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Friday, June 2, 2006
What’s in a name?
How did you pick your baby’s name? What do you think of celebrity baby names?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One of the most important decisions a parent makes is what name they are going to stick their child with for the rest of his or her life! What were your requirements for picking a name? Whose vote had the most sway? Did you worry about other kids having the same name?
The Social Security Administration released its list of top names for 2005 a few weeks ago. (I was waiting until Brad and Angelina had their baby to discuss it.) The site is a fantastic resource for parents because you can search by year to see the most popular names and also search for a specific name to see how popular it has been in the past. You can search most popular names by state and by decade.
Also check out this “People” magazine site. It has a timeline of the slew of recent celebrity births and all the names they came up with, such as Shiloh for Brad and Angelina, Suri for Tom and Katie and Bluebell for Geri Halliwell (remember her – the Spice Girls). My personal favorite is Penn Jillette who named his baby Zolten.
Feel free to comment on the celebrity baby names as well.
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