It Shouldn't Matter...

Really, it shouldn't...but it does! You see, when I chose the names for my boys (yes, I admit: I named both our boys. Channing liked the names, though), I chose "unusual" names; not your run of the mill, everyday names. Both Channing and I have unique names and had hoped to pass down unique names to our boys.

I chose the name "Tristan" in high school. I always said that if I ever had a boy, that would be his name. Lo and behold...I had a boy. Tristan was not a popular name at the time, so I stuck with it. I loved (love) the name and the meaning (bold). Since then, I've seen a few boys with the same name, but only a handful.

"Asher" I chose when Tristan was a brand new baby. I was reading my Bible one night before bed, came upon the name and felt so strongly that I would one day have a little boy named Asher. I immediately ran into the living room and woke Channing (who had fallen asleep watching some game of some sort) to tell him the great news. He kind of gave me a grunt and the next day told me that the name was "o.k.". I then told him how I found it and what the name meant (happy, blessed), and he really started liking it.

Ok...cut to Asher's actual birth. We stuck with the name and were SO PROUD of our unique, unusual name. Um, yeah. That lasted for like a month. Then I started meeting Asher after Asher after Asher. I think our church has like five! I meet Ashers at the gym, at the store, at church, in neighborhoods. It's CRAZY!

Well today I was looking at the Today Show's website to get a story for my health blog (I saw the story on the news this morning) and ran across a list of last year's most popular names. Guess where Tristan was??? 18!!!!!!!!!! Can you believe that?! 18!!! Asher was 76!!! 76!!! BOTH my boys were on last year's most popular names list. I am so disappointed! :(

Oh well. What can I do? I guess my next child will just have random letters drawn out of a hat. ;)

Want to see if your kids' names made the list? Check out this link:
Most Popular Baby Names of 2007