Top Names of 2013

mj0413 · December 2013

So baby center just posted the top baby names of 2013 and totally rocked my world. Anyone else now rethinking their name choice(s)?

https://www.babycenter.com/top-baby-names-2013

(I'm on my phone, but looked through to see if this had been added yet and didn't see it. Sorry if it's a repeat.)

sugarland726 · December 2013

I am comfortable with where our name choices landed on the list. I am not happy about all the Y's littered throughout the various girl's names.

mj0413 · December 2013

sapatel1 I think this list is for worldwide babycenter users, but I'm not sure. I'm not sure how popular the site is in India or China, but it's pretty well-used in the US and Europe, I think, so I think the top names will differ slightly than any one country's official list.

@MarBee1214 I feel your pain! MH's picks are all in there and just getting more popular, but my two favorites (that he won't even consider) are nowhere close...

wedbliss5 · December 2013

Booo... our NN is up there, but whatever, I knew it was more popular. I'm still glad DD1's name is so low on the list though.

gracete · December 2013

Amelia is number 17

I didn't want a common baby name... OH WELL !

salsamommy · December 2013

I actually like the fact that the top contending name isn't on the list!

LuGal623 · December 2013

One of my fave boy names is up 2 spots in a year's time so I guess I am more willing to go with my back up which isn't even on the list.

@BMReid did you see you made the list?! And here you were the only one I know with that name.

tesskerr · December 2013

Our name is not on the list but all put middle name options are very popular.

mrsjenni · December 2013

Only one of my kids names is in the top 100 and I'm perfectly fine with that.

(And when I picked Carter's name it was #80 on SSA. Now it's #26 on the BC list... oh well, it's a great name!)

Deblondie1 · December 2013

Eh… Emme's given name is really high on the list but I've yet to meet another little Emily. The names on our short list for this LO are outside of the top 20 so I guess that's ok?

I never really pay enough attention to the name lists because the popular names are never really our style.

MeganWorden · December 2013

Woohoo! My LO's name didn't even make the list! My top girl's name is in the 50's but I would be okay with that.

BuckeyeMommy4 · December 2013

Ours isn't on there, but DD2 is Sophia and DD3 is Ella. In my defense, I picked them both out of a book that I had from 2005 and didn't realize they were so popular.

last14real · December 2013

We are not set on our name yet, I think that we have narrowed it down to two. I don't know if the list changes my mind, but it definitely has me thinking bc one of our names is in the top 5:(

ac1259 · December 2013

Well all of my favorite names are on that list but the 2 top contenders aren't top 10..I'm ok with that:)

DD1's name isn't even on there!

HeartOverMind · December 2013

My LO's name is onl the list... didn't really want a "common" name. But it's in the 40s; I guess that's acceptable.

PreDempsey · December 2013

Whoop! No Ashley's in sight! Joshua is #32 but I'm fine with it because it's a family name.

nolagal79 · December 2013

I admit - I was holding my breath reading this list hoping our name wasn't on there and was pleasantly surprised to not see it there!!

caraconner · December 2013

VERY happy to see that NONE of our potential names are listed/ woohoo!!

jgraham80 · December 2013

LO's name is #10 (Jack). Obviously I knew it would be somewhat common, but I actually didn't realize it was that high up. It doesn't bother me though.

FSUNole31 · December 2013

Baby girls name isn't on the list, but my sons name is (just not the way we spelled it). We are one of those people that some of you ladies would say went you-neek with his name. It is Kaiden for all you curious cats out there and I still love it.

mommabird77 · December 2013

2 of my contending names made the list, but they are down towards the bottom.

ChelsLBono · December 2013

Our girl name isn't even on the list... Boy name is #39.. not too bad! Not changing our choices though!! Team Green, so we have to have two names and middle names we both agree on! We agree, and we aren't budging!!!

OSUWifey09 · December 2013

Hadn't realized Mia would be so high up [#5]. Whatev. I won't be changing it, because H and I still love it.

Momto1goofball · December 2013

Considering we have yet to agree on a FN, I will be checking this list quite a bit. SO's top pick is at the bottom of the list which is okay with me. Her middle name isn't even on there. I wrote down a few names that I came across yesterday and showed it to SO last night. When he came to Aria he made a surprised face and said "it's different". I thought so but seeing as it's #27 on the list I guess it's only different in my region. *sigh* I wish we could agree on a name.

MIT721 · December 2013

Our girl name isn't on here! WOOP WOOP! And since we were team green up until about a week ago when the U/S tech slipped and told us the sex, the girl name is the only one we have to worry about right now. And totally agree with the PP about the Ys in girl's names. Why?! Why?! (Pun totally intended)

aessary03 · December 2013

lol, look! There's no Ozzy! I'm safe!

ChuggingWater · December 2013

aessary03 said:
lol, look! There's no Ozzy! I'm safe!

Same with Hoyt! No surprise there. Not even on the SSA top 1000 for the past 20 years.

ashleywiz · December 2013

Eh....all of our choices are somewhere on the list. I should go check regionally, though and see where they fall. I don't think I'd change my choice even if it was higher, but interesting to see where everything falls.

jknigh8 · December 2013

We haven't settled on a name for DD#3 yet, but keep going back to Aubrey which is #15. Considering I am a Jennifer of the 80's and never had a class in school where I wasn't "jennifer K" because there were always a handful of us, I have to say it doesn't bother me. I was a shy kid and it actually helped give me something to talk to other kids about having the same name. I would love our kids to have unique names, but if they are popular thats ok too.

OnBabymaking226 · December 2013

I knew we were choosing a VERY popular name when we chose (Emma), so this doesn't change my mind. I'm actually kind of happy to see it's #2 instead of #1. The popularity of the name was not something that deterred us, but I can see why some people like to avoid popular names.

(For fun I looked up our other favorite names for future children, and all are in the top 50 - we're boring )

gina0485 · December 2013

We're on the list but I'm comfortable with our spot

I wouldn't have changed it anyway.

worleygirl · December 2013

DS falls in the middle but his name is not super common in our area. This baby's name didn't make the list.

berenely · December 2013

Our boy name isn't on the list but our girl name is in the top 20 (something I wanted to avoid). However, it's the only girl name DH and I seem to agree on so I'm debating whether or not to do anything about it. And we JUST agreed on it - only took us 7 months of "What do you think of 'x'?" "Eh, it's not my favorite. What do you think of 'x'?"

LexGator · December 2013

DD's name isn't on there. Baby boy's name is in the 20s. It's higher than I thought (it was in the 50s on the SS list last year), but I'm not shipping all of his monogrammed stuff back.

aessary03 · December 2013

OnBabymaking226 said:

I knew we were choosing a VERY popular name when we chose (Emma), so this doesn't change my mind. I'm actually kind of happy to see it's #2 instead of #1. The popularity of the name was not something that deterred us, but I can see why some people like to avoid popular names.
(For fun I looked up our other favorite names for future children, and all are in the top 50 - we're boring )

FWIW, my daughter's name is Emma. We really don't run into other EMma's that often. She has never had an Emma in one of her classes.

mj0413 · December 2013

berenely said:

Our boy name isn't on the list but our girl name is in the top 20 (something I wanted to avoid). However, it's the only girl name DH and I seem to agree on so I'm debating whether or not to do anything about it. And we JUST agreed on it - only took us 7 months of "What do you think of 'x'?" "Eh, it's not my favorite. What do you think of 'x'?"

I totally hear you! We finally agreed on one only to have it climb the charts. UGH. I am determined to AT LEAST avoid the top 20, so we're back to the drawing board, which isn't something I'm happy about because it took us forever to find one name we could both do. :-/

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