2006 it was 956

In the year 2006 Coen was ranked 956 in popularity. Apparently between then and now it has moved up significantly. I have always heard people say they never knew that their child's name was so popular until they named their child that name. Well, it has happened to me. I had never heard of anyone with that name until recently. Now I hear it everywhere. And all the little boys with this name are under one. So when Coen is in elementary school his name will seem as common as mine was. It is kind of funny how I found his name. I wanted to name him Kade, but a neighbor had just named their son that, and I like Kael (good thing we didn't name him that because John cousin whose wife is also Michelle Black named their son this a month after we had Coen) but my BIL mentioned that it was a lettuce so I went to a baby name website and looked at names that started with "C" and "K" and I came across Cohen. Well, that spelling is a Jewish last name. I have nothing against a Jewish name, I just didn't want my child to have a first name that was typically a last name, so I changed the spelling to omit the "h". Apparently a lot of parents did the same thing, so not only are there many little Coen's out there but they have the same spelling. It just makes me laugh to think the one child that I thought we were naming a name that was uncommon, not weird but cute would end up being our most popular baby name yet. Paige is a name that everyone has heard of but there are not tons of them around. John is a very common name and still is listed in the top 20 most popular names but for some reason I have not come across many little boys named John. But since I have been blogging and frequently other blogs I have noticed the name Coen is so popular. Oh well, even if his name is popular he still is so cute, fun and a happy baby.