Cool story in today's NYT about the popularity of the name Nevaeh for little girls. Here's the lead:

Chances are you don't have any friends named Nevaeh. Chances are today's toddlers will.

In 1999, there were only eight newborn American girls named Nevaeh. Last year, it was the 70th-most-popular name for baby girls, ahead of Sara, Vanessa and Amanda.

"Nevaeh" is "Heaven" spelled backwards and this trend is attributed entirely to Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D. who appeared on MTV in 2000 with his little girl, thusly named.

The headline for this story asks "And If it's a Boy, Will it be Lleh?"

Here's a cool interactive graphing doo-dad that shows the relative popularity of various names. "Drew" is still more popular amongst boys than girls which a more secure person would not find notable.