Baby names origins

[quietserena]

Discussion on where do baby names come from (http://ask.metafilter.com/91151/Where-Do-Babies-Names-Come-From).

I thought this group would appreciate that. :)

[mom2annika]

Thanks Serena. Very funny considering I found DD's name at the top of that Freakonomics list AFTER I put it on her birth certificate. Ahhh! And I tried SO HARD to pick an original name!

[laurelg]

Woohoo - hadn't seen the SSA '07 data yet, looks like the name we have picked out for a girl (Abigail - chose it before we had any idea it was popular :() is on the downtrend!