Ten Fun Facts About 2012 Baby Names In The USA

According to my research.....

1.) When parents give their twin babies names that begin with the same letter they choose the letters B, K and L more often than any others.

2.) Half of all African-American babies in parts of the south have been given a name with a decorative apostrophe this year e.g Ar'iyah

3.) Babies born on Hawaii are five times more likely to be given a double first or double middle name than other Americans.

4.) Around 7 out of ten babies born in Hawaii have a Hawai'ian middle name regardless of their ethnic origin.

5.) Hispanic American parents are 6 times more likely to name their babies after themselves than other Americans.

6.) I have come across more totally new baby names beginning with A than any other letter.

7.) Search engine terms that bring people to this blog or my other blog Unusual Names show that parents searching for unusual names for baby boys outnumber those looking for unusual girl names by 3 to 1.

8.) The names with the most variant spellings recorded this year are Aiden for boys and Aaliyah for girls. Both have over 25 variants in use.

9.) In some areas 1 boy in every 4 has been given a name that rhymes with Aiden.

10.) Chinese Americans love the letters M R and L for their daughters.