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Alaska's First Baby Will Be a Boy
Filed under: Bump Watch, Celeb Kids
And apparently, it's a boy!
Palin's father, Chuck Heath, let is slip that Alaska's most famous unmarrieds are having a son. When asked about a name, he joked, "Oscar . . . No, I'm just kidding. They don't have a name for it yet."
Hmm. I wonder if anyone has suggested Zamboni?
Top Baby Names 2008
The results are in and the top baby names for 2008 have been determined according to Babycenter.com. And despite the celebrity weirdness of late (Zuma Nesta Rock? Bronx Mowgli?) average parents are sticking with average names for their offspring.
For boys, Aiden retained his spot as the number one name (a position held since 2005), followed by Jayden, Ethan and Jacob. For the girls, Emma made a return to the number one position, knocking off last year's Sophia and beating out Isabella and Olivia. Seeing as how this was an election year, it isn't surprising to find that presidential names were popular with lots of boys being named Jackson and Tyler and girls getting Madison, Taylor and Kennedy.
Babycenter's editor-in-chief, Linda Murray says the results show a trend toward classic and old-fashioned names. "Times have changed and people are taking the world more seriously, affected by what is going on the world," she said.
Yes, it seems that most parents don't want their children being teased and chose names that would reflect something positive about them. For boys, parents said they wanted names that represented strength, kindness and compassion, compared to the strength and individuality they were going for in 2007. For girls, parents were looking for something that expressed kindness, compassion, intelligence and strength. Last year, they were looking for femininity and individuality.
I can't help but notice that for both boys' and girls' names, parents seem to have lost the desire for names that express individuality. Why do you suppose that is?
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Top 10 Boys Names
10. Matthew
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9. Logan
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8. Jack
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7. Noah
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6. Jackson
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5. Caden
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4. Jacob
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3. Ethan
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2. Jayden
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ReaderComments (Page 5 of 11)
12-18-2008 @ 6:05PM
scoobe2 said...obviously sarah and company arent too conservative. if they were her daughter would have been married before announcing to the world she was knocked up. amazing how republicans love to make comments about people lacking morals etc and she didnt make her daughter and her baby daddy do the right thing. god knows if this was a dems kid they would be crucified. poor baby being born to 2 children who are not ready or mature enough for parenthood.
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12-18-2008 @ 6:09PM
kittywhiskywhiskers said...Listen up. *JAYNE*.............I had my son 28 days after my 17th birthday....(yes, I was married to his father)...and my husband and I liked each other since we were beginning 7th grade!! So it *is* possible for teenagers to be together for a "long time". Not probable, but possible. My best friend had a crush on her now-husband ever since they were kindergarteners! Hubby and I will celebrate our 27th anniversary in April. So there. (Nice, mature language, BTW...hope you don't kiss your own mother with that filthy mouth.) And a great big **AMEN** to Truckeray!! My sentiments, exactly.But then again...what do you expect from some Democrats but unreasonable anger issues? (NOTE...I said *some*, before y'all start bashing me left and right.......most I've come across are extremely angry people, but not all.)
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12-18-2008 @ 6:20PM
Pat said...Who the hell cares? I just want the Palins, mostly Sarah Palin, to disappear. I don't care if she marries her "baby daddy." I don't care about these people except that they disappear, go away, please. Haven't they given America enough headaches?
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12-18-2008 @ 6:18PM
madsahader said...I think the whole thing is hilarious. Sarah Palin and her Republican worshippers are against sex education, against birth control, against abortion, and preach jest say no...and a few days after McCains disasterous choice the whole country gets to see just how well sticking her head in the sand paid off. Who wants to bet she went off into a tongue speaking tirade when she found out her baby bible thumper was preggers?
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12-18-2008 @ 6:25PM
draoya said...susan wagner, i think True American put it very nicely. in fact, too nicely - because i think you are a complete b*tch. i came on here expecting to read just a simple baby announcement. but you had to go there didnt you? i can almost picture you maliciously typing "yeah we had almost forgotten about her (Sarah Palin) too" i bet you felt pretty proud of yourself, didnt you? you scum! Gov. Palin is more of a woman than you could ever dream of being. Bristol is probably more of a woman than you! they represent everything good about families, and i am happy for Bristol.
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12-18-2008 @ 6:29PM
James Barton said...I cannot not belive some of the comments that I have read here. It is quite obvious that some of you have a hatred in the area that your heart should be. I say that because if you truley had a heart you would never be able to say those hateful things (JAYNE). You said thank GOD, but I don"t think you know GOD, because if you did, you never would have said those things. May GOD bless you, the Palins and AMERICA.
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12-18-2008 @ 6:29PM
Ray said...Sure you aloof freaks had "forgotten" about Sarah Palin. You just wish you had but your perverse nightmares keep reminding you.
Go ahead and compare her to Caroline Shikelgruber or whatever her real married name is, who was born a Kennedy (we only suspect).
Comparing abilities and experience let's move the conversation to "survival skills for the outback." How's Caroline at shooting and feild-dressing a moose? Now come on...let's discuss "experience."
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12-18-2008 @ 6:34PM
dra said...marlene, i hope you dont have daughters, cuz you're cursing "yourself" with your words.
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12-18-2008 @ 8:25PM
camy said...I hope she doesn't name him Obama! What an Obamination that would be!
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12-18-2008 @ 6:53PM
Carl Hudson said...Can you call that hatchet job by wagoner an article? She is too ignorant to be a writer. She stands for hate and stupidity. But she very well reflects AOL's agenda.
