Please step down, Isabella. Sophia is taking your place as the most popular girl's name of 2010.
Congratulations, Aiden. You've held onto the number-one boy's spot for the sixth year in a row.
Welcome to the pack, Liam and Abigail. You're now officially a part of the coveted top 10.
BabyCenter released its list of the Top 100 Baby Names of 2010 today. The online parenting and pregnancy destination compiled some 350,000 baby names and combined those that sound the same but have different spellings (such as Sophia and Sofia) to create a true measure of popularity.
Top 10 Girls’ Names of 2010
Congratulations, Aiden. You've held onto the number-one boy's spot for the sixth year in a row.
Welcome to the pack, Liam and Abigail. You're now officially a part of the coveted top 10.
BabyCenter released its list of the Top 100 Baby Names of 2010 today. The online parenting and pregnancy destination compiled some 350,000 baby names and combined those that sound the same but have different spellings (such as Sophia and Sofia) to create a true measure of popularity.
Top 10 Girls’ Names of 2010
- Sophia
- Isabella
- Olivia
- Emma
- Chloe
- Ava
- Lily
- Madison
- Addison
- Abigail
- Aiden
- Jacob
- Jackson
- Ethan
- Jayden
- Noah
- Logan
- Caden
- Lucas
- Liam
See the top 100 boys’ names of 2010.
What's influencing baby-naming parents? Parents turned to pop culture, politics, a bygone era, and the ever-popular Old Testament for inspiration. Here's a look at the Hottest Baby Name Trends of 2010:
What's influencing baby-naming parents? Parents turned to pop culture, politics, a bygone era, and the ever-popular Old Testament for inspiration. Here's a look at the Hottest Baby Name Trends of 2010:
- Glee's cheerleader queen Quinn may be mean, but her name is certainly popular, jumping up in the ratings a whopping 60 percent. Finn, Jenna, and Lea are also singing a happy tune.
- The critically acclaimed drama Mad Men has struck a nerve with the American public. Dishy Don (as in Draper) inched up the charts, and his ex-wife is bringing the cool back to Betty. The silver-haired fox Roger rose 21 percent, while his wife, Jane, also gained popularity.
- The names of the moms on MTV's reality show 16 and Pregnant are also popular: Maci, Farrah, and Katelynn are up by 60, 51, and 7 percent, respectively.
- Sarah Palin's daughters' names – Bristol, Willow, and Piper – are climbing the ladder, but the name Sarah is actually in decline.
- The golden age of film (think 1930 to 1959) played a starring role in this year's list. Audrey, Ava, Scarlett, Evelyn, Vivien, and Greta all got rave reviews.
- Parents are reaching back for names…way, way back to the Old Testament. Jacob has made the BabyCenter top ten for the past ten years, while Levi, Caleb, Elijah, and Jeremiah are rising in the charts. For more about the hottest trends see BabyCenter’s Baby Names Special Report of 2010.
What about names below the top ten? Some are flying up the list, while others are spiraling downward.
- Newcomers who broke into the top 100 include Annabelle (69), Stella (72), Nora (83), Jeremiah (90), Hudson (96), and Ryder (97).
- Ellie, who leapfrogged 26 spots to come in at number 61, is a rising star.
- So is Charlotte, who was bumped up 20 to number 38.
- And then there's Grayson, who enjoyed a 25-spot jump to land at number 66.
- Some names lost a lot of ground. Brooke shot down 23 spots to number 82, while Hayden tumbled 20 spots to number 91.
- Ashley and Brendan exited the top 100 entirely.
What's up for next year? BabyCenter uses a top-secret algorithm to unearth the names that are likely to become even more popular in 2011.
- Of the top 100 girls' names from 2010, it looks like Layla, Lila, Evelyn, Charlotte, Lucy, Ellie, Aaliyah, Bella, Claire, and Aubrey will continue to rise in 2011.
