Unique American Baby Names of 2009 (Boys’ Edition)

A couple of weeks ago, I published lists baby boy names and baby girl names that ranked outside of the SSA’s official top 1,000, but were still given to 100+ babies in the U.S. in 2009.

Since then, I’ve had time to peruse the rest of the names on the SSA’s full list–those 12,811 boy names and 17,993 girl names given to at least five but no more than 99 babies last year.

Here are some highlights from the boys’ list:

Blends

• Myson (21) – My son
• Kingjames (11)
• Myking (10) – My king
• Brandonlee (8)
• Victorhugo (8)
• Kingdavid (5)
• Myheir (5) – My heir
• Siranthony (5)
• Sirmichael (5)
• Reydavid (5)

Numerical

• Seven (86)
• Amillion (16)
• Trillion (10)
• Million (7)

Musical

• Ziggy (39)
• Danzig (13)
• Reznor (9)
• Vedder (6)
• Cobain (5)

Sports-ish

• Gehrig (33)
• Raider (15)
• Polo (12)
• Espn (6)
• Fenway (5)
• Jetli (5)
• Samurai (5)
• Wanderlei (5) and Vanderlei (5)

NRA supporters

• Shooter (27)
• Trigger (15)
• Caliber (7)

Natural pairings

• The Catcher (8) in the Rye (22)
• Smith (47) & Wesson (42)
• Supreme (11) Court (9)

Reflections of modern values?

• Famous (10)
• Gamble (10)
• Chaos (9)
• Furious (6)
• Money (5)
• Notorious (5)

Word associations

• Bronx (74) – Mowgli
• Tuff (28) – Cream puff [conditional upon ruffness]
• Trapper (25) – Keeper
• Pilot (19) – Inspektor
• Crimson (16) – Tide
• Epic (11) – Fail

On to the girl names…