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  telephone: 301-884-3773: The Parish Reporter

All Faith Episcopal Church
P.O. Box 24, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622
38885 New Market Turner Rd. (Rt. 6)
Mechanicsville, MD 20659

email: allfaithchurch@verizon.net






A Name is a Name is a Name!
By: Deborah J. Curtis

We all know the 12 Apostles
1. Peter
2. Andrew
3. James
4. John
5. Philip
6. Bartholomew
7. Thomas
8. Matthew
9. James
10. Simon the Zealot
11. Thaddaeus
12. Judas

Have you ever wondered which name is the most popular and which name is not?

According to the Social Security Popular Baby Names, (http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi ) the name Philip was not in the top 1000 names until 1988. Unfortunately, in 2009 Philip ranked only #395 in popularity. Peter stayed in the top 100 favorite names until 1997 when the name started falling in popularity landing at #191 in 2009.

Poor Bartholomew and Thaddaeus have never been popular names. Bartholomew in the last 100 years has only made it in the top 1000 names eight times while poor Thaddaeus never has made the popular baby name list.

Andrew and Thomas have always been in the top 100 favorite names with Andrew ranking #15 and Thomas ranking #57 in 2009.

James has never fallen below the top 20 popular names. In 2009, James ranked #18.

John was #1 in 1900 and fell to #2 in 1928. In 1986, John’s popularity began slipping and in 2009, John held the #26 popularity spot.

The winner in 2009 was Matthew who has become more popular over the last 100 years moving from #158 to #13.

My favorite baby name, Deborah, has always been in the top 1000 names.

A name, is a name, is a name, but our names do not matter. When God saw us, it was love at first sight.

With the love of Jesus have a blessed day.








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