The Washington State Department of Health has released its list of top 100 baby names for 2012, and surprisingly, Cienna is nowhere on it. The number one most unoriginal girl's name last year was Sophia (473 out of 42,719 girls born in the state last year), while the number one most boring boy's name was Liam (409 out of 44,696).
In case you're interested in avoiding this same mistake for your own children, here is a sampling of the top ten most boring and unoriginal boys and girls names in Washington State:
BOYS | GIRLS | ||
---|---|---|---|
LIAM | 409 | SOPHIA | 473 |
MASON | 408 | EMMA | 456 |
ETHAN | 394 | OLIVIA | 438 |
ALEXANDER | 357 | ISABELLA | 324 |
BENJAMIN | 336 | AVA | 310 |
NOAH | 329 | EMILY | 303 |
WILLIAM | 317 | ABIGAIL | 275 |
JACOB | 314 | ELIZABETH | 254 |
JAMES | 313 | MIA | 230 |
MICHAEL | 313 | ELLA | 229 |
Take it from David Goldstein (the "John Smith" of Judaism), you can do better.