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Silver Name Charm Necklace
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Picking a name for your new baby isn't always an easy task. There are lots of factors involved when picking a baby name. Are you going to follow tradition and use a family name or break away from the masses with a unique baby name. Regardless, the one thing you should absolutely consider is what were the past and trending top baby names.
Every year we make thousands of mommy charms and mommy necklaces for new and expecting mothers. We haven't complied a formal top 10 list of baby names for 2012 but we can talk about some trends from the past year. Traditional names are making a comeback and when mom's are designing jewelry they want the full names spelled on the charms. While there will always be variations in the spelling of names, we've seen a movement away from odd or whimsical spellings and cutsie nicknames.
Naming a baby is serious business for new parents. Whether they know the sex of the baby or not, we've seen an increase in the number of parents that are waiting till the new addition arrives to finalize on a name. More so than in previous years, proud Fathers to be will order push presents for their wives in advance and without a name selected. After the baby is born, sometimes within hours, we'll get a call from an exuberant new dad ready to finalize the customization. We complete the order, sometimes shipping that same day.
There are lots of tools available to help you understand past and trending baby names.
Here are a couple tools and websites that you can use to help you select a great baby name.
- Social Security's Website - popular baby names
The Social Security web site provides data on baby names since 1879. You can search the data by lots of criteria to what names were popular for a previous year nationally or by state. The Social Security Department hasn't updated the data for 2012 but here is the top 10 list from 2011. If you look around the internet,you will see this baby name list repeated frequently.
| Rank |
Male name |
Female name |
| 1 |
Jacob |
Sophia |
| 2 |
Mason |
Isabella |
| 3 |
William |
Emma |
| 4 |
Jayden |
Olivia |
| 5 |
Noah |
Ava |
| 6 |
Michael |
Emily |
| 7 |
Ethan |
Abigail |
| 8 |
Alexander |
Madison |
| 9 |
Aiden |
Mia |
| 10 |
Daniel |
Chloe |
While the ranking of individual names is useful, the popularity of the first letter of a name could be beneficial in deciding. Using the data for the top 1000 names in a given year we can calculate the popularity of each letter. I know this is a little on the geeky side of things but here are the results I calculated from 2011.
| |
Male |
|
|
Female |
| J |
11.00% |
|
A |
16.70% |
| A |
8.70% |
|
M |
9.80% |
| C |
8.10% |
|
K |
9.60% |
| M |
7.30% |
|
J |
8.00% |
| D |
7.20% |
|
L |
7.20% |
| R |
6.80% |
|
C |
6.60% |
| B |
6.70% |
|
S |
6.10% |
| K |
6.60% |
|
E |
5.30% |
| T |
4.60% |
|
B |
4.10% |
| E |
4.50% |
|
R |
3.90% |
| L |
4.40% |
|
D |
3.00% |
| S |
4.00% |
|
H |
3.00% |
| G |
3.30% |
|
G |
2.60% |
| H |
2.40% |
|
N |
2.60% |
| N |
2.00% |
|
T |
2.50% |
| P |
1.90% |
|
P |
2.40% |
| F |
1.80% |
|
I |
1.70% |
| I |
1.70% |
|
V |
1.20% |
| Z |
1.60% |
|
Y |
1.00% |
| W |
1.50% |
|
Z |
1.00% |
| O |
1.00% |
|
F |
0.90% |
| V |
1.00% |
|
W |
0.40% |
| Q |
0.60% |
|
O |
0.20% |
| Y |
0.60% |
|
Q |
0.10% |
| U |
0.40% |
|
X |
0.10% |
| X |
0.40% |
|
U |
0.00% |
- Belly Ballot
Belly Ballot helps you select your baby's name by enlisting your closest family and friends to vote on names you select. It seems like a fun way to pick a name. They track all the polls and results so they some of the most up to date top name trends on the net. Here are a few.
Increasing in Popularity
Girls: Audrey/Aubrey, Riley, Aria, Brooklyn
Boys: Landon, Caleb, Jackson (Jaxton, Jaxon, or Jaxen), Ryder
Decreasing in Popularity:
Girls: Olivia, Makenzie, Skylar, Sophia
Boys: Ethan, Elijah, Liam, Gage, Bentley
Consistently Popular Baby Names:
Girls: Savannah, Ava
Boys: Michael, Noah, Owen
The Belly Ballot folks also made some predictions for 2013 naming trends:
1) Tech Inspired Names
2) Multiple Names
3) Old is New
4) Surnames for First Names
5) Crazy Spellings
At the end of the day if you pick the name that feels right and has meaning for you, then it is the right choice. Most of all enjoy your new bundle of joy!