Silly or Snappy? You be the judge!

Nothing is more personal than your own name. It is a part of you; it defines who you are. Besides, it’s stuck with you for life- unless you are willing to sort through the mountain of paperwork required to change it. But what’s behind a name?
Is it as simple as choosing your favorite relative and passing their name on to your son or daughter? Or can it come from something that has sentimental value to you? In some cases, people decide to take it a step further and choose very unusual names; just to be unique.
 
Celebrity parents have played a big part in this trend, and this month Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban turned heads when they settled on Sunday Rose as their daughter’s name.

With such a stir over the Hollywood couple’s name choice, we decided to look at some of the most popular baby names over time and see whether we could find anything as unique as ‘Sunday!’ Livescience.com has a complete listing of all the top baby names over time (according to the U.S. Social Security Administration) including the top five from both 1950, and 2007! Although we did not find anything quite as unique as Sunday, we did notice that the most popular names have changed quite a bit when compared to those in the fifties. Take a peek at the top five baby names from 1950 and 2007, and see if your name made the cut!

Welcome to Meet the Panelist - our new monthly feature designed to help you get to know your fellow panel members!  Each month we’ll feature a new panelist – and tell you a little bit about them.  It’s our way of giving all of our panelists a chance to get to know each other.

Meet Jennifer from New Mexico!

More interesting questions we asked Jennifer:

Q: How many TVs do you have in your house?
A: 3
Q: If you could be any animal, what would you be?
A: Cat, because they get to lie around the house all day and they are spoiled....at least mine are.          
Q: What do you usually eat for breakfast?
A: Cereal      
Q: When you were six years old, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A: Teacher 
Q: Name three things that you do everyday:
A: Feed the animals. Take care of my son. Clean the house.
Q: What is your most valued possession?
A: My photo albums
Q: What is your favorite website?
A :www.pogo.com  
Q: What do you like about being an i-Say panelist?
A: Learning about new products or potential products. 

Thanks for sharing your story with us, Jennifer!

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