Naming Anxiety

“Finding a name that has authentic roots, but is completely undiscovered, is the ultimate baby name status symbol,” said Pamela Redmond Satran, a founder of the site Nameberry.

 Um, yeah.

Even when parents look to the Bible, they often thumb past “Adam” and “Daniel” in favor of “Joah” or “Obadiah,” she said. 

In 2002, 77 percent of babies born in the United States had names on the Top 1000, according to government data. By 2011, only 73 percent did.

 [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/fashion/the-new-baby-name-anxiety.html]