Saturday, September 17, 2005

More Chayas then Christinas in NYC!!

Need more evidence of the burgeoning orthodox population:

N.Y. Times :

In the last several years, New York City has had more baby girls named Fatoumata than Lisa, more Aaliyahs than Melissas, more Chayas than Christinas. There have been more baby boys named Moshe than Peter, more Miguels than Jeffreys, more Ahmeds than Stanleys....
The city's large Orthodox Jewish population has helped to push Moshe to No. 68 , Mordechai to 155 and Shlomo to 199. Angel (26 in 2004 over all) and Jes- (96) are popular among Hispanic boys, as are names of Catholic saints traditionally. ...
posted by Yeshiva Orthodoxy
at 9:06 PM

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