Late last week came this shocking news: Isabella unseated Emma as the No. 1 name for new baby girls.
Emma and her cohorts, Sophia, Ava, Olivia and Emily, were pushed aside by the new girl in town, Isabella. (Or shall we say “Bella”?)
With Jacob holding tight to his No. 1 spot, Edward inching up in ranks and Cullen clawing his way up nearly 300 spots, all signs pointed to suburban mom vampire literature for unseating the romantic, Jane Austen-inspired name.
But don’t be so quick to blame Stephanie Meyer and her “Twilight” series for the Isabella issue.
Turns out, she’s been steadily rising for a decade, way before the 2005 book was published. Same goes for Jacob. And perhaps even Edward.
But Cullen? One-half Meyer’s fault. The rest we’ll attribute to the trend of two-syllable boys names ending in en: Aiden, Jayden, Logan, Nathan, Kevin, Justin.
We can retrace the steps of Isabella, which, back in 1991 shot up an unusual 210 spots to by the 488th most popular girl’s name in the U.S. Then, as these name things do, Isabella made it onto the short list in two different regions in the country.
From Time:
Isabella broke the top 5 on the most-popular list first in Colorado and Rhode Island. From Colorado, it spread to California, Nevada and Arizona. From Rhode Island, it hit Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey. Now it’s all over the country.
~Robstenfan
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