European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 11 katrina dips in popularity As baby name by Ben Evans the associated press Washington As baby names katrina int in Vogue these but she int Persona non from its Peak in the 1980s when it regularly ranked among the 100 most popular names that parents chose for their daughters it had gradually slumped to 247th by even before Hurri Cane katrina smashed the Gulf coast in late summer of that the names association with the catastrophe has now knocked it out of consideration for most sinking its popularity to the lowest ebb since the Only about 850 baby girls in the United states were named katrina last according to new data released Friday by the social Security drop Ping it More than 100 slots on the popularity at a rank of it now sits just below the two states that suffered most of katrina Wrath bucked the if Only in Small in the number of babies named katrina jumped from eight in the 12 months before the storm to 15 in the 12 months baby on Board Jacob and Emily Are the most popular baby names of boys girls name births in thousands Jacob Emily h Michael my Emma Joshua Madison Ethan h Isabella h source social Security Kevork Scarlett Billis named her baby but not because of the she and her husband wanted a variation of a family according to state health of in seven babies were Given the name from 2004 until the storm hit in August according to state the number climbed to 24 from sep tember 2005 through the end of the National trend surprised Cleveland a psychology professor and names expert at Bellevue University in he publicity around a name positive or negative will cause it to after Hurricane Camille devastated the Gulf coast in for sex the name Camille quickly became More he so Many parents Are looking for a unusual there Are always a few of them who Are going to take it from any cultural said the past presi Dent of the american name Sci there must be some sort of negative threshold and katrina must have crossed he said katrina int Likely to go this is not going to be a name like Adolf that going to disappear and be unusable Ever he referring to that names association with Adolf hit even though it will be associated with this disaster i think there Are enough other associations that it will continue to be a popular that was the Case with Scarlett and Stephen a los Ange Les area couple who named their daughter katrina last Scarlett Billis said they were reluctant to use the name less than a year after the but her husband had always liked it As a variation of a family their family is greek and the name is close to the popu Lar greek name people ask if we named her after the Billis we didst pick it because of that and we were actually Hesi Tant but we do joke that our House looks like a Hurricane the country most pop ular names list Hast changed much since Emily and Jacob remain atop the Emily has been the top girls name since 1996 Jacob for boys since the which the social Security administration releases each year just before mothers Are based on some Mil lion social Security card applications from Agency counts All spelling variations Dif so some names with Al Ternate Spellings like Ashley and Ashlee Are More popular than the rankings on mothers mobsters take Holiday from hits by Larry Mcshane the associated press new York each and every Moth ers Day until he landed behind mob Ster Jimmy the gent Burke performed a sacrosanct the Mastermind behind the million Lufthansa heist immortalized in dropped a few notes on Doz ens of red roses from a Rockaway Boule Vard he then toured the Homes of his jailed luchese crime family providing their mothers with a bouquet and a he never missed a or a burkes gesture was no Surprise to his Fel Low hoodlums mothers Day was the most important sunday on the organized crime when homicide took a Holiday and racketeering gave Way to reminiscing often Over a plate of moms pasta and these they do have a love for their said Joe the Fri undercover agent who spent six mothers Days inside the Bonanno family As jewel thief Donnie they thought Noth ing of but the respect for their mothers it was so Pistone that Bonan no member Benjamin lefty guns Ruggi Ero once told him that the mafia like a suburban Jersey mall shattered by Blue Laws closed for business when mothers Reles Louis Victoria Mother of John Gotti put her House up for collateral for his bail and was in court every Day for his three trials on racketeering Day arrived each no vendettas or broken just gift baskets and boxes of said mob informant Henry who described his old Friend burkes annual its mothers you know the Bond Between gangsters and their mothers is More sacred than the oath of Merta and More Complex than anything imagined by Pistone watched Stone murderers suddenly grow misty when discussing their her i can remember Guys talking about cooking my mom made the Best Traci or my Mother taught me How to make this no Surprise there the Way to a made mans heart was often through his As Many mob moms knew Long before their sons moved from Finger paints to Fin mob heavyweight Al Capone a Man who never needed a restaurant reservation during his roaring 20s reign atop the Chica go his mothers spa Ghetti with meat heavy on the Capones sentimentality didst extend to other on he orchestrated the  slayings of seven rival bootleggers in the Valen tines Day Capone want alone in his mismatched emotions maternal love and Homicidal Genovese family Boss Vin cent the Chin Gigante shared a Green wich Village apartment with his ninety something even As he ruthlessly directed the nations most pow Erful organized crime operation during the 80s and Abe a jewish hit Man of the showed up at his mothers apartment each Friday night for a traditional Sabbath meal of be file Chicken soup and boiled one Reles showed up with a the three shared a meal before the kids Mother left for a 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