Names from the SSA extended list for 2010 - renamed and extended

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Horrors:

Tinsley.

That makes ANY other -sley name awesome.  Even Kinsley is better than that.

189 parents named their daughter Peighton in 2010.

184 - Kailani.

183 - Everleigh.

 183 -Deja. 

177 - Paislee.  (I really want to see their sister Gingham.  Or Gingum.)

 Language crash:  175 - Estafany.

 170 - Sahara.  (Sisters:  Chihuahua and Gobi.)

 141 - Emmaleigh

136 - Alexandrea

 130 - Grayson -- for a girl????

 121 sets of parents still think that Jennifer can be made you-neeck through misspelling - Jenifer

120 - Monserrat - really???

120 - Whitley

120 - Taylar 

 119 - Makyla

119 - Remmington

119 - Tallulah - if the celebrities jumped of a cliff...never mind.

117 - Aime.  Oh, dear.

113 - Kensington - Where do you go from Remmington?

113 - Taytum

108 - Aiden (...)

103 - Kinleigh

102 - Saphira - they did NOT name their DD after a character from Eragon...

99 - Kierstyn

96 - Tierra

93 - Brayleigh  Wow.  That looks SO ugly.

 

Different and cool:

Antonella (171)

Yessenia (133) - I think you have to be the right ethnicity to pull this off

Lisette (110) 

Ida (99) - love!

Marianne (99) - shocked this is so rare

 Petra (98)

 Loralei (97)

Moira (97)

Ariadne (96)

Corinne (96)

Antoinette (93)

mrsb_IN

Reminds me of tinsel... and who would want to name their child after tinsel?

ColoradoAlly

mrsb_IN:

Reminds me of tinsel... and who would want to name their child after tinsel?

I'd rather name my baby Tinsel than Tinsley. At least tinsel is pretty.

da731

I have heard the name Tinsel just once, and that is by way of the actress, Tinsel Korey. (She plays Emily within the "Twilight Saga" films.) Tinsel. . . .

Also, isn't the feminine version of Lee spelled "Leigh"? This leads me to pronounce "Peighton" as "Pee-ton" and not "Pay-ton". Oddly enough, I find that both pronunciations are equally horrible: with or without the pee.

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da731:

I have heard the name Tinsel just once, and that is by way of the actress, Tinsel Korey. (She plays Emily within the "Twilight Saga" films.) Tinsel. . . .

Also, isn't the feminine version of Lee spelled "Leigh"? This leads me to pronounce "Peighton" as "Pee-ton" and not "Pay-ton". Oddly enough, I find that both pronunciations are equally horrible: with or without the pee.

There's "neigh," too, which makes parents do the things like Peighton.

I still say it looks like Pigton.

da731

Touch?.

Regardless, I'm still equating it with copious amounts of urine. Two thousand pounds, to be exact. . . .

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 Bad:

Inara - 93 - Okay, Firefly was a fun show, but not only did you name your kid after a TV character, but you names her after a wh0re

 Afton - 91 - flow gently sweet Afton...

 Jazzlyn - 90 - I would be remiss...

 Trinitee - 90 - I skipped the other misspellings, but this was worse.

 Chloee - 90 - Because Cloe is such a rare name that people will  mispronounce it

Divine - 89

Sailor - 89

Jayleigh - 89

Payson - 89 

Sincere - 89 -  I like virtue names, but NO

Ashlin - 88

Hartley - 87

Eternity - 86

Hailiegh - 86

Neveaha - 86 - oh, NO

Mattison - 85

Faigy - 84 - is this legit????

 Charisma - 83 - Charis would have been 100,000xs better

Janeth - 83

Reign - 81

 Kimberlyn - 79

Makenzy - 79

Arwen - 79 - Well, at least she's not a prostitute

Kloie - 98

Sequioa - 78

Shelbie - 78

Skyy - 78

Chole - 77

Kinzley - 77

Choie - 76

Sinai - 76

Aspyn - 75 It's a tryndee hyppee!

 Brynleigh - 75 - words fail

 Chesney - 75 - better or worse than Brynleigh?  Not actually sure.

Satdee - 76

 Naveah - 74

Madelynne - 74

 Gentry - 73

 Nivea - 72 -that was apparently some good lotion

Kennadie - 68

Ansleigh - 67

Lyrik - 67

Kerrigan - 67

Margaux - 66

Stormie - 66 - stripper

Salem - 66 - Wiccan

Brystol - 65

Emeli - 64

Guiliana - 64 - ex-mayor's fans?

