What do you think of the top baby names for 2006?

Question

I received an email listing the top baby names for the year of 2006. What do you think of the names??

Girls (Top 10)
1. Grace
2. Ava
3. Emma
4. Madison
5. Addison
6. Isabella
7. Elizabeth
8. Abigail
9. Olivia
10. Ella

Boys (Top 10)
1. Aidan
2. Ethan
3. Noah
4. Caleb
5. Jacob
6. Alexander
7. Michael
8. Landon
9. Logan
10. James

Personally, I don't care for most of the names.

Answer 1

I agree with Grace on the first place!Ava is stupid and shouldn't be there.Emma is very nice!The others are not very nice but may be...For boys I agree with Alexander,Michael, James,Jacob and Landon.

Answer 2

Boys: a million. Lucas Christian 2. Mason David 3. Caleb Alexander 4. Connor Tye 5. Liam Michael James women: a million. Olivia Kate 2. Savannah Victoria 3. Lauren Olivia 4. Abigail Rose 5. Emma Rose

Answer 3

I agree, the names are getting a little "trendy"

I think the reason Aidan is so popular is because of the show "Sex & The City"

Ironically, Emma never made the list until Racheal from Friends named her baby Emma.

Also, do you remember the surge of "Tristains" after Brad Pitt played that character in Legends of the Fall?


I agree with the other posters, I am so glad my daughter's name is not on the list!

Answer 4

For the girls, I like 2, 3, 6, and 10.
For the boys, I like 1, 8 ,and 10.
I'm particularly picky with names..
mostly because I associate names with faces I know currently or used to know.

Answer 5

Girls (Top 10)
1. Grace (Do not like)
2. Ava (Okay)
3. Emma (Do not like)
4. Madison (Okay)
5. Addison (Love)
6. Isabella (Love)
7. Elizabeth (Do not like)
8. Abigail (Do not like)
9. Olivia (Do not like)
10. Ella (Okay)

Boys (Top 10)
1. Aidan (Like it)
2. Ethan (Okay)
3. Noah (Okay)
4. Caleb (Okay)
5. Jacob (Do not like)
6. Alexander (love)
7. Michael (Like)
8. Landon (Love this name)
9. Logan (Do not like this name at all)
10. James (Okay)

Answer 6

Well some of them are just old classic names like Grace, Isabella, Elizabeth, Abigail, Michael, Jacob etc.. To me some like Addison and Madison and Landon and Logan sound more like last names then first but to each is own. I named my children Joshua and Lauren. And none of my family liked the name Lauren

Answer 7

I wouldn't name my child anything on this list even though I like some of the names. I wouldn't want her to be the fifth Grace in her class or for him to be the fifth Ethan on the ball field. This list is a great resouce-it tells you what names are way too common!

Answer 8

Most of these are nice names (Grace & Noah are my favourites), with a couple of exceptions (absolutely hate Emma because of the book Madame Bovary...), but I wouldn't call my kids any of these names, because I don't want them to be in class with 2 other Isabella & 3 Aidan... (though they are really lovely names)
I'd rather search for a name that's rare, peculiar, even unheard... I want my kids to be unique & different, to stand out in a crowd, not be drowned in a sea of homonyms...
But that's just my point of view!

Answer 9

They look like repeats from the fifties, which goes to prove a lot of names sleep for a while, then they wake up.
For the girls I only like Emma, Madison and Elizabeth
For the boys I like Logan, Landon and Caleb.

Answer 10

Cute names! But, I'm glad that my childrens' names didn't make the top 10 this year.

Answer 11

Ugh, gag me with a spoon.

What ever happened to originality and naming your kid something significant and meaningful?

I'm in my 20s and EVERYONE I know is named Sarah (2 friends, step sister, cousin, friend's friend). And my name is pretty commong too. I feel bad for all the Ava's and Grace's and Emma's that will be one of five in their school classes.