Popular Names for your area..

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Registered: 10-13-2005
Popular Names for your area..
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Wed, 02-08-2006 - 11:58am

Just wanted to poll and see -

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iVillage Member
Registered: 10-23-2004
Wed, 02-08-2006 - 8:21pm

To tell you the truth, here in Ontario, Canada, I never hear much of the same name. Ethan being such a popular name my son is the only one at his school of 150 students (yes, small school, but still). In his grade 1 class there aren't any kids that have the same name. It's funny how names are popular in the states but not here. I was just looking at the top 100 names in Canada and Cadence for a girl is 100. Caden for a boy is number 75.

Here are the top names in Ontario.

Girls (from #1-25)

Emily
Emma (girl in ds1's class)
Madison
Sarah (girl at ds2's pre-school)
Hannah
Sydney
Megan
Ashley
Taylor (girl in ds1's class)
Paige
Samantha (girl in ds1's class)
Olivia (girl in ds1's class and ds2's pre-school)
Jessica
Hailey
Grace
Mackenzie (boy in ds1's class)
Kaitlyn (my niece)
Abigail
Isabella
Jenna
Chloe
Alyssa
Lauren (my hairdresser's daughter)
Julia
Brooklyn

Boys

Ethan (my ds1)
Joshua (friend's 6 yr old son)
Matthew (4 yr old neighbour)
Jacob (girl's brother in ds2's pre-school)
Ryan
Logan (my ds2)
Nicholas
Tyler (my nephew)
Dylan (boy in ds2's pre-school)
Connor
Daniel
Alexander
Zachary (boy in ds1's class)
William
Kyle (boy in ds1's class)
Liam
Noah
Nathan (girl's brother in ds2's pre-school)
Benjamin
Cole
Brandon
Austin
Michael (boy in ds1's class and ds2's pre-school)
Aidan (boy used to be in ds1's class)
Justin (boy in ds2's pre-school)

I guess they are popular, lol.

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-23-2005
Wed, 02-08-2006 - 11:55pm

I live in Colorado, and most every little girl is named one of the following names...

Ella
Lily
Isabella
Maya
Caitlin
Madison
Macaela
or
Mckenna

I a really sick of all of those names....

For boys, the only ones I notice as being pretty common are...

Aiden
Ashton
and
Tyler

But lately I've been paying more attention to the little girls b/c I'm expecting one!

Erin

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iVillage Member
Registered: 02-01-2006
Thu, 02-09-2006 - 2:20am
im in wisconsin cant think of boys names but for the girls
madelyn
madison
kaylee
taylor (that is a big one)
brynn
olivia
iVillage Member
Registered: 02-02-2006
Thu, 02-09-2006 - 12:37pm

Hi,

I'm from the United Kingdom (Wales to be exact) and popular names here tend to be more traditional names.

Girls:
Emily
Chloe
Jessica
Ellie
Sophie
Megan

Boys:
Jack
Joshua
Thomas
Daniel
James
Samuel

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-22-2005
Thu, 02-09-2006 - 2:42pm
Wyatt! That is another name I should have posted. I thought that was an Arizona thing because of Tombstone and Wyatt Earp, but see it is elsewhere too!
iVillage Member
Registered: 02-22-2005
Thu, 02-09-2006 - 3:02pm

I like this way of doing it...

I looked up the top 25 names in Arizona in 2004 on the Social Security Website. I was surprised that Kaitlin wasn't on the list, but if you aggregate the different spellings and add them up, it would be in 15th place. Here are how many kids I know with these names:

Boys:
Jose
Jacob
Anthony (1)
Daniel (1)
Angel
Michael (4)
Jesus
Joshua (1)
David
Joseph (1)
Luis
Ethan
Andrew (2)
Matthew (1)
Christopher
Alexander (2)
Ryan (3)
Jonathan
Gabriel
Tyler

Girls:

Emily (2)
Isabella (1 Isabelle)
Emma (3)
Ashley (2)
Madison (4)
Alexis
Samantha (1)
Abigail
Alyssa (2)
Elizabeth (1)
Hannah
Jessica
Jennifer
Olivia (2)
Jasmine (1)
Brianna (1)
Mia
Grace (1)
Victoria
Hailey (2)

Kaitlin/Katelyn/Kaitlyn: I know 6

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-15-2005
Thu, 02-09-2006 - 5:04pm

I would say one of the top girl names around here (AL) is Grace. Many people use it for a first name and call her Gracie, but it's also a popular middle name. Three of my closest friends have used it in the past five years, one is Gracie, one is Daisy Grace (Daisy is a family name) and a third named hers Abigail Grace (but she just goes by Abigail).

Like one of the PPs, said two-namers seem to be big here in the south. We are having a girl in May and a couple of the names we're considering are two-namers too. It seems like Mary-something is the biggest in our area.

As for boys, I'm seeing a lot of Ethans and Evans. Jack is popular too, in different versions: Jackson, Jack, and John but they call him Jack.
TJ
3ds
dd due 6-5

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-15-2005
Thu, 02-09-2006 - 5:06pm
Wow! Lots of us from Alabama!
TJ

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-05-2004
Thu, 02-09-2006 - 8:44pm
My kids aren't in school yet, but the names I hear all the time from playgroup and reading hour, etc. are definitely Jake/Jacob and Isabelle/a.

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