Baby Names in the News

Headline-grabbing baby names are a weakness of mine. I’ve blogged about dozens over the years, but I’ve never really kept track of all the posts…until now! Here’s a timeline of all those newsworthy baby names, sorted by the year in which each baby was born:

• 1892: Numidian
• 1903: Sarto
• 1909: Theodore
• 1910: Cleveland, Sufficient
• 1919: Dante
• 1921: Decillion
• 1929: Airlene
• 1933: Karina
• 1935: Meadows Brook
• 1938: Adolph Benito Adrien, Ford
• 1941: Dawn Siren, Linda, Victory Pearl Harbor
• 1944: Leorita, Linda
• 1950: Auden, Queenie, Roy Hugh
• 1953: Val N. Tines
• 1954: Hazel
• 1955: George, etc.
• 1957: Mash
• 1963: Jeep Gilbert
• 1967: Australis
• 1977: Friday February Eleven
• 1980: (unknown)
• 1983: Alicia, Australia II, etc.
• 1984: Jorge, Pearl
• 1985: Elena, Gloria, Tracy, etc.
• 1986: Good Hope Sky, Samantha
• 1988: Normah
• 1989: Joseph
• 1992: Andrew
• 1997: Laa-Laa
• 1998: Keane
• 2000: Ginaya
• 2001: Hajez
• 2002: BOH DVF 260602, Frank, Ikea, Mondeo, Philip Ruddock
• 2003: Isabel
• 2004: Jon 2.0
• 2005: Cape Cod, Helsinki, Golden Palace, Moses, Silvio Berlusconi, Taylor, Tsunami
• 2006: ABS-CBN, Metallica, Venerdi
• 2007: 4Real, Ann, Aoyun, Autumn, etc., Boston Harold, Carlee, Daniella, Gala, Noah, Wrigley Fields, Zeljko
• 2008: Aoyun, Camryn, Jesus, Sarah McCain Palin, V.W.
• 2009: Aussie Trooper, Barcelona, Edan Shaw, Freeway, Jovi, Kia, Westbury, Ya Hang, Zealand-New
• 2010: Crimson Tide, Jacqueline, Jazz, Lady Gaga, Li Jefferson, Monique-Lucie, Tami Fabiola, Torah, Zöé

And here they are sorted by theme:

• Airplane: Airlene, Daniella, Good Hope Sky, Linda, Tami Fabiola, Ya Hang
• Boat: Australis, Cleveland, Dante, Edan Shaw, Karina, Numidian, Roy Hugh
• Car: Camryn, Carlee, Ford, Freeway, Jazz, Jeep Gilbert, Keane, Kia, Mondeo, V.W., Westbury
• Train/subway/bus: Joseph, Leorita, Queenie
• Hospital: Meadows Brook, Normah
• Weather/Natural disaster: Andrew, Alicia, Cape Cod, Elena, Gloria, Hazel, Isabel, Jorge, Mash, Monique-Lucie, Moses, Noah, Theodore, Tsunami
• Politics/War: Ann, Adolph Benito Adrien, Dawn Siren, Hajez, Li Jefferson, Linda, Philip Ruddock, Samantha, Sarah McCain Palin, Silvio Berlusconi, Victory Pearl Harbor, Zeljko
• Sports: Aoyun & Aoyun, Australia II, etc., Autumn, etc., Barcelona, Crimson Tide, Helsinki, Jacqueline, Torah, Wrigley Fields
• Entertainment: Auden, ABS-CBN, Gala, Jovi, Laa-Laa, Lady Gaga, Metallica
• Food: Frank, Pearl, Taylor
• Day/Date: BOH DVF 260602, Friday February Eleven, Val N. Tines, Venerdi
• Other: (unknown), 4Real, Aussie Trooper, Boston Harold, Decillion, George, etc., Ginaya, Golden Palace, Ikea, Jesus, Jon 2.0, Sarto, Sufficient, Tracy, etc., Zealand-New, Zöé

I’ve got more on deck, so this list will continue to grow in the coming months. In the meanwhile, if you spot any baby names in the news that I’ve missed, please let me know.