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Alabama (AL) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 317 baby girls 2. Ava, 240 3. Olivia, 226 4. Isabella, 197 5. Madison, 191 6. Abigail, 183 7. Elizabeth, 182 8. Ella, 181 9. Chloe, 169 10. Harper, 166 11. Sophia, 164 12. Anna, 152 13. Addison, 146 14. Brooklyn, 128 15. Emily, 127 16. Lily, 125 17. Aubrey, 123 18. Mary, 123 19. Lillian, 120 20. Avery, 119 | 1. William, 436 baby boys 2. James, 317 3. Mason, 300 4. John, 277 5. Jacob, 260 6. Elijah, 256 7. Aiden, 247 8. Michael, 230 9. Jayden, 226 10. Noah, 219 11. Jackson, 218 12. Ethan, 211 13. Samuel, 195 14. Christopher, 194 15. Brayden, 191 16. Joshua, 189 17. Caleb, 186 18. Landon, 175 19. Matthew, 174 20. Andrew, 169 |
Alaska (AK) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 57 baby girls 2. Sophia, 55 3. Olivia, 49 4. Abigail, 38 5. Ava, 32 6. Chloe, 30 7. Elizabeth, 30 8. Lillian, 30 9. Isabella, 29 10. Emily, 27 11. Grace, 26 12. Madison, 26 13. Ella, 25 14. Harper, 25 15. Hannah, 24 16. Evelyn, 23 17. Layla, 23 18. Amelia, 22 19. Lily, 22 20. Mia, 21 | 1. James, 51 baby boys 2. Ethan, 47 3. Liam, 44 4. Gabriel, 42 5. Jacob, 41 6. Mason, 41 7. Noah, 41 8. William, 41 9. Michael, 39 10. Elijah, 38 11. Robert, 37 12. Joseph, 35 13. Tyler, 33 14. Jack, 32 15. Benjamin, 31 16. Caleb, 31 17. Carter, 31 18. David, 31 19. Alexander, 30 20. Joshua, 30 |
Arizona (AZ) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Sophia, 579 baby girls 2. Isabella, 483 3. Emma, 387 4. Mia, 368 5. Olivia, 348 6. Emily, 306 7. Ava, 288 8. Abigail, 259 9. Sofia, 207 10. Madison, 206 11. Victoria, 194 12. Natalie, 189 13. Camila, 188 14. Elizabeth, 183 15. Zoey, 180 16. Aaliyah, 176 17. Ella, 173 18. Zoe, 168 19. Charlotte, 166 20. Chloe, 160 | 1. Jacob, 390 baby boys 2. Liam, 376 3. Daniel, 374 4. Ethan, 372 5. Anthony, 366 6. Alexander, 364 7. Noah, 355 8. Michael, 351 9. Mason, 349 10. Aiden, 343 11. David, 335 12. Jayden, 315 13. Julian, 292 14. Matthew, 287 15. Elijah, 284 16. Andrew, 275 17. Isaac, 275 18. Gabriel, 274 19. Joseph, 273 20. Joshua, 266 |
Arkansas (AR) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 185 baby girls 2. Sophia, 162 3. Ava, 138 4. Isabella, 135 5. Olivia, 132 6. Addison, 125 7. Harper, 118 8. Abigail, 111 9. Madison, 108 10. Zoey, 108 11. Chloe, 100 12. Emily, 93 13. Brooklyn, 91 14. Lillian, 88 15. Ella, 85 16. Aubrey, 81 17. Elizabeth, 81 18. Lily, 81 19. Avery, 77 20. Kaylee, 74 | 1. William, 215 baby boys 2. Mason, 154 3. James, 153 4. Jacob, 152 5. Elijah, 151 6. Ethan, 146 7. Hunter, 146 8. Aiden, 137 9. Jayden, 133 10. Gabriel, 131 11. Jackson, 131 12. Noah, 127 13. Michael, 121 14. Bentley, 116 15. Eli, 116 16. Brayden, 115 17. Landon, 112 18. Liam, 108 19. Samuel, 103 20. John, 102 |
California (CA) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Sophia, 3617 baby girls 2. Isabella, 3087 3. Emma, 2429 4. Emily, 2409 5. Mia, 2311 6. Olivia, 1892 7. Sofia, 1671 8. Abigail, 1635 9. Samantha, 1444 10. Camila, 1409 11. Ava, 1402 12. Victoria, 1299 13. Natalie, 1287 14. Chloe, 1091 15. Elizabeth, 1087 16. Evelyn, 1037 17. Genesis, 1033 18. Ashley, 998 19. Madison, 988 20. Zoe, 982 | 1. Jacob, 2955 baby boys 2. Jayden, 2852 3. Daniel, 2662 4. Ethan, 2661 5. Matthew, 2627 6. Noah, 2496 7. Anthony, 2411 8. Alexander, 2408 9. Nathan, 2227 10. David, 2139 11. Andrew, 2129 12. Aiden, 1990 13. Michael, 1986 14. Angel, 1922 15. Isaac, 1845 16. Julian, 1845 17. Mason, 1825 18. Adrian, 1784 19. Jonathan, 1721 20. Christopher, 1717 |
Colorado (CO) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 337 baby girls 2. Sophia, 331 3. Olivia, 312 4. Isabella, 258 5. Ava, 229 6. Abigail, 218 7. Emily, 201 8. Avery, 191 9. Evelyn, 173 10. Mia, 171 11. Elizabeth, 168 12. Harper, 161 13. Madison, 160 14. Ella, 157 15. Lily, 152 16. Charlotte, 151 17. Grace, 151 18. Addison, 142 19. Amelia, 136 20. Zoey, 123 | 1. Liam, 353 baby boys 2. Alexander, 296 3. Jacob, 287 4. William, 283 5. Noah, 263 6. Elijah, 251 7. Ethan, 250 8. Logan, 243 9. Jackson, 240 10. Mason, 233 11. Isaac, 228 12. Samuel, 228 13. Aiden, 226 14. Gabriel, 218 15. Daniel, 215 16. Jayden, 213 17. Benjamin, 212 18. Michael, 208 19. Wyatt, 203 20. James, 198 |
Connecticut (CT) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 246 baby girls 2. Olivia, 234 3. Isabella, 232 4. Sophia, 226 5. Ava, 184 6. Mia, 169 7. Emily, 148 8. Charlotte, 127 9. Abigail, 118 10. Madison, 113 11. Avery, 103 12. Ella, 102 13. Sofia, 102 14. Gabriella, 100 15. Julia, 95 16. Lily, 93 17. Gianna, 88 18. Grace, 88 19. Samantha, 84 20. Elizabeth, 82 | 1. Mason, 230 baby boys 2. Jacob, 213 3. Michael, 207 4. Liam, 203 5. Ethan, 191 6. Jayden, 187 7. Anthony, 185 8. Matthew, 180 9. Noah, 176 10. Ryan, 173 11. William, 172 12. James, 166 13. Alexander, 162 14. Joseph, 162 15. Benjamin, 156 16. Daniel, 155 17. Logan, 151 18. John, 148 19. Aiden, 147 20. Nicholas, 144 |
