I'm adding something to my Darcy List: silly baby names. Now, I realize that this might be something of a touchy subject. Let me assure you, I'm not talking about your baby's name. No no. Your baby's name is perfectly fine. It's all those other people who give weird baby names that I'm talking about. Anyway, now that we've got that cleared up...
I'm not a fan of the creative baby naming fad that seems to be so popular nowadays. Somehow I just can't bring myself to saddle a kid with a slap bracelet of a name. I could rant more, but this article does it better than I could, so I'll defer to it. I had planned on showing you some hard data about the rise of "creative" names, but I got lazy. You can go here and find all the data you want. It's actually a pretty fun tool to play with. Here's a small example though. I've always felt that us Mormons are especially susceptible to this phenomenon (c'mon, we've all met a Verl or a LaDean), so I'm going to hit you with some of the Utah 2007 highlights:
Boys:
- #7 Mason. Sorry, that's a surname.
- #28 Jaxon. x ≠ ck.
- #46 Jayden. Only if you're a girl.
- #51 Braxton. Another surname.
- #64 Gage. Sounds like rail thickness, but it's another doggone surname. Ugh.
- #74 Ryker. Was he born with a manly beard?
- #77 Boston. Lovely city, horrible name.
- #90 Bridger. Stop with the surnames!
- #7 Brooklyn. Lovely borough, horrible name.
- #10 Madison. Lovely street... yeah, you got the pattern.
- #68 Aspen. Let's just chock that one up to bad memories.
- #69 Makayla. Nope.
- #70 Rylee. Nope.
- #81. Brinley. Nope.
- #85 Brynlee. Ditto.
Boys:
- Jack
- Matthew
- James
- Katharine (Kate)
- Margaret (Maggie)
- Caroline
