Me and the fiancee are bumping heads when it comes to names for the baby. She's fond of Julius, Terrance and Isaiah; none of which I'm that enthusiastic about. I like Patrick, Eric or Xavier; none of which thrills her.

I looked at the top baby names of 2011 (for boys), and apparently these are what's hot this year. Would you name your child any of these?
http://www.babycenter.com/popularBabyNames.htm?year=2011


1. Mason
2. Liam
3. Jacob
4. Ethan
5. Noah
6. Jackson
7. Logan
8. Aiden
9. Jack
10. Ryan
11. Lucas
12. Benjamin
13. Elijah
14. William
15. Michael
16. Jayden
17. Matthew
18. James
19. Alexander
20. Nathan
21. Caleb
22. Andrew
23. Luke
24. Evan
25. Gabriel
26. Gavin
27. Joshua
28. Owen
29. Connor
30. Dylan
31. Daniel
33. Landon
34. Carter
35. Brayden
36. Wyatt
37. Henry
38. Eli
39. Max
40. Joseph

Julius? Is she for real? LOL. I like Xavier and Isaiah though. Of the names on that list, I like Aiden, Nathan, Gabriel, Gavin and Joshua.

With your guys choices I like Terrance, Isaiah, and Xavier (which is my roommates oldest son's name).

From the list I like
Mason
Aiden
Jayden
Caleb (My cousins sons name. Actually 2 of my cousins have this name, 1 spelt with a "C" the other "K". both same age)
Gavin

Mason? No Anthony??

Always good for a writer to look at a lot of baby names. lol Never realized Mason was so common.

I would never name a kid of mine Mason

I like your choices Chris. Also agree with Tony about Mason. Bleh. That's really #1?

From the list, I also like

Liam
Jacob
Ethan
Noah
Jackson
Aiden
Elijah
Michael
Jayden
Matthew
James
Alexander
Nathan
Caleb
Gavin
Joshua
Connor
Dylan
Daniel
Landon
Brayden
Joseph

Not crazy about all of them but on the bright side at least some of the celebrity baby names are not catching on.

Wyatt is even dorkier.

Nystyle709 wrote:

Julius? Is she for real? LOL. I like Xavier and Isaiah though. Of the names on that list, I like Aiden, Nathan, Gabriel, Gavin and Joshua.

She's dead serious about Julius. She has a cousin named that, and thinks it's 'cute.' When I hear it, it reminds me of Orange Julius.

Tony Marino wrote:

Mason? No Anthony??

Anthony is another name I like and kind of/sort of consider. Thing is, I had a crazy uncle named Anthony who died, and don't know how I feel about resurrecting the name in the family.

Tony Marino wrote:

I would never name a kid of mine Mason

Awww. Consider it.

Mason Jar Marino.

Chris wrote:

She's dead serious about Julius. She has a cousin named that, and thinks it's 'cute.' When I hear it, it reminds me of Orange Julius.i

I like Julian however. Maybe you two can compromise with that one. Julian is cute.