Top 10 African-American newborn baby names per the Social Security Administration

[Bye You!]

[MONK]

TwinShebas. An African-American word meaning 2 sisters separated at birth

TwinShebas!!!!!!

[TonyJax]

We used data from Virginia, Colorado, Arkansas, Texas, and New York City to create our compilation of popular names for African American babies. These four states and one city are the only places in the country that break down name popularity by race.


Baby girl names

Aaliyah/Aliyah
Alexandra
Alexis
Alyssa
Angel
Aniyah
Brianna
Chloe
Destiny
Diamond
Gabrielle
Hailey
Hannah
Imani
Isis
Jada
Jasmine
Jayla
Jordan
Kayla
Kennedy
Kiara
Laila
Madison
Makayla
Nevaeh
Sydney
Taylor
Tiana
Trinity

Baby boy names

Anthony
Brandon
Caleb
Cameron
Christian
Christopher
Daniel
David
Elijah
Ethan
Gabriel
Isaiah
James
Jayden
Jaylen
Jeremiah
Jordan
Joseph
Joshua
Josiah
Justin
Kevin
Malik
Matthew
Michael
Nathan
Tyler
William
Xavier
Zion

Almost as long as my baby boy arm, wink, wink, say no more, say no more.

[ilovebacon]

B'Theeach

[TonyJax]

My sister-in-law is a teacher and she used to teach 1st grade in an inner city school. She had a kid in class who's name was Le'Monjelo and he had a brother in Kindergarten named O'Ranjelo. The mom named them after Lemon Jello and Orange Jello.

They were German I take it?

Fucking Krauts.

[Stew Nod]

Pretty much every dude I ever knew named Malik was a freak bad ass mandingo warrior...It's like a rule or something

[2Manboobs]

Urban Dictionary definitions are not an accepted form of civilized and/or mainstream communication

[Gunslinger]

U.S. Social Security Administration

I believe you, just can't believe it's not a parody.

[Bye You!]

Click on this.

[fletchman71]

They were German I take it?

Fucking Krauts.

Jewish actually. Le'Monjelo and O'Ranjelo Steinberg.

[2Manboobs]

My sister-in-law is a teacher and she used to teach 1st grade in an inner city school. She had a kid in class who's name was Le'Monjelo and he had a brother in Kindergarten named O'Ranjelo. The mom named them after Lemon Jello and Orange Jello.

Or, the infamous Nosmo King

[Bye You!]

Urban Dictionary definitions are not an accepted form of civilized and/or mainstream communication

that's a race horse. ran the derby a few years ago. Until then everyone thought i was making up my comma to the top stories.

[beetlejosh]

[TonyJax]

Pretty much every dude I ever knew named Malik was a freak bad ass mandingo warrior...It's like a rule or something

Really. Mandingo was a made up name of a movie.

[Bye You!]

Really. Mandingo was a made up name of a movie.

but it's #11 on the list.

[Mlaw]

The following top 20 African-American baby names for boys feature names that are popular among the African-Americans as well as names that are entirely created by the African-American community. All the below listed baby boy names made it into the list of the top 1000 most popular baby names in the United States (according to the Social Security Administration), while none except for the first (Xavier) is among the 100 most popular male names:


Xavier (Basque origin meaning “new house“)
Malik (arabic origin meaning “sovereign“, “king“)
Darius (Persian and Greek origin meaning “maintain well“, “posses well“)
Jalen (newly created name), Maurice (Latin origin meaning “dark-skinned“)
Damon (Greek origin meaning “to tame“)
Demetrius (Greek origin meaning “earth mother“, “loves the earth“, “follower of Demeter“)
Terrance (Latin origin, meaning uncertain possibly “smooth“)
Jamal (Arabic origin meaning “handsome“)
Reginald (English origin meaning “king’s advisor“)
DeAndre (newly created name – from Andre and the prefix De-)
Marquis (French origin meaning “nobleman“, “lord“)
Terrell (English origin meaning “stubborn“)
DeShawn (newly created name – from Shawn and the prefix De-)
Trevon (English or possible American origin meaning “fair town“ and “great settlement“, respectively)
Tyrone (Gaelic origin, from Irish county Tyrone), Darnell (English origin meaning “hidden place“)
Deon (Greek origin – from Dionysius, god of wine), Dominique (Latin origin meaning “lord“)
Darryl (a version of Darrel, meaning “open“)

African-American baby names for girls are not among the very top baby names in the United States either. Here are African-American baby girl names that made it into the list of the top 1000 (according to the Social Security Administration):


