Good news/bad news for the Beckhams

We have several brand Beckham updates today. First comes word that legions of parents across the U.S. are choosing Brooklyn as a baby name, just as English supercouple David and Victoria Beckham did six years ago. (The Beckhams chose it as a boy’s name, but it is proving usable for girls as well.) “We thought it was pretty,” says nursing aide Lynn Wattier, who lives in O’Neill, Neb., population 3,733. We’re thankful the Beckhams did not conceive their son in Poughkeepsie, but we hope this does not become a larger trend of celebrity imitation, in the interest of not crowding our kindergartens with Apples, Pirates, Banjos, Ryders and Roccos.