Noams

[dr_whom]

Surprised to learn, via the Baby Name Wizard blog, that last year was the first time 100 or more American babies were named "Noam". I've always thought of Noam as a not-too-rare name, and I've known at least three or four Noams. But I hang out with a lot of Jews and linguists.

Comments

[midnight-sidhe.livejournal.com]

Do you think the meteoric *cough* rise of Noam could be related to the current popularity of Liam? Or are the registers they're from sufficiently different that their phonotactic similarities are irrelevant?

[dr_whom]

Ooh, I don't know. Interesting idea!

[miraclaire.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think going to a JCC summer camp for 12 years has seriously skewed my sense of how common some names are.

[kepod.livejournal.com]

The babies present at my friend Emily's potluck were named Lorelai and Solomon.

[wolfheart17.livejournal.com]

I think that at least some of the Noams I know were not born in this country, though moved here at a very young age, which skews the numbers.