Nursery Schools of Tomorrow

Let's fast forward four years into the future and pretend these babies born in September are starting preschool. Of the three preschools below, can you guess which one is a West Coast preschool, which one is an East Coast preschool, and which one is from Middle America? (Answer in the comments).

Preschool #1:

Jericho
Drake
Cayman
Grayson
Luna
Reeves
Easton
Maya
Keegan
Zander

Preschool #2:

Ayeli
Preston
Bode
Rhys
Julian
Presley
Brooklyn
Kyan
Asher
Josephine

Preschool #3:

Eulisis
Zeta
Isabella
Diego
Lucia
Sayid
Yasmine
Casper
Tempest
Emma

Question for you...

What are your favorite names? What names did you give your children, or do you plan to give your future children? What do you wish your brother had named his kids instead of what he did? Curious as to your leanings... do share!

Move over Utah, Hawaii's here

Just when you thought Utah had the market cornered on bizarre baby names, in comes Hawaii. See for yourself:

From Honolulu (Top Ten Names from July):

Indie
Deverson
Sytyn
Jestaney Kalei
Bosco
Anson
Ender
Neinaqufurose
Raider
Saviour

From Honolulu (Top Ten Names from August):

Sunrise
Hunny
Chevy
Jassity
Titan
Kison
Tripp
Hashley-Kingston
Traili
Seen

From Honolulu (Top Ten Names from September- thus far):

Alzen
Larken
King Linden
Rayson
Crexton
Linus
Ridge
Ronyperson
Tresyn

and... finally... drumroll please.... "Espn" ...I kid you not, that's a real name.

Connecticut and Massachusetts

Thought I'd share my top 5 intriguing names from August babies on the East Coast.

From Connecticut:

Hanson
Lazaros
Ailey
Irelyn
Hadley

From Massachusetts:

Ivelise
Krew
Bodhi
Kaynan
Limbert

Mississippi

I thought I'd check back in with our neighbors in the South to see what interesting names they're coming up with these days. Enjoy...

From Mississippi:

Amaysia
Orozlyn
Aviana
Railyn
Shamaree'us
Akillees
Makyrian
Chyita
Roderrius
C'Squori
Emberley
Lakeldric
Macaled
Padaris
ZuReil
Debarshi
Endia
Key'pashia
Vickeria
Wil'kevious
Nancyara
Halry
Brantley

Which is your favorite??

Notes on the Top Ten

It should be noted that California's top names are slightly different than the names country-wide. See for yourself:

National Top 10 Names for 2006:

Jacob Emily
Michael Emma
Joshua Madison
Ethan Isabella
Matthew Ava
Daniel Abigail
Christopher Olivia
Andrew Hannah
Anthony Sophia
William Samantha

California Top 5 Names for 2006:

Daniel Emily
Anthony Isabella
Angel Ashley
Jacob Mia
David Samantha

It is also interesting that in August, taken from all babies born in Sacramento, the most popular name did not appear on the top 5 of 2006 list. Though, the top performers of the national list were Joshua and Sophia, with 6 babies each. What was the top name you ask? (Drumroll please...) Jayden. Though the spelling varies between names, their were nearly twice as many Jaydens born as Joshuas or Sophias... 11 babies.