Baby Names Part II

So the top baby names of 2007 are in. Tops for boys were, in order: Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua, Daniel, Christopher, Anthony, William, Matthew and Andrew. For girls: Emily, Isabella, Emma, Ava, Madison, Sophia, Olivia, Abigail, Hannah, Elizabeth. The list is a little skewed because alternative spellings are treated as separate names. For example, Jayden is the 18th most common boy's name while Jaden is number 76 (also Jaiden, 191, Jaydon, 415, Jadon, 423, etc.).

So how did our proposals fare? Well, the lists are:

GIRLS
Clara (228th, no alternative spellings in the top 1000)
Isabel (86th, but again, Isabella is 2nd, and 5 alternative spellings make the top 1000)
Ariana (73rd, with Arianna 70th and Aryanna 617th)

BOYS
Garrett (162nd, and on the decline; Garret is 938th)
Parker (108th, no alternative spellings in top 1000)
Donovan (replacing Devon; 198th, with Donavan at 904th)

Given that E is opposed to common names on principle (with the weird exception of Abigail, which she loves and I hate), I have a feeling that Isabel might be leaving the top three soon, and Ariana is shaky. We're thinking of possibly starting babymaking efforts next month so this is getting increasingly relevant! Fun stuff.