 Jacklynn, Jadelynn, Jesslyn, Josilyn - 63

Marlowe - 63

Memphis - 63

Addalynn, Amberlynn - 62

Amethyst - 62 - I thought this was an awesome name.  When I was 8.

Cerenity - 62

Azalia - 62

Indigo - 61

Fallyn - 60

Italy - 60

Amiracle - 60

Lucianna - 59 - close to legit but terrible feminization

Sedona - 59 - Sienna's sister

Tesla - 59 (Okay, I like this better than Edison, BUT...)

Cosette - 58

Jenevieve - 58

Teirney - 58

Spencer - 57

Unknown - 57 -I hope this isn't really a name????

Breelyn - 56

Caileigh - 56

Destany - 56

Emberly - 56

Passion - 56

Waverly - 56

Christal - 55

Malayna - 55

Monet - 55

Dynasty - 54

Ocean - 54

Paizley - 54

Abbagail - 54

Paytin - 53

Richelle - 53

Jensen - 52

Julian - 52

Katlynn - 52

Payden - 52

Taelynn, Taelen - 52

Amor - 51

Adleigh -50

Eowyn - 50 *sigh*

Rylei - 49

Okay, at this point, it's shooting fish in a barrel....

 

 

Good:

Rosalinda - 89

Octavia - 88

Acacia - 88

Calliope - 86

Blythe - 83

Rosalia - 79

Elodie - 75

Demetria - 68 

Lenora - 68

Mattea - 61

Eleanora - 56

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da731:

Touch?.

Regardless, I'm still equating it with copious amounts of urine. Two thousand pounds, to be exact. . . .

*snork*

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Okay, new rule for me:  Below 50, it must be eye-wateringly bad to get a mention

Note:  I took a break and my categories got messed up--oops.  Fixed now!

Again, ALL GIRL NAMES

 Messiah - 49

Aidyn - 49

Hayven - 48

 Liriq - 48

Ramsey - 48

Jerzie - 47

Kelcie - 47

Brecklyn - 45

Dasani - 43

Denali - 41

Nahomy - 41(And Noemy - 36)

Envy - 40 -SERIOSULY???

 Alley - 39

Anderson - 39

Camari - 39 - Squid?  A car?  Katamari Damacy? What was their inspiration?

Fanta - 39

Pessy - 39

Ripley - 39

Blimy - 38

Cambry - 38

Sephora - 38

Spirit - 38

Nehemiah - 36

Paisleigh - 36

Trinidy - 36

I cannot even count the butcherings of Peyton.  Tphey go on and on and on....

More bad ones that accidentally got appended to my first good list when I came back:

 

Aryan - 34

Empress - 34 -Queenie just not enough, huh?

Avari - 34

Camora - 34

Evony - 34 - After the free online game that everyone loves to hate.  AWESOME.

Wisdom - 34 - Sophia was the name you were looking for

Nirvana - 33

Zyon - 33

Jezabel - 32

Kamri -32

 Sparrow - 32

Syncere - 32

Berlynn - 31

 Devina - 30

Dorian - 30 -Gray?

Brecken - 30

Harlem - 30

Seneca - 30

Langston - 29

URBAN LEGEND PROVED!!! Female - 28

Raygen -27

Vega - 27

Chastity - 26

Caprice - 26

Heavenlee - 26

Majesty - 26

Pheonyx - 26

Novella - 26

Xoe - 26

Tiarra -26

Uriah - 26

Torah - 26

Albany - 25

Allura - 25

Ellora - Ellora's Cave.  Look it up.  The name was invented for the erotica imprint.

 Izabellah - 25 - worse than most Isabel butcherings

Lady - 25

 Nazareth - 25

Nautica - 25

Palin - 25

Saffron - 25 - now we know Indigo's sister

Abcde - 24 (!!!!) - now THAT looks like an urban legend

Apple - 24 

Alden - 24

Elliotte - 24

Vesper - 24

Beau - 23

Daleah - 24

Delicia - 23 - yep, legit, no, I don't care

Finley - 23

Lavender - 23 - more from the color sib group.  Violet = awesome, Lavender = awful

 Bijou - 22 - dog name, might as well call her Fifi

 Khori - 22

Kindle - 22

Skarlette - 22

William - 22

Cherry - 21

Gypsy - 21

Favour - 21

Jeweliana - 21

Navy - 21

Pixie - 21

Praise - 21

Wesley - 21

 

Good: 

Theodora  - 47

Eloisa - 43

Niamh - 41

 Talitha - 40

Acadia - 38 - okay, this is marginal for me...

