I predict my name will not make that list.... (though the Owen variation probably will, no so much with Eoghan)

If you've read Freakonomics it's got some interesting bits on how people choose their names. Something to do with people picking names based on what they see as posh/successful names.

I'm going to name my kid Billionaire.

I think there is a clause in the GWJ Code of Conduct that mandates all newborns of registered GWJ.com users must be named from one of four gender based options. Failure to comply results in only being able to access the site via the slower server.

Boys
Certis
Certisium
Elysium
Elysis

Girls
Certina
Certiko
Elysia
Elysiana
Compliance is subject to random auditing.

When my wife was pregnant with our first child, we were going to name it Emma if it was a girl. Then, halfway through the second trimester, that annoying Chick from Friends named her bastard child Emma. We changed our mind right away because my wife knew I'd punched the first person who said "Oh, you named it after the baby on Friends!". I can't fathom why people would name their kids after celebrities on purpose.

Americans are f*cking idiots.

Whenever I do some name searching, I always look up the meaning behind the names. Now I'll never consider naming my child Claudia. But I'd prefer creating a unique name than choosing a common one.

How the heck do you pronounce Jaslene anyway? Is it Jahs-leh-neh or Jahs-leen?

Hey, don't stop now! Tell us how you really feel.

Our first born is Rowan Ash and our second and last is Fáelán Sé. We've met a few Rowans but no Fáeláns.

We named our daughter Shaylandria, which is unlikely to be duplicated. Fortunately, at age 9, she still loves her name and is proving to be as unique.

well, sadly I have to agree...

-Ray!!!

Indy, he's calling Certina Elysia Lim a f*cking idiot.

This seems like as good a place as any to air a little grievance that I have.

So, my name is Ethan. That name is mine. Until a few years ago, I had never met another person with my name, and I was able to treat it as something that was uniquely mine and mine alone. Then one day about 6 or 7 years ago (or at some point when I was still in college) I was working my summer job at the theater, and the unthinkable happened.

Some lady in line for the concession stand called out my name, and when I turned to ask her what manner of overpriced junk food I could sell her, I realized that she was not talking to me, but rather to her four year old son. At first I thought it was just a random coincidence. But then it happened again, just a week or so later, but with a different woman and a different small child. And then it happened again the next week. I was shocked. Perplexed. My entire reality began to crumble around me. So I started doing some research, and I quickly discovered that a horrible thing had happened.

To put it simply, Ethan Hawke ruined everything for me.

Consider the following data tabulated by the US Social Security Administration.

Now cross reference that with Ethan Hawke's filmography from the IMDB.

That son of a bitch's breakout role as a dreamy yet troubled young intellectual single handedly ruined my name, and started its downward spiral from being blissfully obsure and unique to being the third goddamn most common name for newborn males. His charming good looks and tortured but lovable demeanor have implanted my name in the the brains of a generation of young women as a good name to give their children, and for that I will never forgive give him. Simply unacceptable!

He was excellent in Gattaca, though.

I'd be worried dhelor. The popularity of Heroes might drive that name's usage up.