Wow. It couldn’t have been any closer if it was a presidential election. Our poll to rate the name of Brad Paisley’s new baby — William Huckleberry — split respondents right down the middle! I’m wondering if it’s a Democrat and Republican thing?

How close is this? Out of 166 people who took the poll, 83 either checked “love it” or “okay,” and 83 checked “kinda lame” or “totally sucks.” That’s 50/50 exactly! And even more amazing, each of the four choices got 25% each of the votes.

It reminds me of the 2000 presidential election, when Bush and Gore spilt the popular vote more or less 50/50. The only difference is — my poll is more accurate! No “chads,” no polling place hanky-panky, no ballots falling off the back of a truck, etc.

I’m seriously thinking of proposing that I should conduct the 2008 presidential election, right here on the Celebrity Baby Names Blog, using my incredible polling widgets. Think of the time and money that could be saved, not to mention improving the accuracy of the results.

 Brand New Poll - Help Pick The Name Of Tori Spelling’s Upcoming Baby! 

Update: Obviously, since the Spelling baby has now arrived, there is no point in guessing his name. Why not take our new poll, and let us know how you like “Liam Aaron.”

While you’re thinking about that one, take a shot at this week’s new poll — picking the name that Beverly Hills 90210 star Tori Spelling, pictured here with husband Dean McDermott, will choose for her new son! (When he arrives).

Will she dig back into 90210 days and name him David? Will he get his dad’s name, Dean? How about grandpa’s name, Aaron? Or will it be none of the above? Take that poll right away, and let’s see if we can pick the winner!

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Posted on March 13th 2007 and posted to CELEBRITY BABIES, Al Gore, Brad Paisley, Tori Spelling, CELEBRITY BABY NAMES | Comments(1)

I know from my blog stats that lots of Brad Paisley fans are visiting the site to find out details about his and Kimberly Williams-Paisley’s new son, William Huckleberry. That’s why I started the poll over to your left, which I’m going to run for about a week. But right now, he’s getting a pretty lukewarm response –  more than 50% of you seem to think the name Huckleberry is kinda lame, or worse!

If you have an opinion on Huckleberry, let it out! Take the poll and say what you think. And if you have more to say about it, click here to to go the original post, and leave a longer comment. We want to know what you think!

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Posted on March 05th 2007 and posted to CELEBRITY BABIES, Brad Paisley, Kimberly Williams | Comments(3)

This just in — Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley, whose son was born on February 22 in Nashville, have announced the name of their newborn: William Huckleberry Paisley, according to Net Music Countdown.

For the record, Paisley grew up in a sort of Huck Finn timewarp on the banks of the Ohio River, in the tiny hamlet of Glen Dale, West Virginia. (I can almost hear Tom and Becky calling, as I write this). The country boy started playing guitar at his grandfather’s knee, and got his first break, at age 12, appearing on the well-known Jamboree USA radio show on WWVA, the big country music station out of Wheeling, West Virginia.

So I guess Huckleberry is a natural as far as Brad is concerned.

Now about that first name, William. In case you didn’t know, Kimberly Williams was not born in West Virginia. She’s from Rye, New York. If you don’t know Rye, think Stepford Wives with a New York City accent. I’d bet good money there isn’t a single person in Rye, New York, named Huckleberry.

Now I understand why the name annoucement was so long in coming. It took Mom a few days to knock some sense into Paisley.

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Posted on February 28th 2007 and posted to CELEBRITY BABIES, Brad Paisley, Kimberly Williams, CELEBRITY BABY NAMES | Comments(23)

What started as an aberration over a year ago when Holly Hunter refused to release the names of her twins, despite the fact that I publicly offered a subscription to People Magazine, which H.H. could have snagged for herself, has now become a new celebrity trend — not releasing the name of your baby. Ever, apparently. 

Country music star Brad Paisley, winner of five Country Music Association Awards, and his wife Kimberly Williams-Paisley, (Pete Sampras’s ex, and star of ABC T.V.’s According to Jim), welcomed a son in Nashville on February 22, according to E Online.

But they haven’t released a name. So what is there to write about? A celebrity baby without a celebrity baby name is not really a celebrity baby. All the fun begins with the name. Just ask Suri, or Apple, or Pilot Inspektor.

B.P. and K.P-W. join the club started by H.H., which also includes the recent holdouts A.B. (Anna Belknap) and B.D.H. (Bryce Dallas Howard). Just to get even, from now on I’m only going to refer to celebrities who won’t release their baby’s names by their initials. Now let’s see how long they hold out.

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