Mairead - 36

Orianna - 36

Clarice - 35

Ursula - 32

Philomena - 31

Violetta - 27

Consuelo - 27

Domenica - 26

Mireille - 25

Thania - 25 - 50,000xs better than Tiffany

Angelisa - 24 

Vivica - 23

Florencia - 21 - Florence = uh, but I like Florencia

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Inara - 93 - Okay, Firefly was a fun show, but not only did you name your kid after a TV character, but you names her after a wh0re

 Afton - 91 - flow gently sweet Afton...

 Jazzlyn - 90 - I would be remiss...

 Trinitee - 90 - I skipped the other misspellings, but this was worse.

 Chloee - 90 - Because Cloe is such a rare name that people will  mispronounce it

Divine - 89

Sailor - 89

Jayleigh - 89

Payson - 89 

Sincere - 89 -  I like virtue names, but NO

Ashlin - 88

Hartley - 87

Eternity - 86

Hailiegh - 86

Neveaha - 86 - oh, NO

Mattison - 85

Faigy - 84 - is this legit????

 Charisma - 83 - Charis would have been 100,000xs better

Janeth - 83

Reign - 81

 Kimberlyn - 79

Makenzy - 79

Arwen - 79 - Well, at least she's not a prostitute

Kloie - 98

Sequioa - 78

Shelbie - 78

Skyy - 78

Chole - 77

Kinzley - 77

Choie - 76

Sinai - 76

Aspyn - 75 It's a tryndee hyppee!

 Brynleigh - 75 - words fail

 Chesney - 75 - better or worse than Brynleigh?  Not actually sure.

Satdee - 76

 Naveah - 74

Madelynne - 74

 Gentry - 73

 Nivea - 72 -that was apparently some good lotion

Kennadie - 68

Ansleigh - 67

Lyrik - 67

Kerrigan - 67

Margaux - 66

Stormie - 66 - stripper

Salem - 66 - Wiccan

Brystol - 65

Emeli - 64

Guiliana - 64 - ex-mayor's fans?

 Jacklynn, Jadelynn, Jesslyn, Josilyn - 63

Marlowe - 63

Memphis - 63

Addalynn, Amberlynn - 62

Amethyst - 62 - I thought this was an awesome name.  When I was 8.

Cerenity - 62

Azalia - 62

Indigo - 61

Fallyn - 60

Italy - 60

Amiracle - 60

Lucianna - 59 - close to legit but terrible feminization

Sedona - 59 - Sienna's sister

Tesla - 59 (Okay, I like this better than Edison, BUT...)

Cosette - 58

Jenevieve - 58

Teirney - 58

Spencer - 57

Unknown - 57 -I hope this isn't really a name????

Breelyn - 56

Caileigh - 56

Destany - 56

Emberly - 56

Passion - 56

Waverly - 56

Christal - 55

Malayna - 55

Monet - 55

Dynasty - 54

Ocean - 54

Paizley - 54

Abbagail - 54

Paytin - 53

Richelle - 53

Jensen - 52

Julian - 52

Katlynn - 52

Payden - 52

Taelynn, Taelen - 52

Amor - 51

Adleigh -50

Eowyn - 50 *sigh*

Rylei - 49

Okay, at this point, it's shooting fish in a barrel....

 

 

Good:

Rosalinda - 89

Octavia - 88

Acacia - 88

Calliope - 86

Blythe - 83

Rosalia - 79

Elodie - 75

Demetria - 68 

Lenora - 68

Mattea - 61

Eleanora - 56

 

 

 

I do agree with most, but Arwen is a legit name, its old welsh and means "fine/fair".

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Amen - 20

Americus - 20

Brodie - 20

 Charm -20

Freedom - 20

Mikelle - 20

Meryem - 20

Perl - 20

Raevyn - 20

Tempest - 20- in a teapot

Whisper - 20

Zoelle - 20

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Aunesty

Bethlehem

Azura

Epiphany (Theophania is SO much better!)

 Madyn

Merci

Naviah

 Paysen

 Promyse

Ryelle

Valkyrie

 

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Aerabella

 Brittanya

Electra - legit, yes, but this ranks with Delilah

Fantasia

Gardenia

 Infinity

 Micheala -- oh, SO close!

