Baby Names

Well as mentioned in the Welcome post, the last ultrasound we had seemed to indicate that the baby is going to be a girl. We had both been sort of wanting it to be a boy, but girl was a strong second! We had been creating a list of possible names for either sex and just waiting to get some sort of confirmation on which one it would be. Speaking of that, did you hear the one about the people who won't tell whether their baby is a boy or a girl?? Weird!

Anyways, so we think it's going go be a girl baby and that's what we're going with. We have picked up quite a few little baby clothes from the thrift stores and/or garage sales we frequent but most of the clothes could be either sex. We're keeping away from pink and blue and sticking to more neutral colors so if it happens to come out a boy we can keep most of our stuff and not have a pink boy baby (not that there's anything wrong with that).

We've also picked out a name for our little baby girl! And that name is Eliza Ruth. We think it's a pretty name, we didn't have it focus grouped or anything but it passes our own personal test and that's what matters. I like the old fashionedy sort of sound it has. A classic name if you will.

Where do the names come from you might ask. Well, Eliza doesn't have any special significance that I know of, it's just nice. Ruth is the name of my grandma and Amanda's great grandma, so it's a family thing. Putting them together creates a whole new name for a real neat little girl.

If you go to the baby name popularity chart you can find that, in 2010, Eliza was the 240th most popular girl baby name and has been steadily increasing in popularity over the last 20 years as you can see in the chart. The data the Social Security people have goes back to 1880 where Eliza was the 85th most popular name. So, we're picking a main name that is growing in popularity but not the most popular. Do you want to know what the least popular name was in 2010? Me too, so I went and found it. It may not have been the least popular but they cut off the rankings at 1000 so it's the least popular for all intents and purposes. So without further ado, the least popular girl baby name in 2010 was......Dania. Suffice it to say that was not on our list!

Now I bet you really wanted to know what the most popular baby names were for 2010. And once again I will oblige you and give you the answer you seek. I'm going to just list the girl names since that's what we care about now.

1. Isabella
2. Sophia
3. Emma
4. Olivia
5. Ava
6. Emily
7. Abigail
8. Madison
9. Chloe
10. Mia

And there you have a little bit about baby names. To recap for those of you just now joining us: We're probably having a girl baby and are going to name her Eliza Ruth. Eliza is an up and coming name in the name game. Mitch Hedberg is hilarious. And that's the name of that tune.