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Last week I gave you BabyNameWizard.com's forecast of the hottest rising baby names of 2009. But do you know what's hot right now? BNW's annual "Baby Name Pool" lets you match your sense of name style against readers from across the country.
The idea is simple: say which names you think rose and fell the fastest in 2009. But that turns out to be a bigger challenge than you might think. Judging from the top rising names of 2008, you'll need both an ear for names and an eye for pop culture. The hot names of that year leaned toward reality TV figures like Khloe, as in Kardashian, and Aaden, one of the eight young children of the Gosselin family. But "smiley" sounding names were powerhouses, too. Marley, Caylee, Miley, Marely and Marlee were all top-10 risers.
On the falling side, you might be able to catch a celebrity name falling from grace. More likely, though, you'll have to wrack your brain to come up with names you don't hear on the playgrounds anymore. (When was the last time you met a little Keith or Denise?)
Want to play? You can enter your own predictions until April 15. The top baby name style mavens will be crowned in May, when the government releases the official name popularity figures. Good luck, name lovers!
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5-07-2010 @ 5:14PM
E.Kubin said...Where is Elizabeth?
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