Popularity for top 1000 names in 2003 Rank Male
1Jacob 29195 Emily 25494
2Michael 26991 Emma 22532
3Joshua 24950 Madison 19986
4Matthew 23706 Hannah 17393
5Andrew 21852 Olivia 15982
6Joseph 21265 Abigail 15789
7Ethan 21206 Alexis 14659
8Daniel 20947 Ashley 14402
9Christopher 20781 Elizabeth 13927
10Anthony 19990 Samantha 13733
11William 19853 Isabella 13635
12Ryan 19478 Sarah 13602
13Nicholas 19457 Grace 12659
14David 18440 Alyssa 12618
15Tyler 17989 Lauren 10955
16Alexander 17800 Kayla 10823
17John 17198 Brianna 10445
18James 16665 Jessica 10371
19Dylan 15649 Taylor 10200
20Zachary 15341 Sophia 9665
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames

WOO HOO! We aren't on the top 100 list (althought, Carter is 102 last year)!

Rebekah actually went down! It was 214 in 2002 and it was 220 in 2003.
Rebecca went down, too. 55 to 64

My next girls name went up. :( 93 to 88 (Jocelyn)
And our boy name - Zachary - went from 19 to 20. I gotta get DH away from that!

:woo: Neither of the girls are on that list. Good thing we didn't have a boy, Jacob was the name we had picked out.

#4 :woo: :lol:

Alexis #7
Benjamin on the rise to #25

My name doesn't even make the top 1000 ! :owow:

It's funny though... I haven't heard of any other Alexis' near us... ie all of daycare, our development, relatives, friends, where as I HAVE heard of plenty of Benjamins. :scratch:

Im sooo glad none of ours "made the list" lol

I have a #1 and a #3 :lol: (also a #63 and #53) I wouldn't have it any other way!!

Janelle is #483 (down 2 from 2002 when she was born). Kincaid isn't in the top 1000.

Sarah is #12 , but was #5 the year she was born. Nathaniel is #65 and was 71 the year he was born.

My name is currently #120, although I know a gagillion Amy's in their 30's :rolleyes:

Hmm...by the look of this, Aidan is less popular than on some other lists which had it as #2 or so. Here it's 39. (Still far more popular than when we picked it - it was #115. :rolleyes: I should have known, since it was #169 just the year before that.)

Colin is still relatively reasonable at #89. But it was up from #116 and into the top 100 for the first time...

My two favorite names, Charlotte and Jared, aren't in the top 100, thankfully! :awink: In fact, Jared has gone down, from #82 in 2002 to #107 in 2003.

Liam went from 115 in 2002 to 113 in 2003. I'm glad it's not getting too popular.

poop! gianna is on the rise!

My two favorite names, Charlotte and Jared, aren't in the top 100, thankfully! :awink: In fact, Jared has gone down, from #82 in 2002 to #107 in 2003.Lisa, I absolutely love the name Jared! Unfortunately, DH hates it so it looks like I won't be muscling in on it :lol: Hope it keeps dropping in popularity for you.

As for Charlotte... well, looking at our two beautiful little Aussie Charlottes, I can see why you would like it! It's a really lovely name in it's own right, and now that I associate it with those two cuties, I like it all the more :)

My two favorite names, Charlotte and Jared, aren't in the top 100, thankfully! :awink: In fact, Jared has gone down, from #82 in 2002 to #107 in 2003.
Hmmm...come to Australia! Charlotte was number 4!!! Darnit!!:disbelief You pick a name out a few years ago and then it gets all popular!

Kim, I LOVE the name Gianna! I once dated an Italian, and his name is Nino, brother and dad are Rocco, and cousin is Giovanni (girl). They called her Gio for short. I loved that! Gianna is so cute!

Frances was 580th - only 476 babies named last year. That's up from 582nd in 2002 but it's been steadily declinining since it was 315th in 1990.

Joseph is still riding high at #6, same as 2002. It's nevver been lower than 12th since 1990.

Dennis

Alex was going to be Alex if he was a boy or girl. Alexander or Alexis. Both are in the top 20.

Sadie's name is getting more popular, but still isn't in the top 100 thanks goodness.

Michele