Wednesday, March 11, 2009

what to name the child?

So now that we know we are having a boy, the next question we most often recieve is of course, what will you name him? It is interesting though, because both Rob and I have found that really, when people ask you this, they are bit interested in what you think and a lot interetsed in their opinion of the name. So now when asked this questions, we most often reply with "We have a few names in mind...but are not sure. What names do YOU like?" And then the person will tell us their favorite names, and that is kind of fun because the more names we hear, the better idea we will have what to name him. Of course, when all is said and done, we probably won't name him until we see him. So far he kind of looks like skeletor and I am not sure how cool that name will be after the 3rd grade.
So with that...here is a list of the top 50 boy names of 2008, what do YOU think???

Top 50 Boys' Names of 2008
1. Aidan
2. Jayden
3. Jacob
4. Michael
5. Ethan
6. Caden
7. James
8. Caleb
9. Andrew
10. Matthew
11. Ryan
12. Joshua
13. Avery
14. Grayson
15. Riley
16. Jordan
17. Peyton
18. Christopher
19. Daniel
20. William
21. John
22. Alexander
23. Dylan
24. Logan
25. Nicholas
26. Zachary
27. Anthony
28. Aaron
29. Hayden
30. Cameron
31. Bailey
32. David
33. Brooklyn
34. Elijah
35. Taylor
36. Connor
37. Brayden
38. Noah
39. Tyler
40. Joseph
41. Micah
42. Robert
43. Benjamin
44. Jackson
45. Kendall
46. Jack
47. Gavin
48. Luke
49. Tristan
50. Brandon

3 comments:

  1. Obviously Jesse is our favorite :) But Jake (not Jacob) & Caleb were close seconds... Best of luck, there's no way I could count the number of times I had to say we are going to wait & see...

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  2. We chose Garrett Patrick because it meant something...being named after his Grampa's; Gary and Patrick. AND because it was NOT on the top 50 name's list. For the love of God...please do not chose Aidan. LOL. I swear after that character was on Sex in the City...everyone and their dog decided it was a cool name. There are like 1000 Aidan's in our little town alone. Also...you will be happy to know that I told no one except for my sisters and parent's what his name would be until the day he was born. I think you are doing the right thing. Skeletor is freaking awesome by the way....

    Skeletor Robert Riepenhoff.

    Cool. Super cool.

    Love, Gina

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  3. Or you could combine Rob and Katie for Katob or Ratie. Really, I have seen this...more than once.

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