Delaware (DE) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Sophia, 67 baby girls 2. Emma, 63 3. Isabella, 63 4. Ava, 51 5. Olivia, 51 6. Emily, 38 7. Madison, 37 8. Aubrey, 31 9. Lillian, 31 10. Abigail, 29 11. Amelia, 28 12. Layla, 28 13. Zoey, 28 14. Grace, 27 15. Mia, 27 16. Addison, 26 17. Riley, 26 18. Natalie, 25 19. Avery, 24 20. Ella, 22 | 1. Michael, 60 baby boys 2. Anthony, 55 3. Mason, 53 4. Liam, 52 5. Alexander, 51 6. Christopher, 51 7. Ethan, 50 8. William, 49 9. Elijah, 48 10. Logan, 48 11. John, 47 12. Jacob, 45 13. Jayden, 45 14. Daniel, 44 15. Noah, 44 16. Jackson, 42 17. Aiden, 41 18. James, 41 19. Joseph, 41 20. Joshua, 41 |
Florida (FL) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Isabella, 1578 baby girls 2. Sophia, 1363 3. Emma, 1064 4. Olivia, 905 5. Mia, 850 6. Emily, 770 7. Ava, 769 8. Abigail, 706 9. Madison, 701 10. Sofia, 587 11. Victoria, 560 12. Elizabeth, 513 13. Chloe, 507 14. Gabriella, 505 15. Lily, 471 16. Samantha, 414 17. Layla, 405 18. Ella, 397 19. Aaliyah, 395 20. Brianna, 378 | 1. Jayden, 1151 baby boys 2. Jacob, 1068 3. Ethan, 1023 4. Michael, 1018 5. Mason, 995 6. Noah, 984 7. Liam, 977 8. Alexander, 941 9. Elijah, 927 10. Aiden, 874 11. Matthew, 869 12. Daniel, 862 13. Anthony, 822 14. Joshua, 815 15. Christopher, 814 16. Gabriel, 792 17. David, 734 18. William, 715 19. Lucas, 694 20. Christian, 683 |
Georgia (GA) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 613 baby girls 2. Ava, 545 3. Isabella, 497 4. Madison, 491 5. Olivia, 483 6. Sophia, 448 7. Emily, 395 8. Abigail, 373 9. Chloe, 367 10. Elizabeth, 343 11. Addison, 327 12. Ella, 292 13. Aubrey, 290 14. Taylor, 279 15. Hannah, 261 16. London, 250 17. Harper, 242 18. Khloe, 238 19. Layla, 235 20. Zoey, 233 | 1. William, 776 baby boys 2. Mason, 587 3. Jacob, 555 4. Michael, 534 5. Jayden, 527 6. Ethan, 525 7. Joshua, 522 8. Elijah, 520 9. Noah, 519 10. Aiden, 499 11. James, 492 12. Jackson, 472 13. Christopher, 458 14. John, 435 15. Christian, 429 16. David, 414 17. Caleb, 412 18. Alexander, 402 19. Daniel, 402 20. Matthew, 388 |
Hawaii (HI) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Sophia, 94 baby girls 2. Emma, 62 3. Isabella, 59 4. Ava, 54 5. Mia, 52 6. Chloe, 47 7. Olivia, 46 8. Lily, 36 9. Madison, 36 10. Abigail, 31 11. Aria, 31 12. Emily, 28 13. Khloe, 28 14. Alana, 27 15. Samantha, 27 16. Ella, 26 17. Zoe, 26 18. Brooklyn, 25 19. Maya, 25 20. Peyton, 25 | 1. Ethan, 85 baby boys 2. Noah, 78 3. Mason, 73 4. Elijah, 71 5. Logan, 63 6. Jacob, 57 7. Liam, 56 8. James, 52 9. Daniel, 49 10. Jayden, 49 11. Aiden, 48 12. David, 48 13. Gabriel, 48 14. Micah, 48 15. Joshua, 47 16. Michael, 46 17. Caleb, 43 18. Samuel, 41 19. William, 41 20. Benjamin, 40 |
Idaho (ID) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Olivia, 116 baby girls 2. Sophia, 112 3. Emma, 98 4. Ava, 72 5. Elizabeth, 71 6. Abigail, 70 7. Chloe, 70 8. Emily, 61 9. Brooklyn, 60 10. Hannah, 60 11. Zoey, 60 12. Madison, 59 13. Ella, 56 14. Avery, 54 15. Isabella, 53 16. Lily, 53 17. Evelyn, 52 18. Amelia, 50 19. Grace, 50 20. Hailey, 49 | 1. Liam, 130 baby boys 2. William, 90 3. Mason, 79 4. Samuel, 79 5. Logan, 77 6. Wyatt, 76 7. Ethan, 75 8. Michael, 73 9. Carter, 72 10. Hunter, 70 11. Jacob, 70 12. Aiden, 67 13. Andrew, 67 14. Jackson, 67 15. Benjamin, 64 16. Gabriel, 64 17. Isaac, 64 18. Henry, 63 19. Noah, 63 20. Cooper, 61 |
Illinois (IL) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Sophia, 955 baby girls 2. Olivia, 814 3. Isabella, 810 4. Emma, 771 5. Ava, 598 6. Emily, 594 7. Mia, 547 8. Abigail, 463 9. Sofia, 422 10. Elizabeth, 387 11. Ella, 378 12. Charlotte, 375 13. Madison, 374 14. Amelia, 369 15. Avery, 354 16. Grace, 342 17. Samantha, 331 18. Chloe, 322 19. Brooklyn, 318 20. Aubrey, 316 | 1. Jacob, 758 baby boys 2. Alexander, 740 3. Noah, 740 4. Michael, 701 5. Ethan, 678 6. Mason, 659 7. Liam, 658 8. Anthony, 657 9. Jayden, 652 10. Daniel, 644 11. William, 636 12. Aiden, 588 13. Benjamin, 566 14. Nathan, 513 15. Logan, 498 16. Matthew, 491 17. James, 481 18. David, 479 19. Lucas, 473 20. Jackson, 471 |
Indiana (IN) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 470 baby girls 2. Sophia, 445 3. Olivia, 412 4. Ava, 380 5. Isabella, 316 6. Lillian, 269 7. Addison, 263 8. Abigail, 260 9. Avery, 239 10. Elizabeth, 236 11. Madison, 233 12. Ella, 228 13. Chloe, 225 14. Emily, 216 15. Harper, 214 16. Amelia, 200 17. Zoey, 200 18. Aubrey, 198 19. Mia, 193 20. Brooklyn, 190 | 1. Liam, 497 baby boys 2. Mason, 441 3. Elijah, 416 4. Noah, 390 5. Jacob, 389 6. William, 371 7. Jackson, 361 8. Ethan, 343 9. Carter, 310 10. Alexander, 292 11. James, 291 12. Samuel, 284 13. Logan, 282 14. Andrew, 279 15. Lucas, 279 16. Wyatt, 276 17. Landon, 275 18. Aiden, 270 19. Michael, 269 20. Benjamin, 267 |
Iowa (IA) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 243 baby girls 2. Sophia, 223 3. Olivia, 186 4. Harper, 159 5. Ava, 156 6. Ella, 135 7. Avery, 123 8. Addison, 122 9. Emily, 112 10. Lillian, 110 11. Elizabeth, 108 12. Isabella, 107 13. Chloe, 101 14. Charlotte, 98 15. Brooklyn, 96 16. Grace, 96 17. Natalie, 94 18. Zoey, 94 19. Aubrey, 93 20. Madison, 93 | 1. Liam, 198 baby boys 2. Mason, 196 3. Carter, 176 4. William, 164 5. Owen, 160 6. Noah, 148 7. Jacob, 143 8. Henry, 139 9. Logan, 135 10. Jackson, 132 11. Wyatt, 129 12. Ethan, 127 13. Alexander, 126 14. Benjamin, 124 15. Elijah, 121 16. Aiden, 120 17. Landon, 118 18. Samuel, 115 19. Bentley, 114 20. James, 113 |
