS many kids:

[name]Coretta[/name] (5)

[name]Kirstie[/name] (5)

[name]Dulcie[/name] (5)

[name]Lupe[/name] (6)

[name]Alexandrina[/name] (6)

[name]Antonina[/name] (17)

[name]Tora[/name] (9)

[name]Geri[/name] (9)

[name]Polly[/name] (44)

[name]Kaye[/name] (5)

[name]Mena[/name] (37)

[name]Noreen[/name] (20)

[name]Dori[/name] (13)

[name]Roseanne[/name] (7)

[name]Christiane[/name] (13)

Faithmarie (7)

[name]Kiki[/name] (10)

Lisamarie (10)

[name]Veronique[/name] (11)

[name]Roselle[/name] (6)

[name]Jessamine[/name] (8)

[name]Azura[/name] (16)

[name]Trish[/name] (16)

[name]Morgana[/name] (11)

[name]Drucilla[/name] (9)

[name]Felipa[/name] (8)

[name]Imogene[/name] (13)

[name]Sheryl[/name] (24)

[name]Jeanne[/name] (39)

[name]Cathy[/name] (47)

[name]Aretha[/name] (5)

[name]Thomasina[/name] (6)

There are more people named [name]Journee[/name] than all those names combined.

There are more people named [name]Miley[/name] than [name]Heather[/name] (387), [name]Brittney[/name] (202),[name]Dawn[/name] (93), [name]Lisa[/name] (392) combined.

………….

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I think some of those, such as Angle, are a misspelling on the part of whoever typed up the paperwork.

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Interesting! Could be some misspellings from parents, too, rather than people who typed up the paperwork. People can be really terrible spellers.

As a side note, I have always loved [name]Dulcie[/name] and knew a lovely girl with this name when I was a teenager (she would be in her 30s now).

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I feel badly for all of the children with “yooneek” or “kre8tif” spellings. Their parents are just setting them up for a lifetime of spelling their names. They look like letters randomly thrown together rather than names (Dlylah, Deztyni? Sthefany? Yikes!). Some of the other names may have to be spelled as well but at least the spellings are correct. :slight_smile: I don’t mind [name]Christiane[/name], [name]Veronique[/name], [name]Jessamine[/name], [name]Morgana[/name] and [name]Thomasina[/name].

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lol, there is a woman who goes to my church whose name is [name]Faythe[/name].

At the same time… YES, these names are awful. And yes, I would much rather see [name]Catherine[/name] and [name]Juliet[/name] and [name]Isabella[/name] and even [name]Sloane[/name] above D’[name]Lylah[/name], but I’m getting so sick of the rants. These are actual children with these names, and while it’s unfortunate, it’s just a name. I know dozens of children with much worse, and it’s just the area I’m in, just the ministry my church targets where parents use these types of names, and just because a kid has an awful name doesn’t make them an awful child, and a name only defines so much. This trend doesn’t seem to be dying down, so I’m not really sure if having a name like Destyne instead of [name]Destiny[/name] (or even something classic like [name]Lillian[/name]) will really hold her back.

I think we all agree misspellings make us cringe and we all feel strongly about it, but complaining thread after thread isn’t really helping any of them.

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Well, this is sort of a name site. Which generally means you talk about names, including the good, bad, and cringe worthy. I’m not saying anything about the children being an awful child, I wouldn’t judge a child based off their name. It’s not like they chose it. But yeah, elitist as it may sound, I"m going to judge the parents of a child who named their kid Kla. And I do think if the spelling gets overly ridiculous (J-kub) or invokes obvious teasing (Analy) it does hold children back. Naming your kid a name that can’t even intuitively be read or pronounced yet is expected to be pronounced like a common name (like Kla for [name]Kayla[/name]) can in fact impact them negatively as they age in many ways or even keep them from being taken seriously in the work force or on resume. [name]True[/name], maybe a kid could go by [name]Kay[/name] or [name]Ann[/name] or whatever but people will have to see a name like Analy at some point attached to the person. Maybe it’s wrong for people to judge a person by their name, but we all know it happens, and some of this just crosses the line. Of course not everyone needs to be named a classic name, and even variant spellings like [name]Caitlin[/name]/[name]Kaitlin[/name]/[name]Katelyn[/name] to me make no real difference because they are still reasonable enough that people won’t mock them for it or stare at it trying to figure out what it even says. But seriously, who is going to see Sthefany on a resume and not just think it’s a typo?