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HelpRe: SSA list coming out this friday - your predictions
in reply to a message by Lily
I'm lousy at predictions, but I have certain names whose movements--both up and down--I'm keeping my eyes on: Eva, Stella, Lucy, Vivian (mult. spellings), Sylvia, Lydia, Kennedy, Addison & Madison, Cecilia, India, Mae, Lilith, Miley, Gideon, Bentley, Damian, Miles. I'm sure there are others that will leap out at me once I have my hands on the list.
I do think Bailey will drop out of the boys' 1000, but that's my only real prediction. Estella might break into the top 1000. It's almost there now. Same with Truman.
I think it will be a long time before any of the names that scream "Hunger Games is my life!" crack the top 1000--the Katniss/Primrose/Peeta names that have few associations outside the series. They need time to dissassociate from the fad first before most parents will be comfortable using them and then they must go from fewer than 5 uses per year to about 250. Primrose probably has the best chance, since it's also a botanical name, doesn't sound like cat piss or pita bread, and could be found in baby name books prior to Hunger Games' publication, but I still think it will take years.
This is more long term than the 2011 list, but over the next couple years, I plan to watch Anastasia and see if it experiences a little bump in popularity. It's been trending downward over the last decade, but I feel like I've started to see it a little more often in the past few months on lists and in BAs. The only reason I can figure that it would be getting more exposure right now is that it's the name of the heroine (and I use the term loosely) of the popular soft-core BDSM porn series "Fifty Shades." Anastasia has many other associations, though, so it's one parents could use without being labeled fans of the series.
I do think Bailey will drop out of the boys' 1000, but that's my only real prediction. Estella might break into the top 1000. It's almost there now. Same with Truman.
I think it will be a long time before any of the names that scream "Hunger Games is my life!" crack the top 1000--the Katniss/Primrose/Peeta names that have few associations outside the series. They need time to dissassociate from the fad first before most parents will be comfortable using them and then they must go from fewer than 5 uses per year to about 250. Primrose probably has the best chance, since it's also a botanical name, doesn't sound like cat piss or pita bread, and could be found in baby name books prior to Hunger Games' publication, but I still think it will take years.
This is more long term than the 2011 list, but over the next couple years, I plan to watch Anastasia and see if it experiences a little bump in popularity. It's been trending downward over the last decade, but I feel like I've started to see it a little more often in the past few months on lists and in BAs. The only reason I can figure that it would be getting more exposure right now is that it's the name of the heroine (and I use the term loosely) of the popular soft-core BDSM porn series "Fifty Shades." Anastasia has many other associations, though, so it's one parents could use without being labeled fans of the series.
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