Top Ten IRL

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Fri, 05-11-2007 - 8:00pm

Just thought it'd be interesting to note how many children with top ten names we each know personally (not just "I've seen Sophia at least three dozen times in birth announcements ). I'll post the *NEW* 2006 lists below, and you can just put the number you know next to each name or feel free to go into detail (we all know I'm long-winded myself ROFL).


Boys:



  • Jacob
  • Michael
  • Joshua
  • Ethan
  • Matthew
  • Daniel
  • Christopher
  • Andrew
  • Anthony
  • William

Girls:



  • Emily
  • Emma
  • Madison
  • Isabella
  • Ava
  • Abigail
  • Olivia
  • Hannah
  • Sophia
  • Samantha

Sorry! The chart below obviously got cut off, so I've copied the list above (easier to post your responses to anyway, so I've saved everyone some work LOL).




Top 10 Names for 2006


Rank
Male name
Female name


Jacob
Emily

2
Michael
Emma

3
Joshua
Madison

4
Ethan
Isabella

5
Matthew
Ava

6
Daniel
Abigail

7
Christopher
Olivia

8
Andrew
Hannah

9
Anthony
Sophia


William
Samantha



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Edited 5/11/2007 8:12 pm ET by mommyagain6124

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Registered: 12-28-2005
Fri, 05-11-2007 - 10:32pm

I'm not going to list adults I know, just kids:

Boys:

Jacob - at least 4
Michael - 2
Joshua - 2
Ethan - 0
Matthew - 2
Daniel - 1
Christopher - 0
Andrew - 2
Anthony - 1 Antonio who goes by Anthony, and 1 Tony (full name)
William - 1

Girls:

Emily - at least 5 (one goes by Emma)
Emma - 1 (not including the Emily who goes by Emma)
Madison - at least 3 (one spells it Maddison)
Isabella - 2 and 1 Isabelle
Ava - 2
Abigail - 1 and 1 Abby (full name)
Olivia - 3
Hannah - 1
Sophia - 1
Samantha - 1

I may know of more, but this is all I can think of at the moment.

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Fri, 05-11-2007 - 10:37pm

I'm not quite sure what age range we're going for here, so I'll do the 10 and under batch...of course, my batch is a bit skewed since I'm surrounded by theater people and academics, so most of the kids I know are named things like Chauncey and Asa and...well...Penn.

Boys:
Jacob: 1
Michael: 2
Joshua: 1
Ethan: 1
Matthew: 0
Daniel: 1
Christopher: 1
Andrew: 1
Anthony: 1
William: 0

Girls:

Emily: 0
Emma: 0
Madison: 1
Isabella: 0
Ava: 2
Abigail: 1
Olivia: 1
Hannah: 2
Sophia: 1
Samantha: 0

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Fri, 05-11-2007 - 10:41pm

I know ... I didn't specify. LOL


I did ten and under as well, but figured everyone could do it however they wanted. If I went all the way up to 30 or so, I'd have to count the dozens of kids named Michael, Joshua, Matthew, Daniel, Chrisopher, Andrew, Hannah and Samantha I personally grew up with. Whew! That'd be a ton. LOL

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Sat, 05-12-2007 - 12:21am
Ava is #5 on the national list, but #1 for Minnesota. I've seen a huge surge of the name since I named my dd that in 2002, before that I never saw any. Within 6 months until just about 6 months ago, there were at least 1 every Sunday in the birth announcements of our local paper. They have dwindeled though in the past half year, but I've seen a huge upsurge in Isabelle or Isabella.
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Sat, 05-12-2007 - 12:55am

I am in Australia but I have counted my close internet friends who are in America well as real life friends :)


Jacob-I do not know ANY Jacob's. It has been uber popular here too but I don't know any


Michael-1 who is 1


Joshua-7 My Joshua is 10, I know a 5yo, a 6yo,

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Sat, 05-12-2007 - 6:23am

Boys:

Jacob - 4
Michael - 5 at least
Joshua - 0
Ethan - 2
Matthew - 4
Daniel - 1
Christopher - 1
Andrew - 2
Anthony - 1
William - 1

Girls:

Emily - 4
Emma -2
Madison - 2
Isabella -1
Ava -0
Abigail-2
Olivia -2
Hannah -5
Sophia -0
Samantha-2

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Registered: 12-12-2005
Sat, 05-12-2007 - 10:31am

I don't post here much, but I like this thread, so I thought I'd try it out.

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Sat, 05-12-2007 - 6:05pm

Boys:

Jacob - 3 (2 are in 5th grade)
Michael - 1 (8th grade)
Joshua - 0
Ethan - 1 (8th grade)
Matthew - my son + a few that I've heard at school (don't know amy personally)
Daniel - 0
Christopher - 1, my son (5th grade)
Andrew - 1 (senior in high school)
Anthony - 1
William - 1

Girls:

Emily - 1 (5th grade)
Emma - 1 (older elem school)
Madison - 1
Isabella - 1
Ava - 0
Abigail - 1
Olivia - 0
Hannah - 1 (7th grade)
Sophia - 0
Samantha - 0

So I know some w/ these names but some children are older. I haven't run into ANY of these in my 3-year-old's circles or younger.

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Sat, 05-12-2007 - 7:34pm

Boys:

* Jacob (6)
* Michael (4)
* Joshua (2)
* Ethan (3)
* Matthew (2)
* Daniel (1)
* Christopher (5)
* Andrew (2)
* Anthony (1)
* William (2)

Girls:

* Emily (3)
* Emma (3)
* Madison (1)
* Isabella (0)
* Ava (0)
* Abigail (1)
* Olivia (1)
* Hannah (3)
* Sophia (2)
* Samantha (4)

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