Kansas (KS) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 238 baby girls 2. Sophia, 190 3. Olivia, 177 4. Isabella, 167 5. Ava, 149 6. Elizabeth, 144 7. Avery, 135 8. Abigail, 123 9. Harper, 112 10. Madison, 111 11. Ella, 110 12. Brooklyn, 108 13. Chloe, 105 14. Emily, 103 15. Lillian, 100 16. Addison, 99 17. Mia, 95 18. Zoey, 95 19. Lily, 89 20. Charlotte, 88 | 1. Mason, 202 baby boys 2. Liam, 198 3. William, 186 4. Noah, 173 5. Jackson, 164 6. Jacob, 160 7. Elijah, 144 8. Alexander, 136 9. Henry, 136 10. Logan, 136 11. Gabriel, 129 12. Ethan, 127 13. James, 126 14. Michael, 126 15. Aiden, 124 16. Benjamin, 123 17. Wyatt, 122 18. Isaac, 119 19. Samuel, 114 20. Landon, 113 |
Kentucky (KY) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 352 baby girls 2. Isabella, 280 3. Sophia, 262 4. Ava, 256 5. Abigail, 221 6. Olivia, 209 7. Addison, 208 8. Chloe, 193 9. Aubrey, 184 10. Madison, 181 11. Ella, 171 12. Brooklyn, 157 13. Harper, 156 14. Emily, 151 15. Kaylee, 145 16. Zoey, 141 17. Aubree, 134 18. Avery, 132 19. Lillian, 128 20. Elizabeth, 121 | 1. William, 347 baby boys 2. Mason, 335 3. James, 301 4. Jacob, 269 5. Noah, 265 6. Liam, 248 7. Elijah, 246 8. Ethan, 242 9. Jackson, 242 10. Aiden, 233 11. Bentley, 229 12. Landon, 220 13. Brayden, 218 14. Hunter, 214 15. Logan, 211 16. Jayden, 189 17. Samuel, 188 18. Gabriel, 187 19. Jaxon, 186 20. Christopher, 184 |
Louisiana (LA) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 318 baby girls 2. Ava, 283 3. Isabella, 229 4. Olivia, 218 5. Chloe, 209 6. Sophia, 204 7. Madison, 186 8. Aubrey, 179 9. Abigail, 155 10. Brooklyn, 147 11. Ella, 147 12. Addison, 144 13. Avery, 139 14. Khloe, 131 15. Mia, 131 16. Zoey, 129 17. Emily, 126 18. Lily, 126 19. Layla, 125 20. Elizabeth, 122 | 1. Mason, 312 baby boys 2. Jayden, 256 3. William, 248 4. Noah, 240 5. Liam, 227 6. Michael, 213 7. Ethan, 211 8. Joshua, 211 9. Aiden, 209 10. Elijah, 205 11. Landon, 204 12. Jacob, 197 13. James, 193 14. Jackson, 190 15. Christopher, 186 16. Luke, 179 17. Andrew, 178 18. John, 176 19. Ayden, 174 20. Joseph, 173 |
Maine (ME) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 101 baby girls 2. Sophia, 78 3. Abigail, 74 4. Ava, 71 5. Olivia, 71 6. Natalie, 54 7. Emily, 51 8. Chloe, 49 9. Amelia, 48 10. Avery, 48 11. Isabella, 47 12. Grace, 46 13. Lillian, 46 14. Ella, 45 15. Madison, 43 16. Charlotte, 42 17. Lily, 41 18. Aubrey, 40 19. Brooklyn, 37 20. Zoey, 35 | 1. Mason, 100 baby boys 2. Liam, 98 3. Noah, 74 4. Owen, 69 5. Jacob, 67 6. Benjamin, 65 7. Logan, 65 8. Wyatt, 63 9. Carter, 62 10. Jackson, 60 11. William, 58 12. Ethan, 54 13. Hunter, 53 14. James, 53 15. Bentley, 52 16. Alexander, 51 17. Samuel, 51 18. Aiden, 47 19. Lucas, 47 20. Isaac, 45 |
Maryland (MD) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Sophia, 358 baby girls 2. Emma, 316 3. Ava, 309 4. Olivia, 304 5. Isabella, 297 6. Madison, 258 7. Abigail, 254 8. Emily, 222 9. Chloe, 199 10. Elizabeth, 185 11. Mia, 180 12. Aubrey, 168 13. Grace, 163 14. Lillian, 149 15. Lily, 147 16. Charlotte, 143 17. Natalie, 140 18. Harper, 139 19. Hannah, 134 20. Zoe, 134 | 1. Mason, 362 baby boys 2. Michael, 331 3. Jacob, 326 4. Noah, 326 5. Ethan, 315 6. Liam, 310 7. William, 303 8. Joshua, 292 9. Daniel, 289 10. Alexander, 274 11. Aiden, 270 12. James, 266 13. Andrew, 255 14. Matthew, 246 15. Ryan, 240 16. Christopher, 237 17. Jackson, 233 18. Logan, 232 19. David, 231 20. Benjamin, 229 |
Massachusetts (MA) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 504 baby girls 2. Sophia, 503 3. Olivia, 449 4. Isabella, 405 5. Ava, 355 6. Emily, 306 7. Abigail, 280 8. Charlotte, 271 9. Mia, 253 10. Grace, 226 11. Madison, 225 12. Ella, 209 13. Lily, 194 14. Hannah, 191 15. Avery, 188 16. Elizabeth, 184 17. Amelia, 183 18. Sofia, 171 19. Chloe, 170 20. Julia, 169 | 1. Benjamin, 441 baby boys 2. Mason, 402 3. Ryan, 402 4. William, 400 5. Jacob, 388 6. Michael, 362 7. Noah, 354 8. Liam, 347 9. Nathan, 342 10. Ethan, 340 11. Joseph, 337 12. Matthew, 330 13. Alexander, 322 14. John, 320 15. James, 318 16. Logan, 314 17. Lucas, 308 18. Jack, 292 19. Samuel, 291 20. Anthony, 287 |
Michigan (MI) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 643 baby girls 2. Sophia, 635 3. Ava, 557 4. Olivia, 523 5. Isabella, 473 6. Madison, 403 7. Abigail, 344 8. Ella, 333 9. Aubrey, 320 10. Brooklyn, 305 11. Lillian, 297 12. Grace, 295 13. Emily, 288 14. Addison, 284 15. Chloe, 272 16. Lily, 266 17. Amelia, 262 18. Charlotte, 257 19. Mia, 253 20. Avery, 250 | 1. Mason, 651 baby boys 2. Liam, 562 3. Noah, 560 4. Jacob, 545 5. Carter, 505 6. Ethan, 474 7. Michael, 448 8. Logan, 423 9. Lucas, 419 10. Alexander, 416 11. Aiden, 415 12. William, 414 13. Elijah, 413 14. Jackson, 397 15. Benjamin, 394 16. Landon, 370 17. Andrew, 355 18. Owen, 349 19. James, 346 20. Blake, 343 |
