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Five years ago, the hottest baby names were places (Dakota, Madison, Cody) and descriptive nouns (Cadence, Bliss, Truancy). Nowadays in this post-Beckham procreation period, baby names have taken a decidedly retro turn.

According to Namebrain, an online tool used to track name popularity over the past 100 years, 2006's most popular names strikingly resemble the most popular names from 1906.

At the top of the list are the names Jack and Olivia, followed by Martha, Arthur, Henry and Alfie. Lily and Edie are also quite trendy, no doubt the result of high-profile namesakes like model Lily Cole and Warholian-muse Edie Sedgwick.

There are certainly a few anomalies in this list. Take for instance Nevaeh (Heaven spelled backwards) and Lola (a name that naturally brings to mind burlesque dancers and trannies), which seem to have absolutely no root in history or in reason for that matter.

All of this is to say that when it comes to names, what goes around comes around, unless it doesn't. So choose your baby name carefully because your kid will have to have it for life.

With two fashion-forward parents, it isn't any wonder that little Suri Cruise is already decked out in designer garb. So what is the little bundle of joy wearing? Why she's wearing Jasmine Di Milo's love.child collection!

Jasmine di Milo, the namesake of the label, is the daughter of the Egyptian business mogul Mohamed al-Fayed. The baby collection counterpart to her women's ready-to-wear line began when Ms. al-Fayed was unable to find a suitable dress for her child to wear to her Spring/Summer 2007 show. In a moment of inspired desperation, the designer created a fancy little frock herself, which won rave reviews from the critics. The rest, as they say, is history.

As if the first two pregnancies weren't enough to convince you that supermodel Heidi Klum has a superhuman body, perhaps the third time will be the charm. On Wednesday evening, the host of Bravo's Project Runway gave birth to her third child, a son named Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo Samuel. (Hmm....why so multi-culti complicated, Heidi?) Little Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo Samuel's father Seal announced the birth on his website, saying that "he is healthy, beautiful and looks just like his mother."

Presumably, Heidi and Seal had something extra to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.

[via Vogue.co.uk]