The Daily Ping

FROM: Chris [E-Mail]
DATE: Monday June 10, 2002 -- 12:39:54 pm

My name is unusual in that it is just Chris - not Christopher. People always assume it is though.

Also - neither of my kid's names (Brexton and Delaney) are anywhere to be found on the top 100. That is a good thing.

FROM: Jim
DATE: Monday June 10, 2002 -- 2:30:23 pm

This link shows the top 1000 names, based on a much larger sample.

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/2001/top1000_of_2001.html

FROM: Jim
DATE: Monday June 10, 2002 -- 2:31:46 pm

Let's try this again:

FROM: Ryan
DATE: Monday June 10, 2002 -- 3:01:38 pm

It's funny that Ryan is so high up -- I really haven't known that many other Ryan's in my life.

FROM: Elizabeth [E-Mail]
DATE: Monday June 10, 2002 -- 8:36:06 pm

Elizabeth is #7??? What's up with that? I thought I was an original. Thankfully, my former nickname "Betsy" is not on the 100er or the 1000er, so at least I can be sort of cool. Ah, the poor babies of 2001 will never know the joy of hearing "Betsy Wetsy wet the bed" in a jeering voice.

Also, I noticed that "fresh" isn't on there either.. care to comment, fresh?

FROM: Robert [E-Mail]
DATE: Monday June 10, 2002 -- 11:47:05 pm

If I ever get tired of my too-popular first name I'll start demanding everyone call me by my totally unpopular middle name, Alton.

FROM: Matt
DATE: Tuesday June 11, 2002 -- 12:40:23 am

Alton is a rocking middle name, almost as much as Loring.

FROM: Robert [E-Mail]
DATE: Tuesday June 11, 2002 -- 9:46:42 am

No, it rocks more than Loring.

FROM: Rob [E-Mail]
DATE: Tuesday June 11, 2002 -- 12:06:04 pm

I'll never get too tired of your first name, Robert.

I'll never let anyone call me by my middle name. :P

FROM: Greg
DATE: Tuesday June 11, 2002 -- 5:40:54 pm

Did anyone else notice that the top 10 or 15 female names on the "100" list all made pretty good stripper names? Is this a prediction of the future?

FROM: Paul [E-Mail]
DATE: Tuesday June 11, 2002 -- 10:44:07 pm

They also make good first names for Congresspeople.

FROM: King Random
DATE: Friday June 14, 2002 -- 10:48:49 pm

Ha, I win! my name, or at least my nickname, is not on any of those lists. I feel special and different now.
"yes, little kid, we would have you believe you are a special and indevidual person, just like everyone else."

FROM: Marcus Mackey
DATE: Saturday June 15, 2002 -- 4:18:55 pm

Holy Batwing's Batman... I'm 105th most popular by first name? Who'd have thunk it... I thought my first name was a fairly rare name in most circles (esp. compared to something like Mark). Alternate spelling at 658 (Markus... *ick*)...

Even scarier, my middlename is 414th (I figured it'd be more popular than my first)... and my first name beat Paul out by 6 places! Now that scares me...

Altogether, Paul and I both beat out Kenny (us bastards!!) and my dad didn't even make the list with "Willard"; which compared to some of the names on there... is a bit more conservative. Closest I think I saw was Wilfredo... now while I knew a Willfred; Wilfredo?

I have to admit to having a special fondness for Aidan/Aiden; then again one of my favorite artists (BRUTE) is named Aidan Hughes.

FROM:
DATE: Wednesday August 27, 2003 -- 10:52:47 pm

chesty rox a boing boing.
nick name, chesty rox

FROM: mike Wohl
DATE: Sunday October 26, 2003 -- 11:03:26 pm

God is love know his name, and if you give yourself,and heart to him you can live eternally!!

FROM: Ryan
DATE: Monday October 27, 2003 -- 9:03:11 am

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