Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Baby Names!

The top ten baby names for boys in England and Wales versus the United States, as of 2012:

          England and Wales                           United States


1.            Harry                                      Jacob
2.            Oliver                                      Mason
3.            Jack                                        Ethan
4.            Charlie                                    Noah
5.            Jacob                                      William
6.            Thomas                                   Liam
7.            Alfie                                       Jayden
8.            Riley                                       Michael
9.            William                                   Alexander
10.          James                                     Aiden

Hard to imagine thousands of Alfies running (crawling) around! Rose is currently 78th in England and Wales versus 261st in the U.S. (Was 264th in the U.S. at the time of her birth--way to hold steady, Rose!) Daniel is currently ranked 16th in England and Wales versus 11th in the U.S. (#5 in Texas!)

The Texas top ten is disappointingly in line with the rest of the country:

1.            Jacob
2.            Jayden
3.            Ethan
4.            Noah
5.            Daniel
6.            Jose
7.            David
8.            Aiden
9.            Matthew
10.          Alexander

Where is Walker (Texas Ranger)? Major or any other beloved UT quarterback? (Okay, Major is actually on a big upward trend in the U.S., but it has a ways to go before cracking the top ten.)  Mirabeau?? I am disappointed that Texans are not getting more creative and Texas-centric with their baby names. Makes me start to doubt that Texas is like a whole other country after all...  More inspiration can be found here.  

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