Before I give you the rundown on my little trivia competition, here are a few random facts:
- No one came close to getting the order right!
- No one picked either the most popular name OR the most original name!
- Everyone, however, picked the 3 most popular names--just rearranged them.
- Jenny and Amy tied for the most names in the right places--with three each.
- Still, Jenny edged out Amy as the overall most accurate guesser.
- Christy was decidedly on the bottom of the heap, with not a single correct guess!
- Josephine was hands down the most misplaced name, with each person placing her four or five spaces away from her correct spot (#4)!
- And finally, the best guessed name, was Elena. Three people placed her exactly in the middle and they were all right!
And now, for the answers.
From the top 1000 baby names chosen in 2008, ranked from most original to most popular:
9. Maren, #965
8. Atticus, #689
7. Macey, #640
6. Lincoln, #212
5. Elena, #211
4. Josephine, #208
3. Parker, #103
2. Sophie, #74
1. Caleb, #34
3 comments:
very interesting! apparantly i stink at this. oh well. at least sophie's name is the second most popular. that's TOTALLY what i was going for when we named her. ha ha.
and by the way, you don't show up on my list when you update anymore, so i just have to check back. weird!
yeah... dang, i didn't see these posts until today either! my list isn't updating with your blog either - lame. fun idea though!
I disagree with that list though :) I've heard of several Marens and no Atticus' (except for the one I know). Hehe...
I was way off!
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