1. I don't understand how this list translates a new trend to more traditional names. The list is pretty much identical to Babycenter's top names of 2007: http://www.babycenter.com/0_100-most-popular-baby-names-of-2007_3637303.bc. In fact, this list is pretty much identical to top names from the last decade.

"Emily" is out of the top 10 and "Lily" is in. Clearly this is a reflection on our economy! Oh, and "Jackson" was in Babycenter's top 10 last year - I guess because the presidential campaign dragged on so long.

This is all just PR.

Posted at 2:01PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Cmon Mom

2. it figures lilly would make it into the top ten. i named my daughter lilliana 2 yrs ago, and nicknamed her lilly, and everywhere else there was a lilly!

Posted at 5:37PM on Dec 11th 2008 by amberly

3. People are shying away from "original" names because names such as "Kerrigan" for girls and "Bryson" for boys are made up and RIDICULOUS!

Posted at 4:44PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Belle

4. No parents should name their kids a name that can be mis- spelled or made fun of. My name is Michele, and in school it was always mis-spelled or they called me Michael, or Mike.And I'm female. I never liked my name till the Beatles came out with that song "Michele". I named my kids Sonya and Jason. No one made fun of them. From Michele in Texas

Posted at 5:26PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Michele

5. Any name can be misspelled or made fun of. If your kids didn't get made fun of because of their names, great. That doesn't mean that in a different place, or a different school, with different people it couldn't have happened.
Would you have regretted your name choices had someone decided to make fun of them?
Sonya and Jason can be misspelled also. I've come across a few Jayson's recently and even saw one JaySun. I've also seen Sonya spelled Sonja.
And than some names even have multiple correct spellings. Rebecca/Rebekah, Brian/Bryan, Dylan/Dillion, etc.

Posted at 6:00PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Princess

6. I named my daughter Steffany, and people mispell it all the time, from Stephany to Stephffanie and everything in between. What that shows me is people are idiots who can't spell, because it's not rocket science! I think my spelling is very feminine and pretty and I wouldn't change it for anything. I used to wish I was named Julie instead of Joyce when I was younger, until I saw that there were an average of three Julies in every class in school but only one Joyce. I love my name and hope it makes a comeback in the future!

Posted at 6:03PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Joyce

7. AWWWWW come on...these are African American names and if you haven't noticed there are alot more white people than black in the U.S. Could that be the reason ????
Find something REAL to complain about PLEASE!

Posted at 5:39PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Jim

8. ... Those names aren't as popular, that's all.

Posted at 5:52PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Karis

9. I always thought that Aidan was a great name. I can remember first hearing of the actor, Aidan Quinn. (Shows how old I am). But, I think it is odd that you would name you child the most popular name or in the top ten. Who wants their kid to be another "Jennifer" of the 70's or a "Jessica" of the 80's. I definitely can agree with wanting a more classic name and not something crazy. I can see naming your child a great name and by the age of 5, it is very popular. You can't really forsee that, but try to be a little bit original.

Posted at 6:17PM on Dec 11th 2008 by dean

10. Hey if you dont want your kids name spelled wrong do like I did. My sons name is AJ and if you spell that worng you are an idoit.

Posted at 6:42PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Juanita

11. Ajay?

Posted at 10:01PM on Dec 12th 2008 by pbhj

12. I have a son named Ethan-he is 35 years old-who knew that I was a trend setter back in 1973? My other sons are Brett and Kyle, 40 and 37 respectively. My husband and I liked the names as they were not names that were easily converted to nicknames. They all grew into tall, handsome men and we are very proud of them.

Posted at 6:43PM on Dec 11th 2008 by MinneYatta

13. Letcia, Le kooka, Le Bumba, Etc. Are not Afro - American names. They are made up "Ghetto" names so they won't be associated with "Whitey". On the whole, blacks are far more racist per captia than whites. I suppose it has to do with the fact that they are less educated, and far more ignorant.

Posted at 6:58PM on Dec 11th 2008 by tojo

14. None of these sound original to me. I know you can't predict what will or will not become popular, but I'd be super disappointed if the name I picked for my child became another Jessie or something.

No one get me wrong... All of those names are great (I myself have a pretty unimaginative name), it's just my personal wish that my child's name be almost impossibly difficult to popularize (without being ridiculous, of course) ;]

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Posted at 7:06PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Erin M.

15. When I named my kids, I picked what I believed were old fashioned, not so popular names of today, but good strong names and names that couldn't be shortened. I named my sons Reid & Cole and my daugther, Chloe.' I thought I was being so unique when I named Chloe', but apparently every other Mother who had a baby that year named their daughters Chloe', too. There are three including my daughter in her class alone. Oh well, still love the name and haven't come across any other Reid's or Cole's.

Posted at 7:08PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Kim

16. Kim - I'm curious as to what year your daughter Chloe was born. My Chloe was born in 1985 and she has only once encountered another Chloe in our school system, although I do realize it has become a much more popular name in the past few years. BTW, Olivia Newton-John had a daughter named her Chloe a few months AFTER my daughter was born, and to this day some people ask me if I chose the name because I was "copying" Olivia Newton-John.

Posted at 9:19PM on Dec 13th 2008 by Sue

17. my sons names mispronounced all time they call him giovanni rather than his name and its not that bad i love my sons name and glad i chose it if ppl are rude and cant deal with face people can name there child whatever they want than just get over it they are not your children! btw my son is names Givonni Unique

Posted at 7:35PM on Dec 11th 2008 by beba

18. I named my oldest daughter Tessa and I've only heard it a few times. I named my second daughter Mya and it is around quite a bit but I didn't know that at the time. My son's name is Jacob. I knew it was a very popular name but I liked it. My youngest we named Nellie Marie in honor of my great aunt who passed away with cancer and to whom I was very close to.
All of my kids names have a special meaning and story with them and thats the reason why they were picked.

Posted at 7:39PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Christy

19. I think most people still pick their children's names based on their nationality. Irish, Jewish, Spanish, etc. Blacks, I think just put letters in a bag, throw them on the table an there's your name. Proud to be African, that's great, then pick some authentic names and not mumbo-jumbo crap.

If someone spells Stephanie as Stephany that's fine as well, but don't call them stupid when you decided to change the name that is commonly known.

It's all these people that are full of themselves with these names, whatever happened to Joseph or Elizabeth?

Posted at 8:21PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Bettyanne

20. Names do not follow the same rules as other words of a given language. The one thing that is always true about names is that there is NEVER any one correct way to spell a persons name sound. The only CORRECT way to spell a persons name is the way their parents spelled it on the birth certificate. Also, the correct pronounciation is the way the parents say it, regardless of the way it is spelled. The most outstanding example I have seen of that is [Featherstonehaugh], the name of a small state park near where I live. The park is named for the family of an inportant engineer that moved there from Englad in the 1800's. The proper pronounciation of this name (in England) is as if it were spelled [Shaw]

Other things being equal, it depends on where in the world you live. An earlier post mentioned once seeing Sonja as an alternate to Sonya. Go to Scandanavia and you will almost never see Sonya, they use Sonja. I have a sons named Kristofer and Karl, the Norwegian spelling in both cases as their maternal grandparents were both born in Norway.

Posted at 8:24PM on Dec 11th 2008 by jrAA123