Mine are All ObSOLete or Already Taken!

Top 100 Baby Names for Girls in United States (2004) ~ Info. from Social Security Administration ~ Note: +X indicates the name has become more popular since the previous year by X positions, while -X indicates the name has become less popular since the previous year by X positions, and ++ indicates the name has become more popular and was not listed in the previous year's records.

1. Emily
2. Emma
3. Madison
4. Olivia +1
5. Hannah -1
6. Abigail
7. Isabella +4
8. Ashley
9. Samantha +1
10. Elizabeth -1
11. Alexis -4
12. Sarah
13. Grace
14. Alyssa
15. Sophia +5
16. Lauren -1
17. Brianna
18. Kayla -2
19. Natalie +4
20. Anna +1
21. Jessica -3
22. Taylor -3
23. Chloe +1
24. Hailey +2
25. Ava +16
26. Jasmine +1
27. Sydney -2
28. Victoria -6
29. Ella +15
30. Mia +5
31. Morgan -2
32. Julia +1
33. Kaitlyn -1
34. Rachel -6
35. Katherine +1
36. Megan -6
37. Alexandra +1
38. Jennifer -7
39. Destiny -2
40. Allison +5
41. Savannah +1
42. Haley -8
43. Mackenzie +3
44. Brooke -1
45. Maria -5
46. Nicole -7
47. Makayla +4
48. Trinity +9
49. Kylie +1
50. Kaylee +4
50. Paige -3
52. Lily +17
53. Faith -1
54. Zoe +4
55. Stephanie -7
56. Jenna -1
57. Andrea -1
58. Riley +14
59. Katelyn
60. Angelina +11
61. Kimberly +2
62. Madeline -2
63. Mary -2
64. Leah +19
65. Lillian +12
66. Michelle -4
67. Amanda -14
68. Sara -3
69. Sofia +24
70. Jordan -21
71. Alexa -5
72. Rebecca -8
73. Gabrielle -5
74. Caroline -7
75. Vanessa -5
76. Gabriella -1
77. Avery +13
78. Marissa +20
79. Ariana
80. Audrey -2
81. Jada -1
82. Autumn -6
83. Evelyn +6
84. Jocelyn +4
85. Maya
86. Arianna
87. Isabel -5
88. Amber -14
89. Melanie +5
90. Diana +18
91. Danielle -7
92. Sierra -19
93. Leslie -1
94. Aaliyah -3
95. Erin -14
96. Amelia +17
97. Molly +5
98. Claire -3
99. Bailey
100. Melissa -3

So, why share this list here? What else does this list of 100 baby girl names further indicate, beyond name rank? (NO, I'm NOT pregnant - but my cousin Shanna is! WOO-HOO!!!) Ummm, ah... don't know? It indicates that I'm totally screwed, when it comes to potential baby daughter names!?! My all time Top 5 favorite baby girl names are all located within at least the Top 20 shown here, with my 2 very favorites listed in the very top 5 most popular baby girl names!?! akkk!

I have been loving these names since I first began playing with dolls. My most favorite one happens to be #2 - - how much does that suck? I will not give any child of mine a name that's within the top 50... that leaves me only 4 names leftover, which really leaves me none... #69 and #84 won't work at all with my name as the middle name, unless you're fine with the first name and middle name rhyming with one another... Neither #80 or #96 will work as each begin with an 'A,' unless you're fine with first name and middle name alliteration... Yeah, I'm not too keen on the whole rhyming of the first and middle names thing, nor am I game for some given name alliteration. Sure, I could use something else for the middle name, but being one the of the first grand-daughters to be called by my middle name, also nicknamed 'Angie' after my great-great grandma Angie, I gotta carry on the tradition; if I have a daughter, she'll be an Angeline = the 8th generation of Angeline's in my father's mother's family.

Maybe it won't be an issue at all - we'll end up with boys, and I'll have to pass down my sterling spoons to a cousin (middle name Angeline), who has a girl... Why am I thinking about any of this at all right now? (NO! I'm not pregnant, Poppy!) Ya think I've got babies on the brain? (someone puhleeze help me!) I'm surrounded by expectant women! and friends who have babies!!!

oh, wait - Do you hear that? You hear that sound? - - - it's my ovaries, screaming!