Inspiration: Colleges

plunderb

In honor of graduation season, here are some college names from the 2013 data (I didn't repeat state names):

Harvard: 9 boys

Yale: 7 boys

Princeton: 385 boys

Brown: 6 boys

Cornell: 56 boys

Penn: 53 boys

Stanford: 15 boys

Berkeley: 84 girls, 21 boys

Duke: 321 boys

Emory: 336 girls, 230 boys

Colby: 32 girls, 740 boys (most popular in Maine, home to Colby College)

Auburn: 40 girls, 6 boys (disproportionately from Alabama)

Baylor: 81 girls, 182 boys

Marquette: 11 boys

Drexel: 14 boys

Clark: 12 girls, 609 boys

Clarkson: 5 boys

Temple: 24 girls, 5 boys

Howard: 190 boys

Pace: 6 girls, 30 boys

Drake: 1,207 boys

 

Name potential: Columbia, Tulane, Clemson, Syracuse, Loyola, Adelphi, Azusa

catahoulatte

Wait. There are 12 girls named CLARK? And 24 named Temple?! Jeebus.

A fb friend has a granddaughter named Berkeley. Lovely little girl and they call her Berk. It's such a godawful unattractive NN. I feel like it comes out sounding like "burp".

plunderb

Here are some more:

Smith: 8 girls, 121 boys

Williams: 40 boys

Davidson: 19 boys

Hamilton: 85 boys

Bates: 6 boys

Kenyon: 120 boys

Lafayette: 17 boys

Whitman: 35 boys

Reed: 25 girls, 1,024 boys

Name potential: Pomona, Annapolis, Oberlin, Barnard, Bard, Willamette

plunderb

CatahoulaMom said:

Wait. There are 12 girls named CLARK? 

And 19 named Clarke.

Helenahhandbasket

I sort of like Berkeley, Drexel and Drake.

 

 

Helenahhandbasket

Joy2611 said:

Helenahhandbasket said:

I sort of like Berkeley, Drexel and Drake.

 

Helenah. 

I KNOW!!!

jf198400

I went to St Joseph's and have a son named Joseph. But it's pure coincidence I swear! I can't imagine who's naming their kid Harvard or Yale, pretentious much?

Helenahhandbasket

Oh come on @jf198400 - you know that if you name your kid Harvard-- he's totes going to go there.

plunderb

jf198400 said:

I went to St Joseph's and have a son named Joseph. But it's pure coincidence I swear! I can't imagine who's naming their kid Harvard or Yale, pretentious much?

I went to Brown with someone named Yale. Dunno if it was ever awkward for him.

Helenahhandbasket

I went to fashion school with a Chevron.

 

 

Just kidding.  I mean, I did go to fashion school, but I didn't meet anyone named Chevron.  I just wanted to fit in.

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