What letter do your kids' name start with? According to this article from the AZ Republic (below )A and J are tops for Arizona babies. My girls are T and S....
'A,' 'J' top 1st letters in Ariz. baby names
Francesca van der Feltz
The Arizona Republic
Jan. 7, 2008 12:00 AM
Many parents don't get past the first section of the baby name book when deciding what to call their bundle of joy.
Of the 100 most popular baby names for girls in 2006, 22 percent began with 'A.' For boys, the first letter of the alphabet came in second in the top 100 list, with 16 percent.
The next most popular letters for girls were 'M' at 13 percent followed by 'J' and 'S' with 8 percent each.
The most popular letter for boys was 'J' with 18 percent of the top 100 names. 'C' came in third at 7 percent.
Although the most popular names in Arizona can be quite different from the national norms, the popular first letters are strikingly consistent. For both boys and girls, the same letters top both the state and national baby-name lists.
Go to datacentral.azcentral.com to search a database of the top 100 baby names for Arizona from 1977 to 2006 and see how they compare nationally.
KarilouMomof2 is a discussion leader for arizonamoms.com living in Tempe. Her daughters are 9 and 6.
Cool, my girls should be
Cool, my girls should be able to find some monogrammed stuff easy! With A's and S's.
My son won't do as well...
Lovemy4 is a discussion leader for North Central Phoenix, tired mother of 4 great kids and wife to one great husband.
We have 5 kids....names
We have 5 kids....names start w/ (the girls) D,E, M, and M and the boy N...we must have done something unique!
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My daughter is a J
My daughter is a J
My son is an "A" name, but
My son is an "A" name, but you will not find another one in Arizona, mabye in Scotland or Ireland, but definitely not here.
My daughter is an "M" name and I wouldn't imagine there would be many with her name either as it is also of the Celtic variety.
It is better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you are not.
My daughter has an "A" name,
My daughter has an "A" name, but I guarantee she'll always be the only one with that name in her class, if not school. It's hindu and and a very uncommon name unless you're of that ehtnicity.
My kids are Alex and
My kids are Alex and Julia.
As for the A name...my husband and I always knew we wanted to name our first boy Alexander. We didn't really look at other names. I also knew what middle name I'd give him.
We also had a name picked for a second boy, should we have had one. So I doubt we would have looked much. Our minds were set.
For Julia, we looked at tons of names. We totally couldn't agree. I recall looking at page after page of girl names, down to Y and Z given that I have a Y name.
Julia may not be super unusual, but we wanted something that worked in two languages (Spanish and English). Julia is it.
Arizona Moms Editor Yvette Armendariz shares stories about raising her kids and tips for busy parents in her Time-starved (goddess) Mom blog. She and her husband are raising two children, ages 8 and 11.
I've got Cole and Brady -
I've got Cole and Brady - both family names and I love them.
Susie is a discussion leader in the east valley for arizonamoms.com. She has two sons, ages 7 and 3.
Not one A or J here...Kyle,
Not one A or J here...Kyle, Connor, Kit and Owen!
We are unique here..... my 2
We are unique here..... my 2 boys start with "I", my older daughter starts in "Y" and my younger daughter starts with "V". They are a little different than the norm :) But I am glad for that!!
We have an A and a J. Our
We have an A and a J. Our oldest is Ashley Elizabeth. My husbands middle name is Ashley and my middle name is Elizabeth. Then our middle is Julia Lauren, came to me in the shower one day. Then due in April is Nolan Donovan. Luckly I have a friend that has an embroidery business that can put their names on anything that I want. www.sweetpeababywear.com She came up with the business because of her kids hard to find names.
We couldn't come up with any
We couldn't come up with any girls names so it figures that I ended up being pregnant with a girl. We liked Parker but then ran across a name we LOVED more... Payton. Just by chance they both happened to start with a "P". So of course when our second came along and it was a girl also, we went with Parker. So now they are our "Sweet"P's" or our '2 "P's" in a pod". Cheesy, I know, but we love it.
Mother of 2 beautiful girls!
Alanna, Anissa, Angelise and
Alanna, Anissa, Angelise and Aliya. The last two have middle names that start with A's too. Don't ask me why, just like A names.
Jennifer is a discussion leader for arizonamoms.com and mommy to four beautiful girls who range from 9 to 4 years of age.
Your daughters' names are
Your daughters' names are beautiful...Great choices! My oldest son is J, middle son is A and my little girl is A..Trying to convince my husband for number 4 with a J name.
Blessed wife and mother of 12 yr old, 8yr old, & 3yr old and a baby arriving in May 2009.
Thank you :)
Thank you :)
Jennifer is a discussion leader for arizonamoms.com and mommy to four beautiful girls who range from 9 to 4 years of age.
I find it very interesting
I find it very interesting how names change from decade to decade. I love the classic names.
soccermom of a 12 yr old boy and 15 yr old young lady