Minnesota (MN) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 367 baby girls 2. Olivia, 366 3. Sophia, 327 4. Ava, 322 5. Avery, 281 6. Evelyn, 237 7. Ella, 221 8. Isabella, 220 9. Grace, 219 10. Abigail, 216 11. Harper, 202 12. Amelia, 201 13. Aubrey, 187 14. Emily, 185 15. Addison, 182 16. Lillian, 175 17. Elizabeth, 174 18. Charlotte, 172 19. Lily, 164 20. Claire, 151 | 1. Mason, 363 baby boys 2. William, 350 3. Ethan, 330 4. Liam, 328 5. Henry, 314 6. Owen, 311 7. Benjamin, 268 8. Noah, 266 9. Jackson, 265 10. Logan, 253 11. Alexander, 251 12. Jack, 248 13. Wyatt, 240 14. Carter, 236 15. Samuel, 236 16. Lucas, 235 17. Isaac, 222 18. Jacob, 222 19. Elijah, 214 20. Oliver, 211 |
Mississippi (MS) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 159 baby girls 2. Madison, 149 3. Ava, 148 4. Olivia, 118 5. Chloe, 111 6. Aubrey, 107 7. Isabella, 104 8. Brooklyn, 101 9. Elizabeth, 98 10. Mary, 89 11. Zoey, 86 12. Anna, 84 13. Addison, 83 14. Kaylee, 83 15. Taylor, 83 16. Avery, 80 17. Aubree, 79 18. Emily, 79 19. Sophia, 78 20. Abigail, 76 | 1. William, 225 baby boys 2. Mason, 205 3. John, 169 4. James, 167 5. Jayden, 164 6. Aiden, 151 7. Brayden, 148 8. Elijah, 146 9. Noah, 142 10. Joshua, 140 11. Jacob, 137 12. Christopher, 133 13. Ethan, 130 14. Michael, 124 15. Christian, 122 16. Landon, 116 17. Ayden, 112 18. Matthew, 106 19. Jordan, 104 20. Jackson, 101 |
Missouri (MO) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 469 baby girls 2. Sophia, 416 3. Olivia, 340 4. Ava, 310 5. Isabella, 299 6. Abigail, 245 7. Avery, 237 8. Harper, 237 9. Lillian, 235 10. Addison, 221 11. Ella, 215 12. Elizabeth, 212 13. Chloe, 210 14. Madison, 210 15. Zoey, 204 16. Amelia, 197 17. Brooklyn, 197 18. Emily, 195 19. Aubrey, 180 20. Lily, 173 | 1. Mason, 436 baby boys 2. William, 421 3. Liam, 408 4. Jackson, 343 5. Jacob, 324 6. Ethan, 315 7. Noah, 309 8. Aiden, 296 9. Elijah, 294 10. Landon, 292 11. Logan, 286 12. Carter, 282 13. Wyatt, 282 14. Michael, 281 15. Alexander, 278 16. James, 275 17. Benjamin, 264 18. Hunter, 254 19. Lucas, 252 20. Samuel, 248 |
Montana (MT) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 58 baby girls 2. Olivia, 57 3. Ava, 53 4. Harper, 44 5. Sophia, 44 6. Isabella, 42 7. Zoey, 39 8. Emily, 38 9. Lily, 38 10. Grace, 37 11. Ella, 36 12. Abigail, 34 13. Madison, 34 14. Elizabeth, 33 15. Chloe, 32 16. Mia, 30 17. Addison, 27 18. Hannah, 27 19. Khloe, 26 20. Amelia, 25 | 1. Liam, 67 baby boys 2. William, 62 3. Wyatt, 58 4. Mason, 55 5. James, 54 6. Jacob, 47 7. Gabriel, 43 8. Michael, 42 9. Hunter, 40 10. Logan, 39 11. Cooper, 38 12. Lucas, 37 13. Noah, 37 14. Owen, 37 15. Benjamin, 36 16. Brody, 36 17. Joseph, 36 18. Caleb, 35 19. Ethan, 35 20. Jackson, 35 |
Nebraska (NE) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 157 baby girls 2. Olivia, 137 3. Sophia, 129 4. Harper, 105 5. Ava, 88 6. Ella, 76 7. Avery, 73 8. Isabella, 69 9. Addison, 67 10. Emily, 67 11. Lillian, 67 12. Charlotte, 64 13. Elizabeth, 63 14. Evelyn, 61 15. Grace, 61 16. Mia, 61 17. Chloe, 59 18. Lily, 59 19. Brooklyn, 58 20. Zoey, 58 | 1. Liam, 153 baby boys 2. William, 134 3. Mason, 123 4. Jackson, 112 5. Owen, 106 6. Benjamin, 99 7. Noah, 98 8. Samuel, 98 9. Jacob, 96 10. Logan, 92 11. Carter, 91 12. Elijah, 88 13. Ethan, 85 14. James, 84 15. Gabriel, 81 16. Wyatt, 78 17. Aiden, 77 18. Henry, 77 19. Easton, 74 20. Joseph, 74 |
Nevada (NV) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Sophia, 195 baby girls 2. Isabella, 180 3. Emma, 147 4. Olivia, 144 5. Mia, 138 6. Emily, 120 7. Ava, 105 8. Madison, 98 9. Chloe, 94 10. Abigail, 89 11. Sofia, 86 12. Lily, 71 13. Victoria, 68 14. Elizabeth, 67 15. Natalie, 66 16. Samantha, 63 17. Addison, 62 18. Aaliyah, 61 19. Genesis, 61 20. Bella, 60 | 1. Alexander, 181 baby boys 2. Anthony, 179 3. Daniel, 169 4. Jayden, 168 5. Jacob, 167 6. Ethan, 152 7. Mason, 150 8. Liam, 146 9. Noah, 132 10. Aiden, 130 11. William, 118 12. Angel, 116 13. Christopher, 116 14. David, 116 15. Elijah, 116 16. Logan, 115 17. Joshua, 112 18. Julian, 111 19. Michael, 109 20. Nathan, 108 |
New Hampshire (NH) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 100 baby girls 2. Sophia, 100 3. Olivia, 90 4. Isabella, 74 5. Ava, 63 6. Charlotte, 55 7. Emily, 53 8. Abigail, 48 9. Ella, 48 10. Madison, 47 11. Grace, 45 12. Hannah, 44 13. Lily, 43 14. Zoey, 42 15. Amelia, 41 16. Avery, 37 17. Aubrey, 36 18. Lillian, 36 19. Addison, 35 20. Chloe, 35 | 1. Mason, 99 baby boys 2. Jackson, 87 3. Jacob, 80 4. Liam, 79 5. Noah, 75 6. Benjamin, 70 7. Logan, 70 8. William, 70 9. Lucas, 67 10. Owen, 67 11. Carter, 59 12. Joseph, 58 13. Michael, 57 14. Samuel, 55 15. Ethan, 54 16. Alexander, 51 17. Matthew, 51 18. Cameron, 50 19. James, 50 20. Ryan, 50 |
