List of all boys born in December at my local hospital

[Fishpond]

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

I think it must be Soph-Yee-Ah.

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

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

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.

I mean several reasons given for this.

What horrible names

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

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

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

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.