WHY did I not know this before?

hislobster05

The Social Security website (www.ssa.gov) has a baby name tool where it tells you the rankings nationally of baby names for the year and also where you can type in a name and a gender and how many years you want to know about and it will tell you the rankings.

I found out that Hunter for a boy has been waaayyyy popular for the past 25 years (in the top 100 every year) even though it wasn't that popular on baby websites or in my area.

Avalon (girl) hasn't been in the top 1000 for the past 100 years, so no ranking (yay for original names!)

Wilder (boy) also hasn't been in the top 1000 for the past 100 years.

Now I'm busily typing in different names we are tossing around for this little one and seeing the trendiness of the names we like rising....

seriously- way cool tool for people wanting to have a very popular name or a very unique name!

Kelli7025

I think you are a little behind on finding that website lol. Its referenced on this board almost everyday. When I have some free time I can easily spend 15-20 minutes playing around with names and trends and popularity on that site.

palmtreemandy

Yeah, i live on that website. But trendy or common names are like salt on a slug to me. I literally shrivel in pain. 

TheWop

palmtreemandy:

Yeah, i live on that website. But trendy or common names are like salt on a slug to me. I literally shrivel in pain. 

I live on that site too, and I also die a little inside when a name I like becomes popular. Luckily most of the names I like right now are either way low in the rankings or haven't been ranked in the top 1000 in years.  DD's name (Renee) is ranked #871 and that makes me happy.  Uncommon, but not weird. 

palmtreemandy

TheWop:

palmtreemandy:

Yeah, i live on that website. But trendy or common names are like salt on a slug to me. I literally shrivel in pain. 

I live on that site too, and I also die a little inside when a name I like becomes popular. Luckily most of the names I like right now are either way low in the rankings or haven't been ranked in the top 1000 in years.  DD's name (Renee) is ranked #871 and that makes me happy.  Uncommon, but not weird. 

I'm really shocked Renee ranks so low. It's like the middle name of almost everyone I know. right along with Lynn and Marie.

I always dreamed of a son named Noah in high school. Had to give that one up. And I really would adore a Lydia in the family. But had to pass on that too.  

Heartcease

Wow, I didn't know about that site either, I must have completely blanked on those posts heh.