more on names

Thanks for all the wonderful name suggestions we've gotten so far! I can't believe that pretty much every has suggested Sophie/Sophia. That's not going to be her name, but funny have everyone loves that name!

I have to admit that I'm just absolutely fascinated by baby names and naming trends. In fact, I'm such a nerd that I've been following the Baby Name Wizard blog for the past, oh, five years or so - ever since I read the Freakonomics chapter on baby names (see here for a very brief summary, in case you haven't already read the book). BNW is my favorite blog! (Well, that and Cake Wrecks and Post Secrets, but those are each a completely different topic!)

Plus, the BNW website (not just the blog) has some super cool graphs and charts. (Oooh, how I love statistics!)  For example, you can see here how Sophie/Sophia has skyrocketed in popularity in the last ~20 years or so. Crazy!

So I'm going to give you all some hints about the name we're leaning toward:
1. It's a family name (first name from one side of our families, middle name from the other - just like how we were both named).
2. It hasn't been in the top 100 names since the 1950's.
3. It's popularity has been stagnant since the 1960's, so hopefully Baby won't be one of 5 with her name in her kindergarten class.

Okay, from now on mum's the word. You'll just have to stay tuned until April to find out what we're calling her. :)