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A Name For Your Baby

Picking a name for your new addition to the family most likely includes three stages: endless daydreaming at first, narrowing down your choices, and negotiating with your partner. Each phase can be fun, so enjoy!

Criteria for choosing a name can include traditional family names, special meanings, nationality, popularity, spelling and ease of pronunciation, and nicknames.

Use the worksheet below as you ponder your child's future name.

Some of the most popular baby names in 2001 are as follows:

Boys
  • Jacob
  • Michael
  • Matthew
Girls
  • Emily
  • Madison
  • Hannah

Source: Social Security Administration www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/baby-names

Name meanings: www.babynames.com

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Girls
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