New Jersey (NJ) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Sophia, 641 baby girls 2. Isabella, 578 3. Emma, 526 4. Olivia, 524 5. Ava, 471 6. Mia, 451 7. Emily, 433 8. Madison, 385 9. Abigail, 343 10. Gianna, 273 11. Samantha, 257 12. Gabriella, 253 13. Sofia, 252 14. Victoria, 245 15. Ella, 243 16. Sarah, 239 17. Ashley, 231 18. Chloe, 224 19. Leah, 222 20. Charlotte, 219 | 1. Michael, 643 baby boys 2. Anthony, 584 3. Joseph, 561 4. Jayden, 554 5. Matthew, 545 6. Ryan, 532 7. Jacob, 516 8. Ethan, 511 9. Daniel, 483 10. Mason, 483 11. Alexander, 462 12. Nicholas, 419 13. Dylan, 406 14. Liam, 402 15. Christopher, 400 16. Aiden, 382 17. Benjamin, 380 18. David, 380 19. Noah, 370 20. John, 368 |
New Mexico (NM) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Sophia, 161 baby girls 2. Isabella, 129 3. Emma, 90 4. Mia, 86 5. Aaliyah, 76 6. Nevaeh, 74 7. Abigail, 73 8. Emily, 70 9. Olivia, 67 10. Madison, 62 11. Sofia, 62 12. Ava, 60 13. Serenity, 54 14. Natalie, 52 15. Zoey, 51 16. Gabriella, 47 17. Savannah, 47 18. Aubrey, 46 19. Evelyn, 46 20. Camila, 45 | 1. Noah, 126 baby boys 2. Jacob, 125 3. Elijah, 112 4. Jayden, 105 5. Daniel, 103 6. Ethan, 98 7. Gabriel, 97 8. Josiah, 96 9. Matthew, 96 10. Aiden, 89 11. Caleb, 89 12. Isaiah, 89 13. Joshua, 89 14. David, 87 15. Jeremiah, 87 16. Andrew, 86 17. Michael, 85 18. Anthony, 84 19. Adrian, 83 20. Isaac, 83 |
New York (NY) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Sophia, 1406 baby girls 2. Isabella, 1270 3. Emma, 1226 4. Olivia, 1135 5. Ava, 968 6. Emily, 920 7. Madison, 842 8. Mia, 839 9. Abigail, 757 10. Chloe, 666 11. Leah, 621 12. Ella, 607 13. Sarah, 546 14. Gabriella, 543 15. Sofia, 522 16. Samantha, 507 17. Elizabeth, 494 18. Victoria, 494 19. Grace, 481 20. Charlotte, 465 | 1. Michael, 1384 baby boys 2. Jacob, 1335 3. Jayden, 1270 4. Ethan, 1253 5. Mason, 1219 6. Joseph, 1218 7. Matthew, 1200 8. Ryan, 1136 9. Liam, 1095 10. Daniel, 1094 11. Alexander, 1080 12. Anthony, 1067 13. Aiden, 1038 14. Noah, 966 15. David, 964 16. Dylan, 887 17. Lucas, 870 18. Christopher, 840 19. James, 839 20. Nicholas, 830 |
North Carolina (NC) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 654 baby girls 2. Sophia, 591 3. Ava, 505 4. Olivia, 469 5. Isabella, 449 6. Madison, 443 7. Abigail, 430 8. Elizabeth, 369 9. Emily, 367 10. Chloe, 315 11. Ella, 315 12. Addison, 314 13. Aubrey, 299 14. Harper, 273 15. Hannah, 263 16. Mia, 255 17. Avery, 254 18. Lily, 250 19. Lillian, 249 20. Natalie, 240 | 1. William, 706 baby boys 2. Mason, 683 3. Jacob, 576 4. Elijah, 574 5. Noah, 520 6. Jayden, 503 7. James, 502 8. Ethan, 488 9. Jackson, 482 10. Michael, 463 11. Aiden, 449 12. Liam, 448 13. Christopher, 429 14. Joshua, 419 15. Alexander, 412 16. Gabriel, 406 17. Landon, 387 18. Caleb, 379 19. Logan, 376 20. Samuel, 371 |
North Dakota (ND) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 64 baby girls 2. Olivia, 60 3. Sophia, 59 4. Harper, 52 5. Ava, 51 6. Ella, 43 7. Avery, 41 8. Zoey, 41 9. Grace, 36 10. Aubrey, 35 11. Brooklyn, 35 12. Isabella, 31 13. Nora, 31 14. Abigail, 30 15. Addison, 29 16. Hailey, 29 17. Emily, 26 18. Kinley, 26 19. Lily, 26 20. Chloe, 25 | 1. Liam, 60 baby boys 2. Mason, 60 3. Ethan, 56 4. James, 51 5. Noah, 51 6. Jacob, 48 7. Jackson, 47 8. Eli, 46 9. Elijah, 46 10. Carter, 45 11. Isaac, 44 12. William, 44 13. Wyatt, 43 14. Aiden, 42 15. Jack, 41 16. Jaxon, 40 17. Gavin, 39 18. Gabriel, 36 19. Samuel, 36 20. Alexander, 35 |
Ohio (OH) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Sophia, 830 baby girls 2. Emma, 820 3. Ava, 778 4. Olivia, 631 5. Isabella, 601 6. Lillian, 445 7. Addison, 434 8. Madison, 423 9. Ella, 421 10. Abigail, 416 11. Aubrey, 399 12. Avery, 385 13. Emily, 377 14. Chloe, 358 15. Elizabeth, 349 16. Brooklyn, 337 17. Zoey, 329 18. Harper, 326 19. Grace, 323 20. Lily, 297 | 1. Mason, 847 baby boys 2. Liam, 758 3. William, 672 4. Noah, 657 5. Michael, 629 6. Jacob, 617 7. Ethan, 611 8. Carter, 602 9. Jackson, 590 10. Logan, 555 11. Elijah, 513 12. James, 509 13. Aiden, 505 14. Alexander, 504 15. Andrew, 495 16. Benjamin, 489 17. Owen, 478 18. Lucas, 448 19. Landon, 443 20. Luke, 426 |
Oklahoma (OK) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 280 baby girls 2. Sophia, 207 3. Isabella, 194 4. Olivia, 175 5. Abigail, 174 6. Emily, 158 7. Elizabeth, 149 8. Addison, 147 9. Ava, 137 10. Harper, 131 11. Madison, 130 12. Brooklyn, 126 13. Zoey, 125 14. Avery, 122 15. Chloe, 120 16. Mia, 106 17. Ella, 104 18. Aubrey, 102 19. Nevaeh, 101 20. Lillian, 99 | 1. Elijah, 215 baby boys 2. Noah, 195 3. Mason, 193 4. Jacob, 188 5. Aiden, 186 6. Ethan, 186 7. Liam, 185 8. Wyatt, 180 9. Jaxon, 179 10. William, 174 11. Alexander, 170 12. Bentley, 164 13. Hunter, 164 14. Michael, 157 15. Gabriel, 156 16. James, 156 17. Samuel, 156 18. Jackson, 153 19. Logan, 146 20. Eli, 144 |
Oregon (OR) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Sophia, 263 baby girls 2. Emma, 262 3. Olivia, 186 4. Isabella, 169 5. Abigail, 161 6. Emily, 154 7. Amelia, 146 8. Ava, 132 9. Addison, 128 10. Elizabeth, 126 11. Ella, 125 12. Evelyn, 118 13. Natalie, 117 14. Lillian, 114 15. Mia, 112 16. Chloe, 111 17. Avery, 105 18. Grace, 105 19. Madison, 105 20. Audrey, 104 | 1. Liam, 241 baby boys 2. Mason, 196 3. Alexander, 195 4. William, 184 5. Henry, 179 6. Ethan, 173 7. Samuel, 172 8. Daniel, 170 9. Benjamin, 169 10. Logan, 165 11. Jackson, 161 12. Jacob, 160 13. Wyatt, 157 14. Noah, 156 15. Elijah, 150 16. Owen, 146 17. Isaac, 144 18. Oliver, 144 19. Lucas, 142 20. Anthony, 134 |
