Maarit makes list of Cool Names for 2006

at least according to the BabyZone e-newsletter:

Maarit Origin: Finnish Meaning: Pearl Why we like it: Call it the Ikea effect, but suddenly Scandinavian names are sounding very bright and modern to us.

Other cool girl names:
Amelie
Dahlia
Fiona
Gianna
June
Jozy
Mae
Shanti
Talise

For boys there were names like:
Heath
Henry
Leander
Ian
Preston
Oliver
Stefan

Top 100 baby names in US in 2005

I was a bit surprised to see Peanut's name in the top 10! We thought we had come up with something lovely on our own!

Top 100 Names