All parents wish the best for their kids and they do
not mind following the words of a numerologist - if they felt it would
help their children somewhere, sometime, in some way. Here are some time-pass insights into
the numerology-based baby names trending in Chennai. The data is from the Chennai
Corporation birth registration portal. The charts below have English letters in their horizontal axis, the vertical bars denote the number of babies that have been named starting with the corresponding letter. Blue charts are for boys; and as I could not find a pink bar readily, we are going to have orange charts for the girl babies. The fun study covers only the babies that were born to Hindu parents; and the babies for whom the names have been finalised.
January 1, 2015:
159 boys and 152 baby girls
were born on the new year day. Out of the names finalised for 110 baby
boys born to Hindu parents, 72 names start with the letter 'A'; The
second choice is 'L' and the names of
11 baby boys start with the letter. To stretch it a bit, 75% of the
parents covered have named their boys starting with the letter 'A' or 'L'. The
corresponding figure for girl babies is 73%. Visible hand of numerology. Coming
to the names, 'Akhilesh' and 'Ashwanth' are the top picks for the boys; 'Akshaya'
and 'Ashmitha' are popular among the girls.
September
1, 2015:
Maximum
number of parents have decided on 'D' and 'S' as the lucky
mascots of the day. Out of the 87 girls, 40 have been named starting with the
letter 'S', 'D' comes a distant second with '21' occurrences. Incidentally,
numerology is gender-proof. It does not matter if you were blessed with a baby boy
or a girl, only what mattered was the baby's birth date. 'Sai..' and 'Sri..'
take the top positions among the boys, and 'Sanjana' steals the limelight on
the other side.
October 1, 2015:
Like
01/01/2015, it seems as per the expert advice, 'A' and 'L' are the to-go
letters of the date. But here, the frequency of 'L' is more pronounced compared
to the first day of the year. 'Ashwanth/Ashwath' is the leader now, replacing
'Akhilesh'. But among the girls, Akshaya' is still at the top,
though 'Avanthika' is giving her company now. 'Lakshitha' is the most
popular in 'L'. To be noted, the numerologists here generally mention
the starting sound/letters in Tamil, and not in English. Say, the expert will
say 'Ka' or 'Kr' as pronounced in Tamil, and not necessarily the English letter
'K'. And, apart from the handed out auspicious first letters, there may also be
conditions imposed on the overall spelling and phonetics too. At times, such terms
turn the joy of naming a baby into a struggle inside a sentimental quagmire;
and even a 'Sundar' can turn into 'Sundherr'.
November
1, 2015:
'K' and 'S' are the hot favourites; Close to two
thirds of the babies have been named with these starting letters. Even among
the boys, there is a lot of variety in 'S' names. 'Sanjay' tops the list. You
will also come across many 'Kavin' and 'Kamlesh'. Among the girls, 'Sadhana' is
the show-stopper, while 'Kanishka' is not far behind.
December
1, 2015:
Out of the 80 baby boys covered, '30' babies have been
named with 'D' as the starting letter. Among the names, "Darshan' wins
hands down. Talking of the 68 baby girls, out of the 27 'D' names, 'Diya' tops
the list. Perhaps, 2-3 decades earlier it would have been a 'Divya' or 'Deepa'.
Every December, we all hear about superstar Rajni fanatics trying to get their
babies delivered on December 12 even if there was a slight medical possibility.
But surprisingly, among all the names registered in Chennai on 12/12/2015 -
there is not one single baby named after the matinee idol. Even 12/12/12 does
not have any Rajni.
Today, Chennai city will see another about 280 babies being born. And I will not be surprised if there are many cute and naughty 'Diyas' and 'Darshans' around.