Pennsylvania (PA) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 869 baby girls 2. Sophia, 856 3. Ava, 769 4. Olivia, 762 5. Isabella, 707 6. Madison, 526 7. Abigail, 497 8. Emily, 484 9. Mia, 413 10. Aubrey, 399 11. Ella, 389 12. Addison, 386 13. Lily, 368 14. Grace, 358 15. Charlotte, 341 16. Chloe, 340 17. Elizabeth, 338 18. Avery, 322 19. Lillian, 313 20. Hannah, 309 | 1. Mason, 861 baby boys 2. Liam, 779 3. Jacob, 757 4. Michael, 726 5. Noah, 694 6. Ryan, 613 7. Ethan, 606 8. Logan, 604 9. Benjamin, 571 10. John, 559 11. Joseph, 557 12. William, 555 13. Jayden, 540 14. Aiden, 537 15. Jackson, 527 16. James, 516 17. Matthew, 509 18. Carter, 498 19. Anthony, 492 20. Alexander, 490 |
Rhode Island (RI) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Sophia, 105 baby girls 2. Ava, 94 3. Emma, 90 4. Isabella, 81 5. Olivia, 78 6. Mia, 51 7. Emily, 44 8. Lily, 38 9. Elizabeth, 37 10. Abigail, 36 11. Charlotte, 36 12. Ella, 35 13. Grace, 35 14. Madison, 32 15. Chloe, 31 16. Gabriella, 31 17. Samantha, 30 18. Amelia, 29 19. Avery, 29 20. Aubrey, 27 | 1. Mason, 95 baby boys 2. Michael, 72 3. Jacob, 69 4. Ethan, 65 5. Noah, 63 6. Benjamin, 62 7. Logan, 62 8. Anthony, 60 9. Joseph, 58 10. Alexander, 57 11. Liam, 57 12. William, 57 13. Gabriel, 55 14. Jackson, 54 15. Jayden, 54 16. Samuel, 47 17. James, 46 18. Owen, 46 19. Ryan, 46 20. Andrew, 45 |
South Carolina (SC) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 254 baby girls 2. Madison, 245 3. Olivia, 232 4. Isabella, 217 5. Ava, 215 6. Sophia, 197 7. Elizabeth, 178 8. Abigail, 172 9. Emily, 164 10. Addison, 148 11. Chloe, 141 12. Aubrey, 135 13. Ella, 132 14. Anna, 122 15. Harper, 120 16. Layla, 117 17. Nevaeh, 117 18. Caroline, 110 19. Zoey, 110 20. Serenity, 104 | 1. William, 401 baby boys 2. Mason, 314 3. James, 277 4. Elijah, 268 5. Jayden, 240 6. Joshua, 224 7. Jacob, 221 8. Noah, 221 9. Aiden, 219 10. Jackson, 215 11. Ethan, 213 12. Christopher, 210 13. Michael, 209 14. John, 202 15. Joseph, 187 16. Gabriel, 181 17. Daniel, 170 18. Caleb, 167 19. Landon, 167 20. Liam, 166 |
South Dakota (SD) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 62 baby girls 2. Harper, 57 3. Sophia, 52 4. Olivia, 49 5. Ava, 45 6. Ella, 43 7. Isabella, 37 8. Zoey, 35 9. Addison, 34 10. Avery, 34 11. Brooklyn, 34 12. Amelia, 32 13. Grace, 32 14. Abigail, 29 15. Chloe, 29 16. Natalie, 29 17. Elizabeth, 28 18. Hannah, 28 19. Emily, 27 20. Layla, 27 | 1. Liam, 72 baby boys 2. Mason, 65 3. Jacob, 59 4. Owen, 54 5. William, 53 6. Noah, 52 7. Logan, 51 8. Jack, 46 9. Carter, 45 10. Michael, 43 11. Bentley, 40 12. Ethan, 40 13. Cooper, 39 14. Eli, 39 15. Isaac, 39 16. Jackson, 39 17. Easton, 38 18. Blake, 35 19. Henry, 35 20. James, 35 |
Tennessee (TN) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 499 baby girls 2. Olivia, 388 3. Ava, 385 4. Isabella, 360 5. Sophia, 359 6. Abigail, 310 7. Madison, 299 8. Chloe, 289 9. Addison, 261 10. Emily, 250 11. Aubrey, 221 12. Ella, 221 13. Harper, 210 14. Lillian, 209 15. Elizabeth, 196 16. Brooklyn, 192 17. Lily, 192 18. Hannah, 191 19. Amelia, 177 20. Avery, 173 | 1. William, 576 baby boys 2. Mason, 482 3. Elijah, 449 4. James, 412 5. Jacob, 384 6. Jackson, 373 7. Ethan, 360 8. Noah, 341 9. Landon, 331 10. Liam, 329 11. Aiden, 326 12. Michael, 325 13. John, 302 14. Samuel, 300 15. Jayden, 291 16. Brayden, 287 17. Joshua, 285 18. Andrew, 278 19. Joseph, 266 20. Bentley, 261 |
Texas (TX) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Sophia, 2323 baby girls 2. Isabella, 2083 3. Emma, 1951 4. Mia, 1595 5. Emily, 1487 6. Olivia, 1311 7. Ava, 1238 8. Abigail, 1224 9. Sofia, 1132 10. Camila, 983 11. Victoria, 944 12. Elizabeth, 911 13. Madison, 896 14. Natalie, 878 15. Avery, 834 16. Zoe, 822 17. Genesis, 819 18. Aubrey, 750 19. Evelyn, 742 20. Chloe, 732 | 1. Jacob, 1944 baby boys 2. Jayden, 1869 3. Ethan, 1737 4. Noah, 1676 5. Daniel, 1631 6. Jose, 1612 7. David, 1530 8. Aiden, 1516 9. Matthew, 1461 10. Alexander, 1456 11. Michael, 1415 12. Mason, 1406 13. Christopher, 1391 14. Anthony, 1390 15. Angel, 1377 16. William, 1373 17. Joshua, 1349 18. Elijah, 1276 19. Liam, 1236 20. Jonathan, 1190 |
Utah (UT) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 265 baby girls 2. Olivia, 240 3. Sophia, 207 4. Ava, 172 5. Lily, 172 6. Elizabeth, 170 7. Abigail, 165 8. Brooklyn, 159 9. Lucy, 156 10. Claire, 134 11. Harper, 133 12. Charlotte, 132 13. Chloe, 132 14. Amelia, 130 15. Ella, 129 16. Ruby, 126 17. Emily, 123 18. Paisley, 122 19. Avery, 121 20. Evelyn, 121 | 1. William, 278 baby boys 2. Liam, 260 3. Mason, 221 4. Ethan, 215 5. Jacob, 212 6. Samuel, 200 7. Jackson, 187 8. James, 184 9. Luke, 173 10. Jack, 171 11. Carter, 169 12. Ryker, 168 13. Isaac, 167 14. Logan, 166 15. Lincoln, 160 16. Owen, 156 17. Alexander, 155 18. Benjamin, 155 19. Henry, 146 20. Oliver, 144 |
