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Vampire Chic: The Names of Twilight

Nov 18th 2009
By Laura Wattenberg

Nothing has greater potential to move baby name style than a teen/tween craze. Just think, thanks to Harry Potter a whole generation on the cusp of procreation now sees Hermione as brainy and Luna as looney. Yet the Hogwarts crew has been limited in its baby name impact, because author J.K. Rowling wasn't targeting fashion with her names. Like Charles Dickens, Rowling crafted eccentric character names for mood, meaning and laughs.

Rowling's successor atop the children's best seller lists has chosen a more fashion-forward path. That makes Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series a potential earthshaker in the baby name landscape.
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The Most Popular Baby Names in America:

1JacobEmma
2MichaelIsabella
3EthanEmily
4JoshuaMadison
5DanielAva
6AlexanderOlivia
7AnthonySophia
8WilliamAbigail
9ChristopherElizabeth
10MatthewChloe
11JaydenSamantha
12AndrewAddison
13JosephNatalie
14DavidMia
15NoahAlexis
16AidenAlyssa
17JamesHannah
18RyanAshley
19LoganElla
20JohnSarah
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