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| With baby names, Baltimore breaks the mold - Baltimore Sun (blog) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:31 AM PST According to the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, one of the most popular places to have a baby in the area, parents last year didn't follow the national trends so closely. GBMC compared its names from 2009 to those reported to the parenting website BabyCenter.com. Local moms and dads picked Mary more often than any other name last year (35 babies), but that name wasn't in the Top 100 nationally. It also didn't crack the Top 10 at GBMC in 2007 or 2008. For boys at GBMC, William was tops (42 babies) for the second consecutive year, followed by Michael (39 babies). Neither was in the Top 10 nationally. Michael ranked 18th while William was 27th. None of the Top 10 boy's names nationally were in GBMC's Top 10 most popular. "Picking a baby's name is a monumental decision, and the multitude of 'baby name' Web sites makes it hard to narrow a million choices down to one," said Lori Kantziper, clinical partner for GBMC's Postpartum Unit and a nurse specializing in care for new mothers and infants, in a statement. See the full Top 10 lists and other facts from GBMC here. Associated Press photo of one of the first babies born in the United States in 2010, who was not yet named Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Couples can pick from most popular baby names in Arizona - Tucson Citizen Posted: 29 Dec 2009 09:50 AM PST Anyone who is expecting a child – or perhaps adopting a dog or other pet – may want to take a cue from this year's most popular baby names in Arizona.  Meet Baby Ryn the goat/Ryn Gargulinski You may want to follow the trend and give your kid the hippest name in the state today. Or you may want to go out on a limb and ensure your tot's kindergarten class is not full of 11 other Jacobs or 22 other Isabellas. Yes, Jacob and Isabella top the Arizona list this year, according to a news release from the Arizona Department of Health Services. The guys' side for 2009 is followed up by Alexander, Angel, Daniel and Anthony. Jacob has been leading the pack for the past two decades, with Michael the most popular name for the previous two, ending in 1979 and 1989. Little girls born this year, after Isabella, are most commonly named Sophia, Mia, Emma and Emily. Isabella's been leading for the past 10 years, with Samantha reigning for the 1990s, Jessica leading the 1980s and Jennifer taking center stage in the 1970s. The full 2009 lists appear below, with numbers reflecting how many children were given each name. Can you imagine all the chaos at the dog park if you named you new pooch Mia?  Baby Ryn/Ryn Gargulinski For you couples, or singles, that don't give a dang about popular names, you can go with another method to name your baby or pet. One is to name the child or dog after a long-dead relative, particularly one that no one really cared for, like big fat Aunt Bertha who always picked her teeth on public transit. You can also choose to pore through baby name books, look up all the different meanings of names and then argue over which is most beautiful or appropriate. "We can't call him Max," you say. "It means 'son of the wise leader' and you're kind of dumb." Of course, the arguments may veer far and away from baby names once the tiffs get started. A third tactic is to do like some celebrities and come up with the stupidest name you can imagine. Go with one that is ugly and hard to spell, like Phinnaeus, or perhaps name the child after an inanimate object or piece of fruit, like Apple. "Have you seen Truck? He's not in his playpen." If all else fails, you can always play it safe and call the dog "dog," call the cat "cat," and name the kid something original, like "Kid." *** MOST POPULAR NAMES AMONG ARIZONA BOYS BORN IN 2009 -Total resident boys born = 44,990 (January 1 – December 18, 2009) MOST POPULAR NAMES AMONG ARIZONA GIRLS BORN IN 2009 – Total resident girls born = 42,796 (January 1 – December 18, 2009) 1. ISABELLA 498 The above reflects the data collection and data entry as of 12/18/2009. What do you think? How do you or did you come up with names for your children or pets? Do both parties have equal input? Should both parties have equal input? Did you ever argue over baby names? What happened? Did either of you throw a plate of spaghetti against the wall? Do you have any people or pets named after you? Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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