- Of the top 100 boys' names from 2010, BabyCenter predicts that Eli, Colton, Grayson, Wyatt, Henry, Mason, Landon, Charlie, Max, and Chase will gain momentum in 2011.
And what about names that haven't even broken into the top 100? Who will be next year's newcomers?
- Among the less popular names now moving up the girls' list are Isla, Adalyn, Giuliana, Olive, Kinsley, Evangeline, Paisley, Vivienne, Maci, and Kinley.
- And although Bentley, Kellan, Kingston, Aarav, Ryker, Beckett, Colt, Paxton, Jax, and Lincoln are well below the top 100 on the boys' list, they're all fast climbers.
Find out more about the top baby names of the year, the hottest trends, which names are up and which are down, and more, in BabyCenter’s Baby Names Special Report of 2010.
This list is a follow up to 20 Famous Last Words. Some of the quotes were taken from the comments, some from my own knowledge and research. The deathbed can lead people to speak with great honesty and, in many cases, humor. These quotes strike a chord with all of us as, inevitably, we will all one day be in the same position – what will you say on your deathbed?
Items 1 – 5
1. Es Lebe Die Freiheit! (Long live freedom!)
Said by: Hans Scholl – German resistance leader, spoken from the guillotine, before his execution in 1943.
2. Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough!
Said by: Karl Marx, asked by his housekeeper if he had any last words.
3. I have not told half of what I saw.
Said by: Marco Polo – Venetian traveller and writer.
4. A King should die standing.
Said by: Louis XVIII, king of France. King Louis suffered from gout which left him wheelchair-bound most of his adult life.
5. Brothers! Brothers, please! This is a house of peace!
Said by: Malcom X – American human rights activist, breaking up a fight moments before he was shot.
Items 6 – 10
6. Die, my dear? Why, that’s the last thing I’ll do!
Said by: Groucho Marx
7. Hello. We’re looking in … We’re overlooking the Financial Center. Three of us. Two broken windows — Oh god! Oh g—
Said by: Kevin Cosgrove, an office worker who called for help during the 09/11 attacks and was cut off as the building collapsed around him.
8. In keeping with Channel 40′s policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts, and in living color, you are going to see another first — attempted suicide.
Said by: Christine Chubbuck, 30-year-old anchorwoman, who shot herself live on the air.
9. Now I can cross the Shifting Sands.
Said by: L. Frank Baum, author of The Wizard of Oz. The Shifting Sands are the impassable deserts surrounding the Land of Oz.
10. France, armée, Joséphine… (France, army, Josephine…)
Said by: Napoleon Bonaparte – Emperor of France, on his deathbed.
Items 11 – 15
11. Relax — This won’t hurt.
Said by: Author Hunter S. Thompson. It was the final sentence on his suicide note.
12. Acta est fabula, plaudite! (The play is over, applaud!)
Said by: Attributed to Caesar Augustus, ruler of the Roman empire. (This phrase was commonly used to signal the end of a show in Roman theatres)
13. I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.
Said by: Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara de la Serna Lynch, right before his execution in Bolivia.
14. My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go.
Said by: Oscar Wilde
15. This is a hell of a way to die.
Said by: George S. Patton, who died from a car accident, while out huntingItems 16 – 20
16. We got a bad fire! Let’s get out – we’re burning up…
Said by: An Appolo 1 astronaut, probably Roger Chaffee. All three crew members died in a launchpad fire in 1967.
17. Home to the palace to die…
Said by: Czar Alexander II of Russia after an anarchist assassination attempt. He died of his wounds mere hours later.
18. Don’t disturb my circles!
Said by: Archimedes – Greek mathematician who was killed by the Romans, while proving geometric theorems in the sand before him.
19. Don’t let me die like this, say I said something.
Said by: Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary.
20. Well, gentlemen, you are about to see a baked Appel.
Said by: George Appel, a convicted murderer, was sentenced to the electric chair. He shouted these words to members of the press who were to witness his execution.
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