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12-18-2008 @ 6:58PM
Deanna said...You really are pathetic! You call a young girl a "whore" because she got pregnant by a young man with whom she has been dating for a long time. If you look at the statistics, Buster, yo will see that 75 percent of all black children are illegitimate, and a large percentage of all teenage girls are NOT virgins. If young Bristol is a "whore" then Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn, Angelina Jolie and a good deal of te other women, much lolder women, must be "whores" too.
Try being kind and charitable. I am tired of all the young "whores" who have indiscriminate sex and then simply have an abortion to get rid of their "problem."
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12-18-2008 @ 6:58PM
joe said...Bring on the circ. Palin is a huge advocate of circumcision.
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12-18-2008 @ 6:59PM
frank said...And we should care why? This woman's 15 minutes of fame is over, move along.
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12-18-2008 @ 7:15PM
Missy1 said...You are missing the point of the criticism. Palin was against sex ed in schools therefore it is ironic that her unmarried teen (who by the way dropped out of h.s. five months before Trig was born) is expecting. Palin, like the precious "Republican base" she was chosen to attract, want to impose their judgmental brand of morality on the rest of us while they do worse, which is hypocritical. While speaking about Jamie Lynn Spears, Bill O'Reilly ranted and raved and blamed the "idiot parents" for allowing their teenager to get pregnant. When Bristol's pregnancy became public, however, O'Reilly said "it was a private family matter, that these things happen."
And to the person who had a baby at 17 after being with the boy since she was 12, well as much as I despise him, let me go O'Reilly on you: what the hell kind of idiot parents allow a 12 year old to have a boyfriend, spend large amounts of time with a boy/girl at that age or even have and keep a baby? In my house there are dating rules and curfews that are followed and teens are given some freedoms but supervised appropriately. That is what good parents do. In this day and age it is next to impossible to obtain and keep a good job even with a college degree. I cannot imagine encouraging a high school student to drop out and marry another high school dropout and try to raise a family. That is a disaster no matter how you try to spin it.
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12-18-2008 @ 7:27PM
Nancy said...Missy1.........Be careful what you assume, about your well trained, teenagers! There have been, many of 'Good' parents who have thought they have done, everything, right, who end up with a surprise in the end. If teenagers want to be together, they will find a way. Some have such strick and God awful, parents, they are too afraid to go to them, for help. if something does occur and they find themselves, expecting. PLEASE do not make that mistake! Be sure to let them, know, you are there for them, even if they get pregnant, since that seems to be your main, concern. Many young girls and boys, destroy the child, destroy themselves, do all sorts of crazy things, to avoid, telling their 'good' parents! Don't be so smug about your parenting, skills, it too, can happen to you. Be loving and kind and educational but most of all, be open to your children and perhaps, they will trust you. I don't advocate, sex for teenagers, but for heaven's, sake, it does happen, we can't pretend it doesn't and it is usually, no one individual's, fault. Teenagers, in all of history, have been having babies! It is how they handle the situation, that matters, most. I think the Palins and Johnsons are handling this the right way for them. Respect that and move on.
12-18-2008 @ 7:04PM
lena said...ahhh bet she names the kid something like Bullet or Shrapnel or Truck or Train.....
Hey at least she didn't kill the kid. At least she's facing up to her irresponsible act(s).
The baby needs prayers though...teen parents usually don't make the best parents....Bet Palin does most of the raising of that child....
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12-18-2008 @ 7:07PM
Jubec217 said...You won. Let it go. Have any of you noticed how mature the conservatives have been since they lost. Can any of you Democrates say that you have behaved that way over the past eight years. Grow up.
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12-18-2008 @ 7:14PM
Deanna said...You really are pathetic! You call a young girl a "whore" because she got pregnant by a young man with whom she has been dating for a long time. If you look at the statistics, Buster, you will see that 75 percent of all black children are illegitimate, and a large
percentage of all teenage girls are NOT virgins. If young Bristol is
a "whore" then Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn, Angelina Jolie and a good deal of the female population, many much older than Bristol, must be "whores" too.
Try being kind and charitable. By the way, I am tired of all the young "whores," as you call them, who have indiscriminate sex and then simply have an abortion to get rid of their "problem." I admire much more the women who lives up to her responsibilities and has the baby and either keeps it or give it to a loving family.
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12-18-2008 @ 7:14PM
Mike Rostad said...Why doesn't Susan Wagner do something constructive instead of snooping for gossip in Alaska. She's obviously part of that National Inquirer mindset. She should spend some time with the Palins to learn what true character is. Get a real job Susan!
Mike
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12-18-2008 @ 7:07PM
Nancy said...I cannot believe some of you, people!!! What kind of hearts do you have, to talk so negatively, about an unborn baby and his or her parents and grandparents? The election is over, for now and let's make the best of it and put the nasty comments, aside. God Bless this new baby and it's, family. A true Christmas miracle is about to happen for them. This is what Christmas is supposed to be about, loving and caring in honor of our Lord and Savior. Even if you are not Christian, at least respect, those who believe. The remarks on here are ugly and mean and so are so many people in this world. You make me sick. I pray for your souls, I truly do and your families. They must really enjoy some of you, being in this world. Maybe you don't see this baby as a miracle, cause your own birth was not welcomed, which is why you have turned so mean. God Bless You, all and heaven help the rest of us.
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