So here you go. Here is the REAL Baby Name List for 2008, according to the math of a fellow pregnant lady. Yes, at times things like baby name lists do seem like the most important things in the world to us pregnant folk.
According to this NEW list, the top baby girl's name is not Emma, but... Sophia/Sofia, followed by Isabella/Izabella/Isabela and Ava/Eva/Avah. This list also shows the immense popularity of names like Kaitlyn and Addison, which are both spelled in many different ways.
A note about the spelling of names. From someone with a unique name that always requires me to spell it (except when talking to anyone at the White House), I have to say... Spell it the way it's supposed to be spelled. Yes, that's right, go for Jason and not Jayson. Spell the name Addison and not Addyson. Or Allison instead of Alison or Alisson. Get creative with the NAME, not with the spelling of it.
A couple more things about names I have learned in the past week...
The authors of the wonderful baby naming book from Aunt Missy have been busy! After their groundbreaking 1994 book "Beyond Jennifer & Jason," they came out with "Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Montana & Madison" in 2006. Their newest book, "Beyond Ava & Aiden," is due out on June 23!
They also have a great Web site called Nameberry that you can check for hot tips on baby names.
Here are some other great baby name Web sites:
- Baby Name Wizard, which has great information about the popularity of names and a NameMapper tool to see which names are more popular in different parts of the country.
- Nymbler, which provides name suggestions based on other names you input.
- You Can't Call It "It," a baby naming blog.
- Appellation Mountain, another baby name blog.
- Much Ado About Naming, another baby naming blog.
- A Name by any other Rose, baby name blog from UK.
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