City/Baby names

[brickell]

From: http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/citylist.html - sorted by me

Most popular baby names (out of the top 1000) that are also US city names for 2006.


City name State population Sex of baby Rank of baby name
Madison Wisconsin 221,551 Female 3
Elizabeth New Jersey 125,809 Female 11
Savannah Georgia 128,453 Female 30
Jackson Mississippi 177,977 Male 36
Austin Texas 690,252 Male 41
Charlotte North Carolina 610,949 Female 123
Alexandria Virginia 135,337 Female 147
Lincoln Nebraska 239,213 Male 300
Aurora Illinois 168,181 Female 312
Dallas Texas 1,213,825 Male 352
Orlando Florida 213,223 Male 356
Chandler Arizona 234,939 Male 402
Phoenix Arizona 1,461,575 Male 423
Warren Michigan 135,311 Male 506
Dayton Ohio 158,873 Male 540
Boston Massachusetts 559,034 Male 626
Eugene Oregon 144,515 Male 647
Gilbert Arizona 173,989 Male 658
Houston Texas 2,016,582 Male 837
Memphis Tennessee 672,277 Male 923


Other places not on the list:
Brooklyn! - 67
Cheyenne - 171

Paris - 260 (rank in 2006)
Sofia - 56
Darwin - 772
Vicotoria - 28
Sydney - 34

States:
Georgia - 273
Virginia - 511
Montana - 868
Dakota - 172
Carolina - 281

Isreal - 203

Any others?

[sprtsluvr8]

How about Florida? Or was Esther Rolle the only one...

[Evergrey]

yes... I'm sure a lot of parents are honoring Elizabeth, New Jersey by naming their little girls after that city

[EtherealMist]

yes... I'm sure a lot of parents are honoring Elizabeth, New Jersey by naming their little girls after that city

I was thinking the same thing

and werent cities like Madison, Wisconsin and Jackson, Mississippi first named after people? Are these people really naming their kids after cities?

[navyweaxguy]

I knew an Isreal, Denver, and an Aurora in high school. I've also known a Georgia, Warren, and a Sydney.

[brickell]

I was thinking the same thing

and werent cities like Madison, Wisconsin and Jackson, Mississippi first named after people? Are these people really naming their kids after cities?

no, they just happen to be city names.
It's just a list, nothing more, nothing less.

[sprtsluvr8]

I was thinking the same thing

and werent cities like Madison, Wisconsin and Jackson, Mississippi first named after people? Are these people really naming their kids after cities?

James Madison, Andrew Jackson? Just a guess...

[EtherealMist]

yea thats what I was thinking. I mean these city names come from somewhere, they dont just pick them out of a hat.

[bayrider]

Someone named their kid Boston?

[sprtsluvr8]

I had a student in my class a couple of years ago named Uganda...Boston isn't so bad. :)

[Trae]

I had a student in my class a couple of years ago named Uganda...Boston isn't so bad. :)

Uganda..wtf? I might name my kid Chicago...its something different.

[i-215]

From: http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/citylist.html

From ssa.GOV????? We pay tax dollars for this???

Oh well, it's worth it for the curiosity value. Thanks for posting!

Someone named their kid Boston?

Ditto. And who names their baby Houston? :koko:

[Trae]

Houston is a popular Hispanic name (I have heard).

[seaskyfan]

I'm just waiting for someone to name their kid Humptulips.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humptulips,_Washington

[Kenzie]

Madison is a popular name. I know two. Do people really name their kids Memphis?

[Hot Rod]

Some of those names are laughable (Memphis?????, Boston?????), some are appropriate (Elizabeth).

What's next? "Come here, Salt Lake!!"

"Portland, Go Clean Up Your Room!!!"

"Humptulips" is awesome. ... LOL

[Stratosphere 2020]

York (New York) NY - Male
Brooklyn NY - Female
Francisco (San Francisco) CA- Male
Diego (San Diego) CA - Male
Antonio (San Antonio) TX - Male
Andres (San Andres) CA - Male
Conchita CA- Female
Jose (San Jose) CA - Male
Macon GA - Female
Augusta GA - Female
Richmond VA - Male
Wichita KS- Female
Charleston SC- Male
Fresno CA- Male
Eugene OR- Male
Trenton NJ- Male

[PeterSmith]

I'm surprised Indianapolis didn't make the list. I've known quite a few by that name....

In all seriousness though, I have known a Portland. It's got that old money, British aristocracy ring to it... like Lord Portland Winchester III

[Xelebes]

What about...

Devon (UK)
Regina (CAN)
Florence (IT)
Shannon (IRE)
Jasper (CAN)
Basle (SWI)

Edit - Only US Place names? Aw shucks.

[Major AWACS]

Well I knew an Austin Dallas Houston (Houston as surname) in High School.


I-215, the SSA logs all names of ss card holders and it is relative easy process to do a computer search and log of the records for online posting. Not much overhead involved.

Ciao,
AWACS

[texastarkus]

I dated a girl named Happy Valley once....:haha:

[DruidCity]

I had classes with a guy named Chapel Hill.

[skyline]

Always thought a cute girl name would be Valdosta.

[cwilson]

didn't really no that there was that many people names for cities

[America 117]

its more like citys that have baby names them baby names that are citys.

[kcexpress69]

:uhh: I'll stick with the generics!! Suzie or Justin will be just fine!! :frog: