The Names Have Changed

This past weekend we celebrated Mother's Day, and as a mother, it is interesting to me to know what the newest moms are naming their babies. On Friday, the Social Security Administration released the top baby names of 2008 and Emma took the number 1 spot, leaping over Emily, which has been the leader for some time. I often comment on how pop culture influences fashion and decor, but the baby name list shows how it also influences our lives, or at least the names of our children.

The name Khloe made the largest leap of any name in the top 1,000. The "K" version of the name took a rocket ride from 667 to 196 last year which the SSA mused in a statement that reality TV star Khloe Kardashian was the reason for the Khloe climb. The name Miley also climed 100 spots to number 127 on the list. For boys, not a single name in the boys' top five changed positions: Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel all kept their places from 2007.

Just for fun, we've printed the top baby names from today and 50 years ago on the back of our Initial Impressions packaging for our silvertone initial ornaments. If you think the changes from year to year are interesting, look at what's happened in naming over the last 50.

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