Maybe the Baby Boomers weren't so bad

[Eddie Teach]

Was playing on Sporcle, saw a quiz for top 2009 baby names. Here it is.

1. Aidin
2. Noah
3. Liam
4. Cayden
5. Ethan
6. Jackson
7. Landon
8. Jacob
9. Kaleb
10. Lucas
11. Braden
12. Benjamin
13. Gavin
14. Conner
15. Elijah
16. Oliver
17. Alexander
18. Owen
19. Gabriel
20. Logan
21. William
22. Tristen
23. Jaden
24. Cole
25. Asher
26. Jack
27. James
28. Chase
29. Nathan
30. Andrew
31. Elliot
32. Aaron
33. Colin
34. Greyson
Placement Name
35. Mason
36. Nicholas
37. Joshua
38. Dylan
39. Isaac
40. Matthue
41. Levi
42. Jasper
43. Zachary
44. Carter
45. Nathaniel
46. Evan
47. Sebastain
48. Dominick
49. Wyatt
50. Henry
51. Ryan
52. Michael
53. Luke
54. Emmett
55. Ian
56. Micah
57. Finn
58. Samuel
59. Adam
60. Xander
61. Daniel
62. Seth
63. Parker
64. Rider
65. Edward
66. Xavier
67. Max
68. Damien
Placement Name
69. Jonah
70. Miles
71. Adrain
72. Tyler
73. Christopher
74. Isaiah
75. Carson
76. Eli
77. Thomas
78. Holden
79. Hayden
80. David
81. Cameron
82. Joseph
83. Austin
84. Hunter
85. Colton
86. Brody
87. Blake
88. Rhys
89. Gage
90. Jonathan
91. Rylee
92. Joel
93. Brandon
94. Jude
95. Jason
96. Anthony
97. Nolan
98. Cooper
99. Maddox
100. John

[CountDeMoney]

Looks like a list of emo abstinence-porn vampires.



We named the dog Aidin.

[Josquius]

Liam is pretty much the only one of the top 10 which wouldn't have been beaten up when I was a kid.

I predict: a very succesful boxer in 3 decades time called Noah.

I must comment also:

66. Xavier

[Valdemar]

I fail to see what is wrong with Jacob, Lucas and Benjamin.

Hugely popluar names here every 10 or so years.

V

[Grey Fox]

Except some lame spelling, what's wrong?

[Grallon]

Not enough elven names in that list 




G.

[Caliga]

Is that a list of US baby names?  If so, we seem to be suddenly obsessed with the Irish for some strange reason.

[Eddie Teach]

Except some lame spelling, what's wrong?

The cutesy spelling and faux Gaelicisms are annoying but the main problem is the excessive trendiness. Earlier generations saw more gradual shifts in what names were popular and what names weren't. This generation has picked names that wouldn't have been recognized as such when it was born. It's also thrown most of the more traditional names by the wayside.

If you still need convincing, look at names 1, 4, 11, and 23(and to a lesser extent, 79).

[Grey Fox]

I see.

It's not because we don't name our kids : Sifroid, Nazaire, Alfée that's it's all lame tho.

[Admiral Yi]

Who's doing all the Old Testament names?

[Caliga]

Who's doing all the Old Testament names?

[Cerr]

Ugh, misspelled versions of Aidan and Conor.

At least Liam isn't misspelled too. Never heard of any Americans named Liam. I wonder why that's become popular in the US. Maybe due to Liam Neeson.

[jimmy olsen]

Ugh, misspelled versions of Aidan and Conor.

At least Liam isn't misspelled too. Never heard of any Americans named Liam. I wonder why that's become popular in the US. Maybe due to Liam Neeson.

I had a kid named Liam in my high school class.

[Valdemar]

Who's doing all the Old Testament names?

Esp. David and Jakob are quite popular here, has always been. Ofc so is Christian 

V

[DisturbedPervert]

How did they get this list?  Is it some kind of poll or actual birth records?  I'd think the top of the list would be dominated by Hispanic names.