Vermont (VT) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Ava, 36 baby girls 2. Olivia, 34 3. Emma, 33 4. Sophia, 32 5. Ella, 28 6. Isabella, 27 7. Lillian, 26 8. Madison, 23 9. Addison, 21 10. Emily, 20 11. Abigail, 19 12. Chloe, 18 13. Amelia, 17 14. Aubrey, 17 15. Charlotte, 17 16. Evelyn, 17 17. Layla, 17 18. Lily, 17 19. Anna, 15 20. Avery, 15 | 1. Mason, 43 baby boys 2. Noah, 41 3. Liam, 40 4. Owen, 37 5. Logan, 34 6. Jacob, 32 7. Aiden, 28 8. Benjamin, 28 9. Jackson, 28 10. Wyatt, 28 11. Henry, 25 12. Oliver, 25 13. Cameron, 24 14. Carter, 23 15. Bentley, 22 16. Colton, 22 17. Ethan, 22 18. Matthew, 22 19. Parker, 22 20. Samuel, 22 |
Virginia (VA) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Sophia, 512 baby girls 2. Emma, 511 3. Olivia, 493 4. Abigail, 398 5. Isabella, 385 6. Ava, 383 7. Madison, 362 8. Emily, 319 9. Charlotte, 306 10. Chloe, 261 11. Elizabeth, 260 12. Hannah, 249 13. Ella, 244 14. Avery, 243 15. Lillian, 236 16. Addison, 228 17. Lily, 220 18. Grace, 219 19. Harper, 214 20. Amelia, 209 | 1. William, 641 baby boys 2. Mason, 543 3. Liam, 497 4. Jacob, 480 5. Elijah, 476 6. Noah, 466 7. James, 457 8. Ethan, 428 9. Jackson, 423 10. Michael, 421 11. Alexander, 402 12. Aiden, 379 13. Andrew, 366 14. Benjamin, 360 15. Jayden, 359 16. Matthew, 358 17. Joshua, 354 18. Christopher, 341 19. John, 333 20. Ryan, 328 |
Washington (WA) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Sophia, 473 baby girls 2. Emma, 450 3. Olivia, 429 4. Isabella, 323 5. Ava, 304 6. Emily, 304 7. Abigail, 275 8. Elizabeth, 247 9. Mia, 229 10. Ella, 224 11. Evelyn, 219 12. Chloe, 206 13. Natalie, 206 14. Charlotte, 201 15. Avery, 199 16. Madison, 198 17. Amelia, 194 18. Grace, 192 19. Zoey, 188 20. Lillian, 185 | 1. Mason, 410 baby boys 2. Liam, 407 3. Ethan, 393 4. Alexander, 350 5. Benjamin, 335 6. Noah, 326 7. Jacob, 316 8. Daniel, 313 9. Michael, 306 10. James, 302 11. Logan, 300 12. William, 299 13. Elijah, 293 14. Aiden, 287 15. Jackson, 285 16. Samuel, 281 17. Henry, 280 18. Lucas, 277 19. Wyatt, 276 20. Gabriel, 262 |
Washington, D.C. (DC) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Sophia, 50 baby girls 2. Emma, 41 3. Olivia, 40 4. Charlotte, 38 5. Genesis, 34 6. Sofia, 34 7. Ava, 33 8. Chloe, 32 9. Madison, 32 10. Zoe, 32 11. Naomi, 30 12. Claire, 27 13. Anna, 26 14. Eleanor, 26 15. Elizabeth, 26 16. Mia, 26 17. Ella, 25 18. Madeleine, 25 19. Victoria, 25 20. Abigail, 24 | 1. William, 94 baby boys 2. Alexander, 67 3. Henry, 65 4. John, 64 5. James, 59 6. Daniel, 57 7. Benjamin, 52 8. Samuel, 52 9. David, 51 10. Jacob, 51 11. Anthony, 48 12. Christopher, 48 13. Elijah, 45 14. Michael, 44 15. Noah, 44 16. Ryan, 44 17. Ethan, 42 18. Dylan, 39 19. Liam, 38 20. Christian, 37 |
West Virginia (WV) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 170 baby girls 2. Sophia, 120 3. Isabella, 113 4. Ava, 102 5. Olivia, 99 6. Aubrey, 91 7. Madison, 90 8. Brooklyn, 85 9. Addison, 84 10. Abigail, 74 11. Aubree, 73 12. Emily, 72 13. Chloe, 70 14. Lillian, 70 15. Nevaeh, 67 16. Alexis, 65 17. Zoey, 60 18. Elizabeth, 56 19. Harper, 55 20. Ella, 54 | 1. Mason, 155 baby boys 2. Liam, 143 3. Bentley, 126 4. Jacob, 124 5. Hunter, 119 6. Landon, 117 7. Aiden, 114 8. Brayden, 108 9. Levi, 108 10. Noah, 107 11. Braxton, 95 12. Eli, 95 13. Colton, 90 14. William, 90 15. Elijah, 88 16. Jackson, 87 17. Wyatt, 86 18. Carter, 85 19. Ethan, 83 20. Michael, 82 |
Wisconsin (WI) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 363 baby girls 2. Sophia, 322 3. Olivia, 313 4. Ava, 311 5. Isabella, 234 6. Emily, 205 7. Ella, 197 8. Evelyn, 196 9. Grace, 195 10. Amelia, 191 11. Harper, 185 12. Natalie, 182 13. Abigail, 180 14. Aubrey, 174 15. Charlotte, 171 16. Addison, 170 17. Lillian, 168 18. Lily, 160 19. Elizabeth, 145 20. Chloe, 140 | 1. Mason, 426 baby boys 2. Liam, 350 3. Jackson, 294 4. Ethan, 293 5. Owen, 289 6. Logan, 282 7. Noah, 279 8. William, 278 9. Carter, 258 10. Henry, 249 11. Jacob, 249 12. Alexander, 235 13. Benjamin, 235 14. Wyatt, 230 15. Samuel, 219 16. Elijah, 217 17. Jack, 215 18. Isaac, 213 19. Lucas, 213 20. Aiden, 208 |
Wyoming (WY) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Emma, 40 baby girls 2. Sophia, 32 3. Madison, 29 4. Elizabeth, 26 5. Olivia, 23 6. Ava, 22 7. Chloe, 22 8. Addison, 21 9. Ella, 21 10. Grace, 19 11. Hannah, 19 12. Lillian, 19 13. Abigail, 18 14. Avery, 18 15. Paisley, 18 16. Harper, 17 17. Isabella, 17 18. Mia, 17 19. Lily, 16 20. Brooklyn, 15 | 1. Liam, 41 baby boys 2. Mason, 36 3. Logan, 33 4. William, 33 5. Wyatt, 29 6. Hunter, 28 7. Jacob, 28 8. Levi, 28 9. Owen, 28 10. Carter, 27 11. Ethan, 26 12. Isaac, 25 13. Jaxon, 25 14. Noah, 25 15. Braxton, 22 16. Connor, 22 17. Jace, 22 18. Landon, 22 19. Gavin, 21 20. Aiden, 20 |
And, as a bonus…
Puerto Rico (PR) Top Baby Names, 2012
