As someone actively trying to conceive a child right now (god I can't believe I'm saying that, does anyone on this forum actually have kids??), we're leaning towards "Sarah" if it's a girl, and no ideas for a boy. Looking forward to going through the first three pages of this thread for hilarious suggestions.
Nope. In fact, Right After Princess Diana's death, the number of people in the UK and Australia named Diana jumped significantly. Just like after twilight became super popular, the most popular female name has been Isabella.
That's not true.. that can't be true!! OH GOD, wont someone think of the children?!
It was number eight in 2004, then in 2005 when Twilight was released, it goes up one place, then 2006 it jumps two places to fourth most popular, then 2007 and 2008, it stays steady at second most popular, until 2009, at which point it hits the number one spot - with the Twilight movie being released in November of 2008, of course.
It seems the peak popularity of the name Luke doesn't coincide with Star Wars original trilogy, but peaks at the turn of the century, then drops off. Here is my hypothesis:
Those who grew up loving the original trilogy always liked the name, and at around 2000 they were having kids themselves. If they named their son Han or Chewie the Star Wars reference would be too blatant, but Luke was far more subtle. Then after the prequel movies came out, it spoiled the new parents' view of the entire franchise, so they avoided Luke from then on. Now the popularity of the name is dropping.
There is a fun chapter in Freakonomics which talks about baby names, their popularity, and the way that over time boys names become girls names, but almost never the other way round.
There is a fun chapter in Freakonomics which talks about baby names, their popularity, and the way that over time boys names become girls names, but almost never the other way round.
Weirdly, Jacob has been the most popular male baby name for apparently eleven years running.
There is a fun chapter in Freakonomics which talks about baby names, their popularity, and the way that over time boys names become girls names, but almost never the other way round.
Yea I enjoyed that names the Upper class use eventually start being used by the lower class which then causes the upper class to start picking new names and the cycle continues..
There is a fun chapter in Freakonomics which talks about baby names, their popularity, and the way that over time boys names become girls names, but almost never the other way round.
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It's pronounced "rahngvahld," for the curious.
Oh, wait, I forgot about Thaed. I think he's got kids.
Or, failing that, have 4 sons and name them Raoh, Kaioh, Toki, and Kenshiro.
Or Blarfingar Blarfingar, spelled Lee Smith.
Those who grew up loving the original trilogy always liked the name, and at around 2000 they were having kids themselves. If they named their son Han or Chewie the Star Wars reference would be too blatant, but Luke was far more subtle. Then after the prequel movies came out, it spoiled the new parents' view of the entire franchise, so they avoided Luke from then on. Now the popularity of the name is dropping.
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King George the Tyrant
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I know, correlation doesn't always imply causation, but it seems a decent hypothesis.
Girl: River
Would like a word from you from the grave!!!