Jayden, Ava CS’s most popular baby names in 2017

By Jay Socol, Public Communications Director

No offense to the 48 sets of twins born in College Station in 2017, but the biggest stars of the year may have been Dylan, Hayden, and Lilliana Willis — the first triplets to be born here since 2014.

These 99 babies were among the 2,398 born in College Station last year, according to Yvette Dela Torre, our award-winning deputy local registrar whose vital statistics reporting has the precision of the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band’s four-way cross.

By the way, Yvette has led the College Station Vital Statistics Division to three consecutive — the coveted three-peat! — five-star exemplary awards, the state’s highest honor for vital reporting efforts. She’s kind of a big deal.

Let’s take a look at numbers and name trends:

	Births	Girls	Boys	Twins	Triplets
2013	2,159	1,066	1,093	36 sets
2014	2,460	1,264	1,196	30 sets	1 set
2015	2,494	1,245	1,249	50 sets
2016	2,307	1,206	1,164	44 sets
2017	2,398	1,168	1,230	48 sets	1 set

More 2017 birth stats

Month with the most births: August, September (241)
Month with the fewest births: April (141)
Days with the most births: Aug. 30 & 18 (16)

Honorable Mentions

In the spirit of Rob Clark’s stellar work for the Bryan-College Station Eagle covering the dozens of oddly-named bands at the annual South by Southwest Music Festival, I’d like to put a spotlight on some of my favorite College Station baby names from 2017.

Biblical

There were, of course, dozens of names on our list from the Bible but, to me, these seemed less common than Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Jesus, Mary, Joseph, etc:

Abel	Job	Magdalene	Mordecai
Delilah	Lazarus	Messiah	Shepherd
Ezekiel

Solid

Unsure if these are all boy names or a mix, but they make me want to speak them aloud in my McGruff the Crime Dog voice:

Cash	Creed	Legend	Ryder
Crew	Duke	Maximus	Stryker

States

Arizona

Dakota

Kansas

Virginia

Nature

Autumn	Honey	Magnolia	Violet
Daisy	Lily	Mahogany	Willow

The Old West

Boone	Danger	Remington	Savannah
Cheyenne	Jack Daniel	Ridge	Shiloh
Colt	Justice	Rowdy	Temper

Kings and Queens

Majesty	Reign	Royalty	Roi’yale Unique
Princess	Royal	Royalty Mi’Treasure

Ahhhhh…

These should be the chill babies in town:

Aurora	Haven	Lovely	Paisley
Destiny	Joy	Luna	Serenity
Dream	Joy Peace	Memoree	Sincere
Fable

Shakespearean

Romeo

Juliet

Presidential

Carter	Kennedy	Madison	Reagan
Hayes	Lincoln	Monroe	Tyler

Somewhat Musical

Franklin	Layla	Melody	Presley
Journey, Journei	Liv Tyler	Pearl

Collegiate

Berkeley

Princeton

Major Cities

London	Sydney	Denver	Memphis
Paris	Brooklyn	Houston

Awesome Apostrophes

Dra’dynn	Ja’Vory	Ke’Darian	My’Syiah
Ja’Niyah	Jua’Quariah	Mar’Kaeveious

Born on the Holidays

9: Easter	4: Halloween	4: New Year’s Eve	1: Independence Day
6: Labor Day	4: Thanksgiving	3: Valentine’s Day	0: New Year’s Day
5: Memorial Day	4: Christmas Eve

College Station ended 2017 with a population estimate of 117,774, thanks in part to our 2,398 newest College Stationers (Stationeries? Stationites? Station Wagons?).

Here’s to a fruitful 2018!

About the Blogger

Jay Socol (@jaysocol) is in his ninth year as College Station’s public communications director. A 1991 graduate of Texas A&M. Jay has also been communications director for the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, public information officer for the City of Bryan, and news director at several Bryan-College Station area radio stations. A native of Breckenridge, he also serves as president of the Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers.

Triplet photo courtesy of Christopher and Heather Willis.

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Jayden, Ava CS’s most popular baby names in 2017

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