1. Mia, 298 baby girls 2. Kamila, 236 3. Camila, 214 4. Alondra, 189 5. Amanda, 189 6. Andrea, 173 7. Victoria, 170 8. Isabella, 167 9. Valeria, 155 10. Sofia, 154 | 1. Sebastian, 404 baby boys 2. Ian, 360 3. Luis, 358 4. Angel, 335 5. Adrian, 296 6. Jayden, 275 7. Dylan, 228 8. Diego, 221 9. Jose, 217 10. Carlos, 204 |
What state are you in? Do these lists seem about right to you, or are the baby names in your neighborhood very different from these?
Source: Popular Names by State – SSA
Image (USATopographicalMap) by NOAA
Did you notice that Batsheva came in at number 83 in New Jersey? I’m really curious about that one, since it’s not in the top 1000 in the US. Fiona, my daughter’s name, came in at 64 in Massachusetts, but I haven’t found it on any other state’s top 100.
Huh! I haven’t yet dug into the state lists, so I didn’t know about either of those. Thanks!
Numbers for Batsheva really jumped in both NJ and NY last year:
In the US overall: 79 to 186 (+107)
In New Jersey specifically: from 36 to 88 (+52)
In New York specifically: from 36 to 75 (+39)
So, those two states account for 91 out of the national 107. (Plus five more in California and five more in Florida brings us to 101 out of 107.)
I’m not what inspired the spike, though.
Might it have something to do with the Batsheva Dance Company…?
Where did you find the expanded state lists? I was poking around trying to find them; I’m especially interested in the Colorado one, where I live. I have a friend who had a daughter named Tesla in September, and then another woman had a daughter named Tesla 36 hours later in the same small birthing center in the same suburban town! I’m really hoping to see if there was a general uptick in Teslas, or if it was just an extra cool coincidence.
Here’s where you can download the state lists:
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/limits.html
States with 5+ Teslas in 2012:
California: 10
Colorado: 5 [debut!]
Ohio: 7
Tennessee: 5
Texas: 7
(All of the above are baby girls.)
Nationally, there were 100 girls named Tesla (up from 70 in 2011). Since only 5 states had 5+, looks like usage of the name was pretty well spread out over the country.
Wonder if the uptick nationally has anything to do with that Tesla Museum fundraising campaign.
… or is it another car name? The Tesla Volt electrocar has some press coverage.
Sry, I mixed up two electrocars: It should read Tesla Roadster. The Volt is made by Chevrolet.
The car is probably a better explanation.
Possibly, but the two Teslas I know were both named after the scientist, not the car.
I’m from the New York/New Jersey metro area and I’m
100% sure that Batsheva shows up because of the large Orthodox and Hasidic communities here. In NJ there are several towns near the shore (Spring Lake is one) with majority Orthodox Jewish populations. There are even greater numbers of Orthodox in NY, but because of NY’s bigger overall population it’s not as noticeable in the name lists. Though some years Chaya has appeared on the NY top 100– not sure about this year, I have to check when I’m not typing on my phone! Also I’m sure that the relatively high rankings of Esther and Miriam in NY are from the Hasids too. Have you seen the NYC rankings? They seem to come out in the summer most years and are broken down by race– Esther and Chaya have been in the top 20 before due to the Orthodox influence. Maybe Batsheva is coming into style among the Orthodox now.
I should add to the earlier comment– NYC’s name rankings are broken down by race, and Miriam, Esther, and Chaya rank very high every year among whites because of the Orthodox.
Hi Kaela – Thanks! That could be part of the answer.
Typically, when numbers get that high that fast, though — especially in a very small region — there’s an event we can point to as the cause.
That’s why I brought up the Batsheva Dance Company. Not sure if it’s the cause, but it was in the news in early 2012 thanks to protests in NY. An event like that certainly fits the pattern.
The newest NYC rankings I could find from a quick search are from 2010, but among white girls, Esther was the #1 name (!). Leah, Sarah, Chana, Rachel, and Chaya all rank in the top 10 among whites. Moshe also ranks top 10 for white boys. It’s definitely the Hasidic influence because I know a lot of kids (I babysit in NY) and not one with any of those names. The Asian NYC name list is also really interesting, because Fiona, Angelina, and Angela also rank top 10 for girls, and for Asian boys, Eric, Kevin, Jason, and Justin all rank top 10, along with Lucas. Also interesting is Jeremiah at number 4 for African-American boys. The link is here: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2011/pr034-11.shtml although unfortunately it seems the link within that to the full list is broken. :(
(Oh, forgot to throw in a link to my Chaya Mushka post.)
Here’s something interesting: Map: Six Decades of the Most Popular Names for Girls, State-by-State
“The maps above, based on data from the Social Security Administration, show the most popular baby names for girls by state, for babies born from 1960 through 2012, with the colors representing the most popular single name for that year.”