2004 Top 100

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2004 Top 100
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Wed, 02-23-2005 - 10:17am

Here's the address-

www.parentcenter.babycenter.com/babyname/names2004.html
They make comments on the trends. Below are my predictions of which way each name is moving in 2005.

To sum it up, IMO- If C/K was the letter of the 90s, E- (including "ethnic") is it for 2000s, with a love for vowels in general filling out the trend.

Girls' Names
1. Emma - up
2. Madison - down
3. Emily - stays
4. Kaitlyn - stays
5. Hailey - down
6. Olivia - up - regionally VERY popular
7. Isabella - stays the same
8. Hannah - down
9. Sarah - about the same
10. Abigail - down
11. Sophia - UP - the number one name in the Northeastern regions
12. Kaylee - down
13. Alyssa - down
14. Madeline - stays the same
15. Brianna - down
16. Grace - stays
17. Alexis - down
18. Sydney - down
19. Samantha - the same or up
20. Riley - up, up, up - This is SO popular everywhere- watch it!
21. Lauren - stays the same
22. Taylor - down
23. Chloe - up
24. Ella - up, up, up - Ditto my comments on Riley. It's overwhelmingly proportionately popular.
25. Ava - up - Hasn't caught on in the South. This is the only thing keeping it out of the top ten.
26. Elizabeth - stays the same
27. Ashley - down, down, down
28. Makayla - down
29. Lily - up a little
30. Anna - stays the same
31. Kayla - down
32. Megan - the same
33. Zoe - up
34. Mackenzie - down
35. Kylie - down
36. Natalie - up but not much - Popular more by region
37. Allison - ditto
38. Maya - up
39. Katherine - same or up
40. Morgan - down
41. Mia - up - This one is sneaky, too because it popularity is spread out over regions, cultures, & social classes!
42. Jasmine - up
43. Isabel - up
44. Jordan - down
45. Rachel - same
46. Julia - up, another Northeast fave
47. Jessica - down
48. Savannah - down
49. Ariana - same or up
50. Victoria - ditto
51. Paige - up
52. Avery - same
53. Abby - same
54. Trinity - same
55. Brooke - same
56. Katie - down
57. Peyton - One of the few unisex names still climbing for girls
58. Alexandra - up
59. Jaydn - same or up
60. Rebecca- same or up
61. Jenna - same or up
62. Bailey - down
63. Leah - up a little
64. Gabriella - up
65. Faith - same or up
66. Caroline - up
67. Sophie - up
68. Nicole - same
69. Audrey - up, up, up - This is a biggie!
70.Gabrielle - up
71. Lillian -up
72. Molly - same
73. Ashlyn - same
74. Claire - up
75. Kennedy - down
76. Amelia - up, up, up - Another biggie!
77. Gracie - up
78. Marissa- same or down
79. Amanda- same
80. Erin - down
81. Destiny - down
82. Reagan - down
83. Kate - up
84. Brooklyn - same
85. Alexa - same or down
86. Jada - same or up
87. Mary - up
88. Angelina - same or up - Jolie is also climbing the charts!
89. Ellie - up
90. Danielle - same or down
91. Aaliyah - same
92. Alicia - down
93. Sierra - down
94. Gianna - up
95. Kendall - down
96. Charlotte - up, up, up
97. Maria - same
98. Autumn - same
99. Shelby - down
100. Amber - down

MY PREDICTIONS- This year's biggest jumpers- Audrey, Amelia & Charlotte with Riley, Sophia, Ava, Ella, & Julia pushing hard too. The hottest trend- Biblical and/or old names that begin with letter E--- I- is also big, and A- is always a fave.

The 1990s - On the way out- you can usually watch last decade's names topple quickly in the second half of the next decade (now)- Ashley, Jessica, Amber, Erin, Katie, Morgan, Sydney, Jordan, Mackenzie, Taylor - The exceptions- Lauren, Megan will hold steady (and possibly Rachel & Rebecca) with Caitlyn/Katelyn falling VERY slowly

Boys' Names
1. Jacob - down
2. Aidan - up, I don't know that I've ever seen a name move so rapidly. With its history and ethnic flair, I believe it has staying power.
3. Ethan - same
4. Ryan - same or down slightly
5. Matthew - same
6. Michael - down but it's rightfully stubborn
7. Tyler - down
8. Joshua - down
9. Nicholas - same or slightly down
10. Connor - should be moving down but the Irish trend will help hold it steady
11. Zachary - down
12. Andrew - same or slightly down
13. Dylan - down
14. Jack - up
15. Jayden - up
16. Logan - same
17. Caden - up
18. Caleb - down
19. Alexander - up
20. Nathan - up
21. Noah - same or slightly up
22. William - up
23. Jackson - same, this one's just about reached its potential, IMO
24. Joseph - same
25. Christopher - will fall, but slowly
28. James - up
29. Daniel - same
30. Benjamin - down
31. Anthony - same
32. Cameron - up
33. Austin - down
34. Evan - up
35. Luke - up, up, up Lucas, Luke are the "new" Jacob/Jake.
36. Gavin - up
37. Brayden - up
38. Brandon - same or down
39. Christian -same
40. John - same
41. David - down but only slightly
42. Sean - up, thanks to the Irish thing
43. Gabriel - up
44. Jonathan - same
45. Samuel - up, thank to the Bib. thing
46. Elijah - UP
47. Colin - up
48. Justin - same or down a little
49. Alex - steady
50. Mason - down
51. Jordan - down
52. Thomas - up
53. Hunter - down
54. Lucas - up
55. Kyle - very slowly down
56. Owen - UP - one of the few non-biblical, non-old, non-Irish names that will hold its own
57. Jake - up
58. Devin - same
59. Jason - down
60. Liam - up
61. Cole - up
62. Adam - same
63. Dominic - up, the new Anthony
64. Aaron - up
65. Ian - same or up
66. Hayden - up
67. Isaac - UP
68. Robert - same
69. Carter - same
70. Isaiah - up
71. Chase - down
72. Landon - same or down
73. Riley - down b/c of pop. as a girl name but only slightly b/c of the Irish trend
74. Eric - steady
75. Max - same
76. Nathaniel - UP - The new biblical hottie
77. Tristan - down to make room for "old" names
78. Brian - down
79. Ashton - same, but Asher is the "new" kid on the block
80. Brendan - same
81. Cody - down
82. Carson - down
83. Julian - up
84. Wyatt - down
85. Blake - down
86. Seth - same
87. Sebastian - up
88. Xavier - same
89. Will - same
90. Bryce - same or down
91. Garrett - down
92. Kevin - down
93. Sam - up
94. Patrick - same or up
95. Brady - up
96. Charlie - same
97. Parker - down
98. Trevor - down
99. Charles - same or up
100. Cooper - same
100. Timothy - UP
100. Henry - UP

The big movers in 2005- Aidan, Aidan, Aidan - along with Nathaniel, Isaac, Timothy, & Henry - Watch Dominic too. Anything Biblical and/or letter E is huge. I- is another fave.

The 1990s- Boys' names move slower and the following should've fallen down more than they have, but the Biblical wave is helping to hold them- Zachary, Nicolas, Andrew, Caleb, Daniel, Benjamin, Joshua- They will make a little room for "newer" Bible names. Same holds true for Irish- Ryan and Conner will make room for names like Brady & Liam, but hesitantly. The days for Cody, Austin, Parker, Bryce, etc. are nearly over. Michael & Christopher are over really, but their Biblical links and parents' honoring of fathers/grandfathers will hold them in. Watch Asher; it's the next big thing.

Early prediction for years ahead- the recycling of "girl" names for boys- Particularly Morgan, Sydney, Avery, Kendall

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In reply to: grantson
Wed, 02-23-2005 - 11:01am
I saw another list where Aidan was 1. I was going to use it, but not a #1 name-I want my baby to only have one name in school, not Aidan C. so we're going with Aaron, a little farther down the list.




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In reply to: grantson
Wed, 02-23-2005 - 1:19pm

I see a lot of my favorite girl names (Rebecca, Caroline, Paige, Leah, Danielle) are on the list. I do not see one of the names I intend to use (Annalise) and the other name I will use (Mary) is very very low on the list, so that is encouraging.The good thing about Mary is that you can pair it with any number of MNs and it can be unique.
I see pretty much all, lol, of my favorite boy names on the list. The two I've used already (Christopher and Nicholas) along with one of the MNs (Aidan ~ I had only heard it once when I gave him the name, I swear). Both of the names I intend to use (Joshua and Zachary) are on the list too, and one the MNs (David).
My sister and I were named 25 and 22 years ago, respectively, and both our names are on the list :) Guess they're making a comeback, although I'm not sure if they ever left the list.

