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Related: About this forumNoah: the new #1 name for boys born in the U.S.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09/most-popular-baby-names-2013_n_5294755.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063
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Noah: the new #1 name for boys born in the U.S. (Original Post)
Auggie
May 2014
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Silent3
(15,212 posts)1. So we're going to see a flood of boys named Noah? n/t
Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)7. two per family. n/t
TxDemChem
(1,918 posts)11. And lol for the goal
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)14. This is my brother Noah and this is my other brother Noah.
TxDemChem
(1,918 posts)10. Lol for the set up
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)20. ...followed closely by the return of "Rainbow"
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)2. Did they just find this name?
Funny, it has been around a long time. Nice simple name.
I can't wait till they make a new movie about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
onager
(9,356 posts)13. I can't wait till they make a movie about Onan
n/t
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)15. I thought they did in the eighties...
Onan the Barbarian, it was called.
onager
(9,356 posts)16. Right, the one starring that Austrian jack-off...
n/t
Apparently Dorothy Parker had a pet parakeet she named Onan because he tended to spill his seed upon the ground.
onager
(9,356 posts)18. Ha! Good one! My favorite Parkerism...
...is the one about her going to a Halloween party. She saw some people bobbing for apples.
Parker: "What are those people doing?"
Host: "Ducking for apples."
Parker: "Change one consonant and you have the story of my life."
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)19. I found that one a bit self-indulgent.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)3. I wonder if this is linked to rising sea levels
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)4. Noah, how long can you tread water?
Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)6. I am OK with Noah in the same way I am OK with naming a kid after Harry Potter or Luke Skywalker. nt
LostOne4Ever
(9,288 posts)8. Better than Poindexter
Wait...that can be shortened to Dexter!
Tobin S.
(10,418 posts)9. If I wanted my kid to hate me when he grew up, I'd name him Noah.
smartphone
(87 posts)12. Well with the oceans rising ..
We will need a lot of Noah's around to build lots of arks for the floods that will be coming.
temporary311
(955 posts)21. Better than Sue, I guess.
sakabatou
(42,152 posts)22. Of course, no family will name their kid Ham
Stargleamer
(1,989 posts)23. Too bad "Heath" (short for "Heathen") didn't make the list... n/t