Maverick was the 85th most popular male baby name in 2017.

[BlueStater]

https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi

Wow, that's just dreadful. I have a hard picturing an adult male named "Maverick" and him not being a massive douchebag. This is the kind of garbage name I'd expect Trump-supporting numbnuts with masculinity issues to call their sons. Why not just call the kid "Cowboy" or "Warrior" while you're at it? Awful.

This is what happens when I'm bored and have nothing better to do. Thank you for listening.

[snowybirdie]

1. Just had

s newborn great grandson called Maverick. Guess I'll get used to it! He's gorgeous!

[BlueStater]

2. Congratulations.

Still hate the name, but congrats.

I'm just thinking about a 35-year-old man in the future named "Maverick J. Anderson" and my brain isn't accepting it.

[Harker]

3. Where did "Goose" rank? n/t

[Dave Starsky]

4. If we're naming babies after '50s western heroes, I prefer Paladin.

[geardaddy]

9. How about Festus?

[Dave Starsky]

19. And Newly and Doc, if you're going with Gunsmoke.

Newly is a great name for a newborn baby.

[geardaddy]

21. LOL

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

5. But that's a dog's name! What's next - Duke or Buddy? nt

[left-of-center2012]

18. I have a friend named "Buddy"

His dad's first name was 'Dallas', but everyone called him 'Buddy'.
When a son was born, they named the son "Buddy De" ____.

It's on his birth certificate, driver's license, etc.

[Harker]

25. Then there's the Dallas Mavericks.

[Harker]

28. I went to high school with a guy named Duke.

He was a pretty good foosball player, and had the biggest big toes I've ever seen.

[LeftInTX]

37. Maverick is a surname

My local library is Maury Maverick, Jr Library. It is also my polling place!

His great-grandfather was the original "Maverick" who came to Texas. The great -grandfather was a rancher and politician.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Maverick_Jr.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. That, and naming girls Madison.

I am so tired of that name. Madison is the capital of Wisconsin, FFS. Would you name your kid Albuquerque? Boise? Topeka? Montpelier?

[Dave Starsky]

7. Helena is a beautiful name.

If you pronounce the middle syllable like the model Helena Christensen does and not like the capital of Montana.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Beats the heck out of Albuquerque.

[Dave Starsky]

22. That would actually be Santa Fe.

If we're still going with state capitals.

And who wouldn't want to name their baby Santa? He or she would be destined to bring happiness and joy to the world.

[Harker]

29. Helena Rubinstein sounds nice. n/t

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[Harker]

31. Or Helena Handbasket

[SammyWinstonJack]

41. LOL.

[Harker]

43. Well...

[geardaddy]

10. But Madison was named after the president of that name.

Either way, I'm with you. Hate the name Madison for a girl (or a boy for that matter). It's a surname.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. If you are going to name your daughter after a president,

why not name her Washington, Eisenhower, Taft, Hayes, Polk or Fillmore? "Fillmore, put your Barbies away now, it's time for bed!"

[geardaddy]

20. I love it!

Polk would be even better!

"Polk! Stop poking your brother!"

[Dave Starsky]

35. Kennedy would be a great first name.

For a girl or a boy.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

39. Yuck. Don't like last names pretending to be first names.

[crazycatlady]

13. To be fair

Most of my future kitties are already named after cities--- Lexington, Raleigh, Portland, Vancouver, Elizabeth, Elmira etc.

(I travel for work so each place I travel to gets a cat name).

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Do you have one named St. Paul?

[crazycatlady]

15. Never been there

Find me a campaign there that will hire me and I'll do it.

Current campaign is Bensalem (nn Salem). Could have done Bristol but Sarah Palin ruined that name for me.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. You should come just so you could name your cat St. Paul.

[Harker]

23. Well, there's Denver Pyle.

[Harker]

27. And Pierre Salinger.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

45. Having lived in Madison WI the last gazillion years - I have not met or heard of ONE PERSON named

Madison. Was quite surprised to hear that it was such a popular name - apparently everywhere but Wisconsin. I s this really a thing?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

46. It's down to #25 in popularity now

but in the early 2000s it was one of the top 5 baby girl names. I bet if you walked into any high school and yelled "Madison?" you'd get a whole chorus of "What?" https://www.babycenter.com/baby-names-madison-5175.htm

[geardaddy]

11. Ugh. Just awful.

Just name the kid douchebag, already.

[Paladin]

17. Double ugh. The horrible things some parents do to their poor children. (nt)

[Harker]

24. Really.

My beloved mom named this Black Hawks fan after a Red Wing. I coulda been little Bobby, or Stan, but nope.

[Harker]

34. Is it a coincidence...

or do you post in every thread where there's a picture of Richard Boone?

[Paladin]

36. Coincidence---although I am a big fan of Richard Boone's work. (nt)

[Harker]

40. Ah. He was unique.

"Hombre", is one of my favorites. I don't think Martin Ritt ever quite made a fine film, but he did make several good movies.

[Anon-C]

26. That's honestly hilarious.

Can we get a by-state breakdown, Mav?

[KayF]

32. 83-88 are pretty bad

Carson
Evan
Maverick
Bryson
Jace
Cooper

[Harker]

33. Say any three in random order. n/t

[LeftInTX]

38. The most popular boys names came right out of the old testament.

1 Liam Emma
2 Noah Olivia
3 William Ava
4 James Isabella
5 Logan Sophia
6 Benjamin Mia
7 Mason Charlotte
8 Elijah Amelia
9 Oliver Evelyn
10 Jacob Abigail

Noah??? Really??? 900 year old man with a long beard

[Harker]

42. Polk me when Methuselah makes a resurgence. n/t

[3catwoman3]

44. During my 4 decades in pediatrics, I have seen...

...some really unfortunate name choices that are going to be a pain in the ass for a kid throughout life. Why saddle your child with a name that is hard to pronounce properly?

Years ago, one of my little patients was named Jerome - at least, that's how his name was spelled. His mother pronounced it Jeremy - Jer-o-mee. I would lay a few bucks that no one ever got it right the first time.

[LeftInTX]

47. I wonder when it will appear as a girl's name?