Top Baby Names

BabyCenter.com has released it's annual list of most common American baby names. More than 300,000 new parents registered new baby names in 2011. The site's 12th annual top-100 survey finds Sophia for girls and Aiden for boys as most popular names in 2011. Some parents want to steer clear of the most common names (my 'James' used to be one of those, before television and mass communication made other celeb names more appealing), so they seek out lists like the one at BabyCenter.com and of course now love to name their child after some mythical character in a TV show or perhaps after a celebrity they know nothing about. Then other parents make up a name that has no real meaning( which can scar the kid for life when the name is laughable or unpronounceable).

For example, one baby name near the top ten names this year is the one soccer star David Beckham and wife Victoria choose for their daughter, the formerly rarely used name of "Harper" I guess Aunt Hazel won't see her name used for her niece's first born. Today it's about fancy and trendy, when naming newborns. A largest obstacle children face today are stupid parents who worry about how a name will look on a resume' or are influenced by a celebrity's choice of their baby's name. Stupid parents begat stupid kids, and looking at the names given to a baby can sometimes reveal that.

The top ten for boys this year is: 1. Aiden 2. Jackson 3. Mason 4. Liam 5. Jacob 6. Jayden 7. Ethan 8. Noah 9. Lucas 10. Logan
For baby girls the top ten is: 1. Sophia 2. Emma 3. Isabella 4. Olivia 5. Ava 6. Lily 7. Chloe 8. Madison 9. Emily 10. Abigai

That's not too off the beaten path, but then there are some names that defy explanation. Yes, I am going to give you a few of the more bizarre ones too. These came from various sources on the web.

* Urhines Kendall Icy Eight Special K- Yes, that's right: a baby named after the illicit drug ketamine. Oh, and that's pronounced "Your Highness," by the way.
* GoldenPalace.com Silverman- Mr. and Mrs. Silverman should be ashamed they picked this one. In 2005, the Internet casino GoldenPalace.com paid $15,000 to name a baby after itself. Surely, normal people condemned this sort of outrageous publicity stunt, but those with no brains or no taste will do anything for cash. Shame on the Silvermnan's for doing it.
* Batman Bin Superman- This baby is from Singapore and is named after not just one, but two super heroes: Batman and Superman.
* Dick Assman- Haha He has both ends covered. Dick is a gas station owner in Saskatchewan, Canada, who no doubt has a suitable rest room for customers to use. Dick says his German last name of "Assman" is pronounced as "uzman," in Germany. Those Canadians must have dirty minds...
* Tu Morrow- TV star Rob Morrow and actress Debbon Ayre, might think it's cute to combine first and last names in this way, but chances are, their kids won't think it's so adorable when they grow up and have to explain why their idiotic parents branded them this way.
* Facebook- I don't know the last name of that unfortunate child. Frankly, I am afraid to find out. The dad was quoted as saying he named his son 'Facebook' because he wanted "to honor the social networking site for its role in raising awareness about escalating discontent in the country, and for distributing logistical information about pro democracy, anti-government demonstrations in the lead-up to Mubarak's resignation." No I don't know if Facebook has a sister named 'Twitter'.

Oh well, names stick to people and the most absurd ones stick far more firmly.