City/Baby names
 

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.

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?

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

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?

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

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

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

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

Someone named their kid Boston?

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What about...

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

Edit - Only US Place names? Aw shucks.

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