East Coasters - Most Popular B&G Names?

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Registered: 04-07-2003
East Coasters - Most Popular B&G Names?
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Sun, 01-02-2005 - 12:52pm

To all you East Coasters....

What are the most popular boys and girls names in your area? Are there names on the rise? I'm so curious how the popular names seem to be different in different areas of the country.

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Registered: 01-05-2003
Sun, 01-02-2005 - 1:46pm

I live in Southern New Jersey - closer to Philadelphia, PA than NYC.

Mommy to Lawson Michael Binghua - born 8/8/06
miscarriage in November 2007 at 7 weeks
miscarriage in April 2008 at 8 weeks

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Registered: 04-04-2003
Sun, 01-02-2005 - 1:50pm

In the Western MA area these are most popular names:
(In random order..)

Girls:
Emma
Emily
Kaitlynn (Caitlynn)
Charlotte
Grace
Madison
Mackenzie
Lily
Elizabeth

Boys:
Jacob
Joshua
Samuel
Collin
Alex
Matthew
Riley
Devin

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Registered: 12-01-2004
Sun, 01-02-2005 - 4:56pm

I live in the Boston area, and here's what we see a lot of:


GIRLS:


Sophie/Sophia/Sofie/Sofia (#1 name in my son's preschool)


Kathryn/Katherine/Katie/Katelyn (etc.)


Madison/Madeleine (or anything else with nn Maddie)


Eliza


Emma/Emily


Chloe


Olivia


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Registered: 10-01-2004
Sun, 01-02-2005 - 9:41pm

I live in northern New Jersey right near NYC and the popular names are

Boys:

Michael - still very popular
Riley - popular for boys and girls
Ethan / Evan - very big
Connor - lots of them
Jaiden / jaden / jayden - big only with boys here
Jake - not jacob so much, just jake
Ciaran / Kieran - oddly becoming popular
matthew - but slowing significantly
other names that are around alot now- joseph, Tristan, Logan, Brian

Girls

Emily / emma - slowing down though
Madison - slowing down
Taylor - big here
Haley / Hailey / Hailie - BIG name here
Kayla / Kailey / Kylie - slowing down now
other somewhat popular - Kaitlyn, Hannah, Olivia, Georgia, Layla

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Registered: 04-07-2003
Mon, 01-03-2005 - 4:18pm
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Mon, 01-03-2005 - 4:48pm

Madilyn/Madison
Olivia
Sophia
Isabelle/Isabella
Emma/Emily
Caitlin/Catherine/Kate
Micaela/Mckenzie/Mckenna

Joshua/Justin/Jacob
Nathan
Alexander
Noah
Aidan
Connor/Cole/Colin