2005's Top Baby Names

Without further adieu, here are the top baby names of 2005, per MSN and BabyCenter:

Girls:

1. Emma
2. Emily
3. Madison
4. Kaitlyn
5. Sophia
6. Isabella
7. Olivia
8. Hannah
9. Makayla
10. Ava

Boys:

1. Aidan
2. Jacob
3. Ethan
4. Nicholas
5. Matthew
6. Ryan
7. Tyler
8. Jack
9. Joshua
10. Andrew

Surprisingly, none of my top 5 made the list. What's that? You'd like to know my top five? Oh, all right.

Girls

1. Cruella
2. Prawn
3. Gertrudamergatroid
4. Tawnee
5. Apple

Boys

1. Ponch
2. Bolt
3. Chazz
4. Junior
5. Mephistopholes

Here's the Top 100, courtesy of BabyCenter. Lucas came in at #40, edging out Elijah (despite a push from LOTR fans), beating # 51 Landon (sorry, Real World devotees), and trouncing # 76 Wyatt. So, creatively speaking, Beth and I were strictly middle-of-the-road. All the more reason to go with my choice of names for our next kid, when that happens and should that kid be a boy: Bjordkjerk. It's Icelandic. I think.