hooray for me!

Ah, the annual “names not to name your kid” list. Unfortunately, the ascendancy of “Emma” does not signify that “Emily” has finally reached its saturation point. Rather, parents who want their daughter to share their name with at least five other girls in home room have figured out that you can just break “Emily” into “Emma” and the still-climbing “Ellie”/”Ella.” By 2020, the top ten will probably be something like: 1) Em
2) El
3) Ly
4) Muh
5) Eh
6) Mm
7) Ee
8) Emma
9) Ellie
10) Emily

Apparently there are a lot of parents out there that watch Harball on MSNBC.