Rhyann

Shawn

Sereen

Storie

Taleigha - yes, this is Thalia

 Timber

Trany

Tennyson

 Royal

Witleigh

 

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Aberleigh

Allure

Belladonna - Salem's sister

Darling

Harlan

Havannah

Mable

 Memory

Quinley

Swayze

Tymber - oh, even better

Vaughn

 

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Brookley

Crosby

Davis

Denis

Destin

Jaydon

Jazzalyn

Jezelle

Maybelline

Melrose

 Temprance, Temperence

 Unity

 

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Atlantis

 Bowie

Callahan

Cheney

Demin

Daimonque

Dillon

Elexus

Era - legit name -- my Great Great Aunt Era married a minor scion of the Hogg family.  She was Era Hogg--until the divorce.  (There was no Ura Hogg.)  It's still awful.

Jennalynn

 Island

 Loyalty

Mecca

Starlette

Topanga

Tuleen

Tulsi

Twila - yes, legit name, also horrible.  I loved it when I was in elementary school.

 

Good

 

Dorothea - 20

Andromeda - 20

 

 

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Delphina

Odette

 Sitara

 

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Donatella

Inga

Svetlana

Zenobia

 

17

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Siomara (I like Xiomara better, just like Ximena better than Jimena)

Carmelita

 

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Pippa 

 

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 Celestina

Ginevra

 Safiyyah

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>I do agree with most, but Arwen is a legit name, its old welsh and means "fine/fair".

Not going to quote because mine is too long to delete--

I didn't know that!  Every Arwen I've met (all middle names) was named after the Tolkien character. I guess I'd do it if I were VERY Welsh.

Lucianna I was unfair to.  It really is a legit name, and if you're Italian, it's a fine name to use.  Otherwise, though, it looks like a forced feminization of  an increasingly popular boy's name.

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15 - 10 instances

Bad names (remember, all these are GIRLS):

Amarilis,F,14
Hadyn - It has a Y!  It must be a good girl's name!
Galilee,F,14
Heavenleigh,F,14
Henchy,F,14
Irlanda,F,14
Jinger,F,14
Kynzee,F,14
Montgomery,F,14
Myangel,F,14
Natividad,F,14
Parish
Rogue,F,14
Ruchy,F,14
Tigerlily,F,14
Treazure,F,14
Valentine,F,14 - Valentina, yes.  Valentine, no.
Winry,F,14
Zacari,F,14
Alyric,F,13
Aryelle,F,13
Blessyn,F,13
Bronte,F,13
Bryan,F,13
Cabella,F,13
Caeli,F,13
Calais,F,13
Connor,F,13
Dacia,F,13 - Roman province.  Also a car.
Girl,F,13
Goddess,F,13
Greenleigh,F,13
Hanalei,F,13 - Turn Homeward, Hannalee is a cool book.  Hanalei is a travesty.
Hennessey,F,13
Hilaria,F,13
Imunique,F,13 - Looks like an urban legend...
Jhoselyn,F,13
Jissel,F,13
Joshua,F,13
Kale,F,13 - Yum!
Kiki,F,13 - Dog name.  Not a name for a person over the age of 3.
Kit,F,13
Liberti,F,13
Marigold,F,13
Merrick,F,13
Mersadies,F,13
Nixon,F,13
Oakleigh,F,13
Orion,F,13
Socorro,F,13
Tawny,F,13
Trezure,F,13
Trinidad,F,13
Urijah,F,13 - Even for a boy, this is too much like Urea for me
Alabama,F,12
Ambriel,F,12
Amorette,F,12
Baby,F,12
Baleria,F,12 - B and V sound the same in Spanish, so this is a Spanish Yooneek spelling that destroys a lovely name
Beatris,F,12
Calypso,F,12 - Legit, but NO
Carmindy,F,12
Germany,F,12 - More countries, but the parents get even more ambitious further down
Justiss,F,12
Leaha,F,12
Mabrey,F,12
Monzerrat,F,12
Princesa,F,12
Purity,F,12 - Blanche would be better.  Or Jennifer.
Sammy,F,12
Shoshanna,F,12
Wrigley,F,12
Beauty,F,11
Blimie,F,11
Bradleigh,F,11
Cayman
Damariah,F,11
Exodus,F,11
Ferrah,F,11 - Fawcett
Jeremiah,F,11
Joplin,F,11
Kingston,F,11
Mystery,F,11
Name,F,11 - Not sure that this wasn'tjust left blank
Nigeria,F,11
Notnamed,F,11 - Again, probably left blank
Quetzaly,F,11
Rainbow,F,11
Sean,F,11
Shy
Sigrid,F,11
Sonoma,F,11
Spring,F,11
Troi,F,11 Commander Deanna...?
Turner,F,11
Tynleigh,F,11
Antonio,F,10
Atlanta,F,10 - Atalanta, yes.  Atlanta, no.
Blaze
Breckin,F,10
Cannon,F,10
Dynastee,F,10
Holiday,F,10
Jerusalem,F,10
Jezreel,F,10
Journii,F,10
Judea,F,10
Jyzelle,F,10 - The Gisele butcheries just keep getting worse
Leeloo
Kadin,F,10
Nashley,F,10
Naw,F,10
Oceanna,F,10
Odyssey,F,10 - ah, her is Sienna's and Sedona's sister
Poet,F,10
Rinnah,F,10 - boy name
Rmani,F,10 - I bet this pronounced "Armani" or Harmony without the H.
Rocsi,F,10
Safari,F,10
Saudia,F,10
Seirra,F,10 - spellng FAIL!
Sevilla,F,10
Shaddai,F,10
Shade,F,10
Shanty,F,10 - Brother:  Shack
Teal,F,10
Tennessee,F,10
Thora,F,10 - legit.  And NO.
Wyatt
Zachary,F,10