Aaliyah (Hebrew and Arabic origin meaning “ascender“ and “sublime“, respectively)
Jayla (American origin, meaning uncertain)
Jasmine (Persian origin meaning “jasmine“)
Jada (Hebrew origin meaning “wise“)
Kiara (Irish origin meaning “little black one“)
Nia (African and Gaelic origin meaning “brightness“, “purpose“)
Asia (Assyrian and Greek origin meaning “the east“ and “sunrise“, respectively)
Raven (English origin meaning “black bird“)
Diamond (“diamond“)
Aisha (Arabic meaning “alive“)
Precious (“precious“)
Alexus (a version of Alexandra)
Ebony (Greek origin meaning “black wood“)
Shanice (English origin meaning “God is gracious“)
Latoya (Spanish origin meaning “victorious“)
Latrice (a version of Patricia)
Danisha (American origin, meaning uncertain)
Shaniqua (American origin, meaning uncertain)
Latasha (American origin, a variation of Natasha meaning “birthday“)
Beyonce (newly created name)
Ayana (African origin meaning “beautiful flower“)



http://www.babylifetime.com/communit...an-baby-names/

[Bye You!]

I TOTALLY thought this was fake until I was about to read it to my wife.

She's a labor and delivering nurse in a hospital located in a low income neighborhood (ghetto).

She guessed almost all the names on the girls side and recognized all of them.

that's insane!!!!!!

[GHP]

Jasmine (Persian origin meaning “jasmine“)

[2Manboobs]

The following top 20 African-American baby names for boys feature names that are popular among the African-Americans as well as names that are entirely created by the African-American community. All the below listed baby boy names made it into the list of the top 1000 most popular baby names in the United States (according to the Social Security Administration), while none except for the first (Xavier) is among the 100 most popular male names:


Xavier (Basque origin meaning “new house“)
Malik (arabic origin meaning “sovereign“, “king“)
Darius (Persian and Greek origin meaning “maintain well“, “posses well“)
Jalen (newly created name), Maurice (Latin origin meaning “dark-skinned“)
Damon (Greek origin meaning “to tame“)
Demetrius (Greek origin meaning “earth mother“, “loves the earth“, “follower of Demeter“)
Terrance (Latin origin, meaning uncertain possibly “smooth“)
Jamal (Arabic origin meaning “handsome“)
Reginald (English origin meaning “king’s advisor“)
DeAndre (newly created name – from Andre and the prefix De-)
Marquis (French origin meaning “nobleman“, “lord“)
Terrell (English origin meaning “stubborn“)
DeShawn (newly created name – from Shawn and the prefix De-)
Trevon (English or possible American origin meaning “fair town“ and “great settlement“, respectively)
Tyrone (Gaelic origin, from Irish county Tyrone), Darnell (English origin meaning “hidden place“)
Deon (Greek origin – from Dionysius, god of wine), Dominique (Latin origin meaning “lord“)
Darryl (a version of Darrel, meaning “open“)

African-American baby names for girls are not among the very top baby names in the United States either. Here are African-American baby girl names that made it into the list of the top 1000 (according to the Social Security Administration):


Aaliyah (Hebrew and Arabic origin meaning “ascender“ and “sublime“, respectively)
Jayla (American origin, meaning uncertain)
Jasmine (Persian origin meaning “jasmine“)
Jada (Hebrew origin meaning “wise“)
Kiara (Irish origin meaning “little black one“)
Nia (African and Gaelic origin meaning “brightness“, “purpose“)
Asia (Assyrian and Greek origin meaning “the east“ and “sunrise“, respectively)
Raven (English origin meaning “black bird“)
Diamond (“diamond“)
Aisha (Arabic meaning “alive“)
Precious (“precious“)
Alexus (a version of Alexandra)
Ebony (Greek origin meaning “black wood“)
Shanice (English origin meaning “God is gracious“)
Latoya (Spanish origin meaning “victorious“)
Latrice (a version of Patricia)
Danisha (American origin, meaning uncertain)
Shaniqua (American origin, meaning uncertain)
Latasha (American origin, a variation of Natasha meaning “birthday“)
Beyonce (newly created name)
Ayana (African origin meaning “beautiful flower“)



http://www.babylifetime.com/communit...an-baby-names/

One of the Boon processors that used to work for me named her daughter Aaliyah ..... Drove me nuts every time I'd hear the name

[Popeye Saavedra]

I guess Anfernee never really caught on, did it?