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map of US with most popular baby names (LOTS of Isabelle and Jacob!)

b.heatherb.heather member
in November 2011 Moms

Map of the US with the most popular baby names in 2010 for boys and girls. Gives me pause about one of our names (William): https://i.imgur.com/LThmZ.png 

 

 

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Re: map of US with most popular baby names (LOTS of Isabelle and Jacob!)

  • Bananappeal145Bananappeal145 member
    Aww. Sad, it's blocked at my office. I'll have to look when I get home. I love stuff like that.
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  • ArcadianDreamsArcadianDreams member
    Interesting. Lots more variety in the boys, but Michael surprises me. I haven't known a baby Michael in years.
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  • RedCamaroRedCamaro member
    My DD was born in March of 2007 and we named her Isabell Marie. I had NO CLUE about the Twilight books. I started reading them December of that year and couldn't believe my eyes when I found out the character's full name! I don't know if her name would have shown up on any "most popular" lists, but I guess it wouldn't have mattered anyway to us. But looking at the map makes me think that most of the country is Team Jacob. Wink
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    I wonder why so many William's in the south? Apparently we need to live out east since our boy name is Logan.
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  • Carolyn002Carolyn002 member

    What do the different colors of the states mean?

    Nevermind, I think that was a dumb question.  They are just using different colors for different names.  I guess my brain isn't working yet today!

    Thanks for sharing!

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  • sbelle3sbelle3
    Good gravy! Makes me wonder if anyone names their daughter anything other than Isabella!
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  • MommaEricaMommaErica
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    What do the different colors of the states mean?

    Nevermind, I think that was a dumb question.  They are just using different colors for different names.  I guess my brain isn't working yet today!

    Thanks for sharing!

    Oh please, don;t worry about that being a dumb question.  When I first looked at it, bleary-eyed and half asleep earlier this morning I actually wondered how in the hell "Lake Superior" became a common baby name.  

    The map does make me worry about our future as a nation though when parents are predominantly naming children after characters in a poorly written trash preteen wanna be romance series. 

    Don't get me wrong, I really like the names Isabelle and Jacob.  If just one of them were top of the popularity charts, I'd call it a coincidence but the fact that BOTH names rose so quickly in popularity and rose together...  I'm sure there are a few people who didn't pick the names because of Twilight but, I'm equally sure that about 80% of the people who swear they didn't pick those names for that reason probably really did and it makes me sad.

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    I LOVE stuff like this- thank you for sharing!! I'm sending this to DH, too.

    Luckily, our names aren't on here, but I imagine my girl's name will be soon.

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  • BurghBornNRaisedBurghBornNRaised member
    I always loved the name Isabelle, it was actually my grandmother's name... until Twilight and my best friend just named her baby Isabelle.

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  • smilelarismilelari member
    It's not on the map, but Jack is also very popular right now and it makes me chuckle that 2 very popular baby names (Jack and William) are characters in Pirates of the Caribbean
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  • 718gemini718gemini member

    imagesmilelari:
    It's not on the map, but Jack is also very popular right now and it makes me chuckle that 2 very popular baby names (Jack and William) are characters in Pirates of the Caribbean

    Oh, I hadn't thought of that!  Oh well- our #1 choice of girl names (so far) is a big green ogre... lol  Smile

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    What do the different colors of the states mean?

    Nevermind, I think that was a dumb question.  They are just using different colors for different names.  I guess my brain isn't working yet today!

    Thanks for sharing!

    Oh please, don;t worry about that being a dumb question.  When I first looked at it, bleary-eyed and half asleep earlier this morning I actually wondered how in the hell "Lake Superior" became a common baby name.  

    The map does make me worry about our future as a nation though when parents are predominantly naming children after characters in a poorly written trash preteen wanna be romance series. 

    Don't get me wrong, I really like the names Isabelle and Jacob.  If just one of them were top of the popularity charts, I'd call it a coincidence but the fact that BOTH names rose so quickly in popularity and rose together...  I'm sure there are a few people who didn't pick the names because of Twilight but, I'm equally sure that about 80% of the people who swear they didn't pick those names for that reason probably really did and it makes me sad.

    Actually Jacob has been #1 on the Social Security name index for boys since 1999 and in the top 20 since 1990, so long before the Twilight book came out in October of 2005 (I do like the books, but I did have to look that up ;) ). Isabella also started its fast climb long before the Twilight craze. Its been in the top 100 since 1998, was 45 in 2000, 14 in 2002, 6 in 2005 and  number 1 for the past two years.

    I am sure the popularity of the books and movies has influenced some people in giving their Children these names, but the author was probably already inspired to use these names because they were already popular and commonly heard.

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  • Liz1485Liz1485 member
    imageMommaErica:
    imageCarolyn002:

    What do the different colors of the states mean?

    Nevermind, I think that was a dumb question.  They are just using different colors for different names.  I guess my brain isn't working yet today!

    Thanks for sharing!

    Oh please, don;t worry about that being a dumb question.  When I first looked at it, bleary-eyed and half asleep earlier this morning I actually wondered how in the hell "Lake Superior" became a common baby name.  

    The map does make me worry about our future as a nation though when parents are predominantly naming children after characters in a poorly written trash preteen wanna be romance series. 

    Don't get me wrong, I really like the names Isabelle and Jacob.  If just one of them were top of the popularity charts, I'd call it a coincidence but the fact that BOTH names rose so quickly in popularity and rose together...  I'm sure there are a few people who didn't pick the names because of Twilight but, I'm equally sure that about 80% of the people who swear they didn't pick those names for that reason probably really did and it makes me sad.

    Same. I always liked the name Edward until the Twilight craze, now if I named my future son that I think everyone would assume that's why I picked it.

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