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In reply to: grantson
Wed, 02-23-2005 - 2:31pm
One thing about this list is that it doesn't take into account multiple spellings of the same name. Because almost everyone who names their child Michaela spells it differantly (McKayla, Mikayla, Makayla, Makaila, etc.) the name isn't as high on the list as it should be. I'm willing to bet that Madison was actually number 1 in 2004, but people who are likely to use the name Madison are also likely to misspell it (Madyson, Madason, Maddison, etc.) the same way they do Michaela. Whereas people who use the name Emma or Emily aren't as likely.
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In reply to: grantson
Wed, 02-23-2005 - 4:35pm
Hi Ginger - any idea where they compile their numbers from? Just wondered because most of them don't seem to match up w/ the SSN #s that I have seen?! (I don't think the 2004 numbers are out yet).
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In reply to: grantson
Wed, 02-23-2005 - 8:20pm

Loved your commentary -- very interesting!


Here's another note from the babynamewizard.com site blog -- that the Parent/Baby Center list is quite inaccurate because of the complete absence of Hispanic names:


http://www.babynamewizard.com/blog/2005/01/did-you-hear-new-top-100-names-not.html


Interestingly, the Baby Center site says, ""The BabyCenter Baby Names List, which is the largest private list available, was compiled from more than 310,000 BabyCenter members who had babies in 2004. Our list combines names with the same pronunciation but different spellings to give a more accurate view of name popularity."

Becky
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wife to Nate

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In reply to: grantson
Thu, 02-24-2005 - 6:07am

You're right, it's not real.

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In reply to: grantson
Thu, 02-24-2005 - 9:29am

You are correct that it doesn't take into account multiple spellings. Neither does the SSA website. Each name is counted separately. However, if you added up every spelling of Michaela (which can be done by going through the SSA list of actual births) it still would not add up to the number of children who receive the #1 name. At least, not this year. One interesting fact that your post does bring to mind, though- I read last year that if you added up every name with the -ai, ay- (Hailey, Michaela, Caitlyn, Ava, etc.) sound in it used for girls, that "name" would outweigh ANY other name by 25 to 1.

Later, Ginger

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In reply to: grantson
Thu, 02-24-2005 - 9:43am

They use their members. But it is the largest non-SSA list available. I've analyzed this list (and so many others). I find it to be more accurate than the SSA. Why?

1. It comes out sooner. By the time the SSA list comes out (always the week of Mother's Day), the trends for the current year are in place! Forget last year!

2. It does use the most popular spelling of a name to represent all the children with a name that "sounds" that way (i.e.- Aidan). This is why it seems inaccurate. SSA doesn't add together all the names that sound the same. SO technically, SSA IS inaccurate, unless you're willing to take your personal time to add up all the Aiden, Aidan, Ayden, Aiddenn, Aidyn, etc.

3. It does lack the ethnic value because it is representative of the "computer population via its website." However, ethnic/culture names lack the population/numbers to make major waves in the naming trends at this point. If anyone is interested in multi-cultural naming trends, there are places that count those separately (ex. Non-White Top 100, Hispanic Top 100, Italian Top 100). But, these are done by private polls as well.

I apologize if anyone found this poll to be misleading or inaccurate. I've been studying names most of my life. I find this to be the most accurate poll available for overall naming numbers (names that are making waves). It matches almost perfectly with my log of last year's names using Web Nursery. And one more thing, it's rumored, by reliable sources, that Emily HAS been unseated by Emma on the SSA. We'll see... Later, Ginger

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In reply to: grantson
Thu, 02-24-2005 - 9:57am

I re-read my own post and it still isn't abundantly clear.

SSA- Doesn't add up multiple spellings of the same name. So if you must go in and add up all the kids with that name to find out if there were more kids with that name that it appears.

BabyCenter- Does add up multiple spellings but you don't have a way of knowing how popular the spelling Michaela is. They use the most popular spelling (Makayla) to represent the entire usage of the name.

However, the fact still remains that all the Makayla/Michaela/Mikayla together couldn't not replace the total popularity of the #1 name. At least not yet. I predict that the variants of Aiden may be able to uproot a #1 name in 2005.

Later, Ginger

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In reply to: grantson
Thu, 02-24-2005 - 10:01am

One more question....

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