This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Decades of Baby Names
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18
2010
Some of you may be wondering what I did with that extra hour last week when we moved our clocks back.
Wonder no longer.
Remember how I went through all the baby names from 2009 and combined the various spellings together to get the real counts?
No? Well, your loss…
Anyway, last week I went through the names for the last 109 years (1900-2008) and re-counted each year’s names. Now you can see that alternate spelling are not new. Sure, there are a bunch of ways to spell names now, but that’s no different from how names were 60 years ago. The names have changed, but the variety is still there.
Go check out 1950. But in case you don’t, here is a snippet:
2009: 10 ways to spell Jayden and Aiden.
1950: 7 ways to spell Gerald and Darrell.
2009: 9 ways to spell Carly and 8 ways to spell Hailey.
1950: 9 ways to spell Catherine and 7 ways to spell Karen.
Go visit Some Fun Site for baby names since 1900.
But David did not count those twenty years of age and under, because the LORD had said He would multiply Israel as the stars of heaven.
1 Chronicles 27:23
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 6:26 am and has been carefully placed in the Projects category.
November 18th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
We have a Carly, Catherine, Jayden and Hailey in our family.
I guess we’re not very original. Or, at least my siblings aren’t.
November 18th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
They’re trendy at least.
You don’t want a name to be too original; then you’re always repeating yourself and having to spell it.
November 19th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Or too old. Then people have turned it into a girl name without your noticing.