Ones that are good or at least interesting to me:

 Tanith,F,14
Tovah,F,14
Cleopatra,F,13 - Since I put Andromeda in "cool," I guess I have to put Cleopatra here
Augustina,F,13
Faustina,F,13
Olesia,F,13 (Ukranian!)
Sinead
Carlotta,F,12
Imogene,F,11 - British pronunciation
Cosima,F,10
Lysandra,F,10
Haifa,F,10
Solace,F,10 - Okay, I actually kinda like this name.  Shoot me!

curlylocks3

That list is full of awful but the one that really stuck out to me was the kids named after deserts.  Seriously, GOBI?  And that poor child named Chihuahua- I think I remember that it has one of the highest violent crime rates in Mexico.

AsOctoberFalls

I like Cosette (Les Mis). I also like Arwen/Eowyn (LOTR), although I'd never use them.

plunderb

You may want to consider your declaration of "urban legend proved" on "Female."

When parents don't fill in a first name on a birth certificate, the SSA often receives a gender, i.e. Female Jones. You also noticed "Unknown" on the list ? this is the same thing. You may also notice "Babygirl" and "Babyboy" listed in the extended list. These are just artifacts of data collection.

PhilsWife07

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Marianne (99) - shocked this is so rare

I love Marianne. I'm shocked there were even 99 of them. 

fallbride110406

Purity is a legit name. It's a Puritan virtue name going back several hundred years.

Kitty Holland

I wonder how many of the "Female" "Baby" and "No Name" are for poor still born babies that are not given names. They still get a birth certificate, so that might explain some of those. 

For place names, I actually like Calais and Montserrat.  

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 Messiah - 49 - Wow.  That takes guts to use this for your child's name.

Sephora - 38 - I LOVE my cosmetics but would never, never name my child after the store.  What's next?  Anthropologie?

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curlylocks3:

That list is full of awful but the one that really stuck out to me was the kids named after deserts.  Seriously, GOBI?  And that poor child named Chihuahua- I think I remember that it has one of the highest violent crime rates in Mexico.

It was a joke.  Sahara is the real name, but as long as you're naming ONE kid after a desert...

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AsOctoberFalls:

I like Cosette (Les Mis). I also like Arwen/Eowyn (LOTR), although I'd never use them.

I got the Cosette reference--it was part of the reason I think it's awful, honestly!

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plunderb:

You may want to consider your declaration of "urban legend proved" on "Female."

When parents don't fill in a first name on a birth certificate, the SSA often receives a gender, i.e. Female Jones. You also noticed "Unknown" on the list ? this is the same thing. You may also notice "Babygirl" and "Babyboy" listed in the extended list. These are just artifacts of data collection.

There are way more Females than Unknowns, Babys, and Namenotgivens.  When you're already marking "female" on the sheet...I'm betting a handful of these really are named Female.

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fallbride110406:

Purity is a legit name. It's a Puritan virtue name going back several hundred years.

So's Chastity.  They are both horrid to give a baby today.

Ms Molly

I love the second half of the list!