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List of all boys born in December at my local hospital

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Fishpond · 03/01/2012 00:06

Discovered the wonderful website of my local hospital that lists all the babies born by name, birthday, parents names. It's fabulous for making sure that I don't choose the most popular name in my town ... although from the list I am definitely in my own company! Opinions on the names or just a generalization of the list? I'm in America. Hugely interesting variation from the UK lists.

BOYS
Ah?mod
Alec
Andrew
Anthony
Austin
Bentley x2 (taking in the last 6 months there are like 50 Bentley's!!)
Brantley
Brandon
Bryce
Cal
Carter
Colyn
Conner
Corbin
Dominic
Dustin
Elijah
Emmett
Graham
Grayson
Hunter
Isaac x2
James
Jax
Jaxon
Javier
Jon-Albert
Josiah
Kagan
Kainan
Kaysen
Lance x2
Leo
Levi
Luke x2
Maddox
Mason x2
Nathanial
Nicholas
Payton
Preston
Raylan
Robert
Ronin
Ryder
Thomas
Tyson
Scotty
Tay?Shawn
Weston

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EdithWeston · 04/01/2012 21:49

SoupDragon: stealing babies' identities has been a common way for criminals to establish an alter ego. There are cases from across the globe, and it's something that's been happening for decades. Publishing this level of information just serves to make it easier.

Sorry - didn't mean to come over all serious in a thread like this. But it is worth giving a thought to what is published about your children, especially now the criminals' task is much easier in these days of global connectivity.

CheerfulYank · 04/01/2012 21:35

You just know there's a twin set of Trinidi and Kinnidi somewhere... :)

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Fishpond · 04/01/2012 20:05

I actually know the Tay'Shawn. He is my friends little boy, they call him Tay. I was not asked and have not given my opinion of his name Grin

And wrt Kinnidi, at the nursery I work at there is a Trinidi. Grin

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coccyx · 04/01/2012 20:05

What horrible names

CheerfulYank · 04/01/2012 20:03

I mean several reasons given for this.

CheerfulYank · 04/01/2012 20:01

It's Sophia, probably.

Fell lots of children in the African American community are given names with apostrophes; there are several reasons for this but these seem most probable.

FellatioNelson · 04/01/2012 19:33

I think it must be Soph-Yee-Ah. Confused

Well it probably isn't, but it should be.

And what about Tay'Shawn? What purpose does that apostrophe serve?

Doozie · 04/01/2012 19:29

How do you pronounce Sophyia? It looks like they couldn't decide between Sophy and Sophia.

FellatioNelson · 04/01/2012 19:14

PMSL at Payzlei and Jahlexyz. That is all I have to say.

SoupDragon · 04/01/2012 19:13

OMg - Abcde for a girl! LOLOL

CheerfulYank · 04/01/2012 19:11

Ah, the Utah-ites. The Mormons usually get the blame for it, but the family of Mormons I know really well are called Matthew, Melanie, Sean, Ryan, and Shannon. So not too out there. :) But they're not the really out-there fundamentalists...I think those people tend to be the over the top namers.

MudAndGlitter · 04/01/2012 19:05

I love Mattie for a girl. I love boys names for girls yet DD still gets called the girl abbreviation of her name rather than the boy one!

WhatstheScenario · 04/01/2012 19:04

Kinnidi is fucking horrible

WhatstheScenario · 04/01/2012 19:03

Christ.

I feel it is once again time to bring out ye olde Utah babynamer

CheerfulYank · 04/01/2012 17:01

MudAndGlitter I promise, most American kids have fairly normal names. 'Round here they're all Alex or Owen or Jake for boys, and Ava, Bella, or Grace for girls. There are quite a few Madisons, which I don't like. Madeleine is much better. I do know a little Mattigan as well, which I actually think is kind of cool. It's her mother's maiden name and they call her Mattie.

CheerfulYank · 04/01/2012 16:59

I know a Kinnidi. It's pronounced Kennedy.

SoupDragon · 04/01/2012 16:39

How is the identity of a newborn baby going to be much use?

EdithWeston · 04/01/2012 16:27

OP didn't mention surnames: but date and (in particular) place of birth is valuable info, especially as family first names makes surnames easy to find.

I note this wasn't in UK - I don't think it would be legal here without consent, and I do not think that amount of data would be released in one place.

MudAndGlitter · 04/01/2012 16:16

I hated Bentley when Maci chose it.
I like Sophia.
I hate Leah.
I don't like Carly.

Yes I judge all American names by pregnant teenagers on the tellybox.
Sometimes.

overmydeadbody · 04/01/2012 16:13

sorry for poor spelling. I meant Weston and much. The data is not much use for ID thieves without surnames.

overmydeadbody · 04/01/2012 16:13

Wston not mush use for ID thieves without a surname though.

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Fishpond · 04/01/2012 16:06

Yes, as I previously mentioned families can opt out but I don't think it's very common to do so. Surnames and addresses are not listed. First names only and birth days.

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EdithWeston · 04/01/2012 16:04

"lists all the babies born by name, birthday, parents names"

I hope they have obtained the consent of all families - this sort of data is a dream of future ID thieves.

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Fishpond · 04/01/2012 15:59

But Soup! They're being yooneek!

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SoupDragon · 04/01/2012 15:59

But yes... Give us the Ks! I think you can always guarantee good names beginning with K :o