top 100 names of 2006

I found this on the baby centre site woohoo Madison was number 2        Girl Names 1 Emma 2 Madison 3 Ava 4 Emily 5 Isabella 6 Kaitlyn 7 Sophia 8 Olivia 9 Abigail 10 Hailey 11 Hannah 12 Sarah 13 Madeline 14 Lily 15 Ella 16 Alyssa 17 Riley 18 Chloe 19 Lauren 20 Grace 21 Kaylee 22 Samantha 23 Brianna 24 Mia 25 Alexis 26 Addison 27 Mackenzie 28 Natalie 29 Taylor 30 Zoe 31 Sydney 32 Anna 33 Elizabeth 34 Isabelle 35 Avery 36 Maya 37 Savannah 38 Makayla 39 Kayla 40 Julia 41 Megan 42 Morgan 43 Jasmine 44 Katherine 45 Ashley 46 Allison 47 Kylie 48 Arianna 49 Jordan 50 Keira 51 Gabriella 52 Rachel 53 Peyton 54 Brooklyn 55 Brooke 56 Victoria 57 Claire 58 Abby 59 Audrey 60 Rebecca 61 Katie 62 Alexandra 63 Sophie 64 Camryn 65 Kate 66 Amelia 67 Paige 68 Caroline 69 Leah 70 Aubrey 71 Lillian 72 Gabrielle 73 Jessica 74 Ashlyn 75 Charlotte 76 Jayden 77 Kennedy 78 Jenna 79 Gracie 80 Alexa 81 Kendall 82 Molly 83 Lucy 84 Ellie 85 Trinity 86 Faith 87 Mckenna 88 Amanda 89 Nevaeh 90 Nicole 91 Gianna 92 Maggie 93 Destiny 94 Jada 95 Angelina 96 Erin 97 Marissa 98 Juliana 99 Bailey 100 Layla

Boy Names             1 Aiden 2 Jacob 3 Ethan 4 Ryan 5 Matthew 6 Jack 7 Noah 8 Nicholas 9 Joshua 10 Logan 11 Andrew 12 Michael 13 Caden 14 Dylan 15 Tyler 16 Connor 17 Jackson 18 Caleb 19 Jayden 20 Alexander 21 Nathan 22 Brayden 23 Zachary 24 Benjamin 25 William 26 James 27 Daniel 28 Gavin 29 Evan 30 Luke 31 Joseph 32 Landon 33 Christopher 34 Mason 35 Cameron 36 Anthony 37 Owen 38 Gabriel 39 Austin 40 Lucas 41 Christian 42 John 43 Sean 44 Elijah 45 David 46 Samuel 47 Carter 48 Hunter 49 Brandon 50 Alex 51 Jordan 52 Liam 53 Thomas 54 Justin 55 Dominic 56 Ian 57 Jake 58 Colin 59 Hayden 60 Jonathan 61 Isaiah 62 Cole 63 Adam 64 Tristan 65 Isaac 66 Max 67 Kyle 68 Aaron 69 Nathaniel 70 Wyatt 71 Robert 72 Chase 73 Riley 74 Carson 75 Brady 76 Jason 77 Parker 78 Charlie 79 Devin 80 Cooper 81 Blake 82 Eric 83 Xavier 84 Sebastian 85 Brian 86 Henry 87 Seth 88 Steven 89 Brody 90 Bryce 91 Will 92 Brendan 93 Patrick 94 Sam 95 Julian 96 Drew 97 Miles 98 Kevin 99 Peyton 100 Ben

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Is it wrong that I'm quite happy Erin's name is right at the bottom? And my first choice for a boy, if we'd had one (and if we have one second time round) is 36, not so bad... second choice for a boys name isn't on the list at all, woohoo !

james is 26 would of thought it would of been higher

Found this on the NZ Herald site for top 10 names in NZ for 2006:

Girls:

1 Sophie
2 Kate/Catherine (all spellings)
3 Emma
4 Isabella
5 Charlotte
6 Olivia
7 = Lucy and Emily
9 = Hannah and Jessica

Boys:

1 Jack
2 James
3 Samuel
4 Joshua
5 Benjamin
6 = Matthew, Jacob and Ryan
9 = Thomas and Oliver

Its so annoying as our DD is Charlotte Olivia and our top names for the second one if its a girl are Kate, Isobel and Emma- I obviously like that everyone likes the names we do too but I don't want the kids to be one of 5 in their classes! Luckily our top boys names aren't in there.

OMG Alyssa is 16 When i was pregnant with her i looked through our patient list of 1500 and we didnt have any children that were called Alyssa. Since ive had her ive met about 5 ppl that have called their kids Alyssa. Isnt it funny how names just suddenly get popular. I wanted her to have a name that wasnt very common but turns out it is. Oh well lol

Haha, Olivia and Samuel (what Olivia would have been if she'd had a meat and spuds) are at the top, we actually picked these names because that is the names we liked the most.
It seems that the more popular your name is these days then the more you are likely to be branded: I've known a few Betty's in my time and they are all *&%$'s!
I was actually more interested in a magazine article where it gave out the names of children most likely to succeed.
Samuel's and Charlotte's are more likely to put their heads down and get some work, where as the Lachlans are Makayla's naughty!
I even remember (the magazine article said) that a teacher even said that she can tell how a child is going to react to class work by it's name, the more far out or funnily spelt the name is, the more likely they will have a little trouble.
Personally I don't see there being any harm for Olivia's name to be so popular or even if I had chosen something less popular. For after all our own name will forever be the most sweetest sound we ever hear (even if we dislike it!).

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when we were thinking of names for jack we didn't know of any and that's the only name we liked.....bit different now!! it's always in the top end of lists.
his middle name is elijah which is #44

charli doesn't even get a mention...oh well i love it anyway and i'm glad its not there. her middle name is ava and that's #3

Well Joshua (although we call him Josh) is on there which it always is and I think only one year at school he had another Joshua in his class but spelt different. Brooke is there too and she has never had another one in her class. and Rhyley is on there but spelt differently - riley, middle names are slightly uncommon josh being Blade and Brooke being Dakota. Rhyley one of his middle name on there but not the other - which is more american than the rest.

LOL we had friends who have baby boy called "Mason"...and they got a card from a rellie who congratulated them on "Nathans" birth!!! GO figure!

OMG how awful!!!! I hope she is joking!!!
I always think of that movie ferris bullers day off (think it was that one - and god i am showing my age now) and the cute blond chick was mercedes...always think of it as a classy american name like Porsche etc - one given by those with too much money...not a hookers name!!!!