Trend Report: The Hottest Baby Names of 2010

after two children, 5 grandchildren and two great grands, i am disappointed that our family surname has become passe. please try and honor your most beloved family members by giving them a name sake. my most treasured gift, my family. be happy if you can.

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Top 5 African American baby names for 2010:
Girls: Shimika, Tamika, Kmartina, Clamidia, Shithead.
Boys: Yukon Danali, Navigator, Demarcus, Malcom, Hussein

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Years ago, the names were plain and simple and there was a variety. When they started with the Brittany and similar names, half the class had the same three or four names. Many people like biblical names, and some of those country names are something else. After the movie "Roots", then came the hard to pronounce and spell so-called African/black names and all the young mothers went crazy. They made up names, they put parts of one and parts of another and made a 9 syllable name. This went for boys and girls. I think that trend is way too much, and some of those children resent their names.

To me, if you want something different but want your child happy, do the following - first name something nice and simple, middle name can be unusual (never used maybe just the initial). This way everyone gets a say. I think it is most important to consider the child and what will be fashionable and/or criticized a dozen or so years later. What is fun to a 20 year old mother NOW will haunt her when she matures and hates what she did.

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I don't think you should judge a person by their name. It's like judging a book by its cover. . . it'll fool you every time. I've never had a problem with my name, I guess that's why i'm not as passionate as some of you on here. My mom chose the name Elaine because she thought it was cute for a little girl. Her first choice was Beth. I don't know how she thought that would be cute for anything. Both my parents are black, so I don't really know what you mean when you say African-American names are hard to pronounce or have silly meanings. Elaine is easy to say and it means light.

I've been told I have a "white name" but, I don't pay much attention to comments like that. I think it's really a silly thing to say.

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My granddaughter named her baby boy Carter. It's not a "whitey" name as he's a mixed race child and the most perfect, beautiful baby in the world - not to mention the smartest!

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Phineas. Yeah, right. Whoever wrote this didn't check with all sources before putting the lists together.

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When I was born,for some unGODly reason my Mother saw fit to give me the hated name of Erma! My entire life (77yrs.) I've heard it 3 times.When I was 10 years old I read a story about a girl named "Jeanetra" From that very day,I've signed my name and been called jeanetra.My Social Security,my Veterans and every other offical busines reconizes me as jeanetra.WHEREVER Mother ever got that horrible name to bestow on her child I'll never know!

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A word to the wise for any parent who's trying to decide the perfect name for their child is to make sure that anyone can easily pronounce it upon first sight. If people have to struggle to figure out how to pronounce it, you should already know it's not a name you want your child to have. I don't want to hear about how much you want to name your child some unrecognizable name because your country of origin, your family traditions or the part of the U.S. you grew up in. The name you pick out for your child can and will often determine your child's future. Employers have to read resumes everyday, and I promise you that they will not even attempt to call a person for an interview the majority of the time if they can't figure out how to pronounce the person's name. If it's a struggle for them to pronounce, they know it will be a struggle for all of their customers to pronounce as well. Never venture to far off the beaten path when naming your child. It's their future that's at stake.

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The bottom line is you should really take time to think about how your childs name will impact their life. I think it should be something meaningful to you and your family. Whether that be a family name or just has a meaning that you would think could be suiting to your child and their life. When choosing names for my children I said them aloud and wrote them out. I also researched a little on the meaning of the names. All of my kids names carry a meaning special to me in some way and the kids love when I share with them the meaning in choosing their name and how special and how much thought I put into them. That should be what is important.

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I don't see Hussein or Barak on the list. You would think the liberals would honor their god by naming their prodigy after their leader.

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I don't think so I don't know of anyone who has named there child any of those names.
In Ga.
Myleigh
Jayden
caden
Aiden
savanah

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What about the name Majestic?

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Some of you are accusing others of making these names up....Truth is stranger than fiction, folks! Any you know it!!! Football star "Peerless" Price is so-named because his mother saw a moving van with that name and liked it. TRUE STORY! Look it up. I worked with this guy who named his oldest daughter "Leukemia" because her mother was ill with the disease while she was pregnant.....SWEAR TO GOD I am not making that up.

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I have twin boys who are 3.5 and I wanted them to have traditional Irish/Scottish names since that is their heritage. I have loved the name Aiden for almost 25 years and refused to use it since it was the new Michael. Now I see how absurd that thinking is. I have a Liam Adam and a Sean Keegan, and I see Liam is on the rise. That is just fine, the wonderful thing about having your own kids is you can name them however you like.Last time I checked, these names are not copyrighted. I was one of about 8 Jennifers in my grade alone, it happens.

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Ahhhhhh Sookie Sookie now

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I chose the name Ashlen for my son (pronounced as it looks Ash-Len), but we just call him Ash.

After I had him, I was at the doctor's office for my 6 week check-up. They had called one girl up and her same was "Euthanasia". Another was called up about 20 minutes after her, and her name was "Vagina" (pronounced Va-Juh-Nay).

I chose my sons' name because I loved it and it wasn't heard of too often. But what makes people give their kids names like THAT?

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Look at some of these names and you will see that there is a connection between characters from hit tv shows and other pop culture. For example, *SOOKIE* is from the tv show Gilmore Girls. Olivia is also from tv and from children books that have been out for some years now. There is definite correlation with the top girls' names and Jane Austin books/now movies...... The top girls names are mostly from traditional English (England) and French names. I can only imagine that Phineas is a top riser now because there is a Disney cartoon called *Phineas and Ferb* and it will come from the parents who have to watch with the kid(s) they already have. We as a society look @ entertainment so much more now than past generations....would it not be a logical conclusion that baby names would naturally come from the entertainment we (society) takes in on a daily basis. All of this is a guess.....

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