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Number of Babies Named Aria Born in the U.S. Since 1880
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Avast! Did you know that today is Talk Like a Pirate Day?
“Arrr” itself doesn’t make a great name — even for pirates — but here’s the next best thing: over 120 names that feature the “ar”-sound.
Which of the “ar”-names above do you like best? Did I miss any good ones?
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Additions, 9/20:
According to the Social Security Administration, Emma and Noah were the most popular baby names in the United States in 2015.
Here’s the top 10:
| Girl Names | Boy Names |
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1. Emma, 20355 baby girls 2. Olivia, 19553 3. Sophia, 17327 4. Ava, 16286 5. Isabella, 15504 6. Mia, 14820 7. Abigail, 12311 8. Emily, 11727 9. Charlotte, 11332 10. Harper, 10241 |
1. Noah, 19511 baby boys 2. Liam, 18281 3. Mason, 16535 4. Jacob, 15816 5. William, 15809 6. Ethan, 14991 7. James, 14705 8. Alexander, 14460 9. Michael, 14321 10. Benjamin, 13608 |
Emma and Noah were also the #1 names in 2014.
Harper replaces Madison in the girls’ top 10; Benjamin replaces Daniel in the boys’ top 10.
Here’s the rest of the top 50:
| Girl Names | Boy Names |
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11. Madison, 10038 12. Amelia, 9795 13. Elizabeth, 9656 14. Sofia, 9650 15. Evelyn, 9313 16. Avery, 9298 17. Chloe, 7884 18. Ella, 7852 19. Grace, 7589 20. Victoria, 7575 21. Aubrey, 7357 22. Scarlett, 7100 23. Zoey, 6900 24. Addison, 6683 25. Lily, 6617 26. Lillian, 6571 27. Natalie, 6466 28. Hannah, 6372 29. Aria, 6371 30. Layla, 6289 31. Brooklyn, 6268 32. Alexa, 6029 33. Zoe, 5995 34. Penelope, 5921 35. Riley, 5707 36. Leah, 5585 37. Audrey, 5581 38. Savannah, 5413 39. Allison, 5329 40. Samantha, 5304 41. Nora, 5301 42. Skylar, 5258 43. Camila, 5257 44. Anna, 5094 45. Paisley, 5056 46. Ariana, 4933 47. Ellie, 4838 48. Aaliyah, 4836 49. Claire, 4805 50. Violet, 4779 |
11. Elijah, 13511 12. Daniel, 13408 13. Aiden, 13378 14. Logan, 12862 15. Matthew, 12648 16. Lucas, 12246 17. Jackson, 12182 18. David, 11691 19. Oliver, 11592 20. Jayden, 11475 21. Joseph, 11375 22. Gabriel, 10782 23. Samuel, 10733 24. Carter, 10727 25. Anthony, 10564 26. John, 10303 27. Dylan, 10232 28. Luke, 10219 29. Henry, 10112 30. Andrew, 10027 31. Isaac, 9878 32. Christopher, 9742 33. Joshua, 9720 34. Wyatt, 9597 35. Sebastian, 9569 36. Owen, 9549 37. Caleb, 8727 38. Nathan, 8530 39. Ryan, 8474 40. Jack, 8456 41. Hunter, 8284 42. Levi, 8236 43. Christian, 8127 44. Jaxon, 8015 45. Julian, 8003 46. Landon, 7896 47. Grayson, 7852 48. Jonathan, 7577 49. Isaiah, 7528 50. Charles, 7125 |
In the girls’ top 50, Alexa, Paisley, Ellie and Violet replace Arianna, Gabriella, Sadie and Sarah.
In the boys’ top 50, Grayson and Charles replace Eli and Aaron.
Impressive rises:
Impressive drops:
There’s much more to come! Until then, I’ll quote liberally from the SSA’s press release:
Each year, the list reveals the effect of pop-culture on naming trends. This year’s winners for biggest jump in popularity in the Top 1,000 are Alaia and Riaan.
Alaia jumped 2,012 spots on the girls’ side to number 664, from number 2,676 in 2014. Perhaps this can be attributed to high fashion designer Azzedine Alaia, or maybe it is because of Alaia Baldwin, the model/daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin.
Riaan increased 1,360 spots for the boys, from number 2,286 in 2014 to number 926. Of Indian origin, it is also the name of the young son of a well-known Bollywood actor, Riteish Deshmukh.
The second fastest riser for girls was Meilani. If you have ever watched MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” and maybe even if you haven’t, you’ve heard of Jenni “JWoww” Farley. She gave birth to daughter Meilani in 2014. On a different American shore, out in Hawaii, is another well-known Meilani–Bethany Meilani Hamilton, the professional surfer whose story of surviving a shark attack was documented in the movie “Soul Surfer.”
For boys, it was Huxley (a brave new comeback for the late science fiction writer?).
Some other notable names in the top 10 biggest increase category, and some possible reasons for their newfound popularity:
- Omari and Jabari for boys. Omari Hardwick is an actor, known for his roles in “Sparkle,” “The A-Team,” and BET Network’s “Being Mary Jane.” He currently stars in “Power,” a popular cable TV series. Jabari Parker is a professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks. He was the second overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft out of Duke.
- Adaline and Zelda for girls. “The Age of Adaline” is a 2015 fantasy film starring Blake Lively, Harrison Ford, Michiel Huisman, and Ellen Burstyn. As for Zelda, maybe the legend continues to grow?
I’ll also note that the name Isis dropped from 705th place (398 baby girls) in 2014 to 1770th place (117 baby girls) in 2015.
Source: Emma and Noah Once Again Social Security’s Most Popular Baby Names for 2015
U.S. Baby Names 2015: Most Popular Baby Names, Top Debuts: Girl Names, Top Debuts: Boy Names, Biggest Changes in Popularity: Girl Names, Biggest Changes in Popularity: Boy Names, First Letter Popularity, Name Length Popularity
According to data from eHealth Saskatchewan, the most popular baby names in the province in 2015 were Olivia and Liam.
Here are Saskatchewan’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2015:
| Baby Girl Names | Baby Boy Names |
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1. Olivia, 80 baby girls 2. Emily, 63 3. Emma, 63 4. Ava, 56 5. Avery, 53 6. Sophia, 53 7. Zoey, 45 8. Brooklyn, 45 9. Aria, 43 10. Mia, 41 |
1. Liam, 69 baby boys 2. Noah, 65 3. Benjamin, 64 4. Lincoln, 57 5. Lucas, 57 6. William, 56 7. Hudson, 53 8. Wyatt, 53 9. Hunter, 52 10. Jack, 51 |
These rankings are pretty different from the 2014 rankings. Zoe, Aria and Mia replace Sadie, Ella and Lily on the girls’ side, and Benjamin, Lincoln, Wyatt, Hunter and Jack replace Mason, Jacob, Logan, Carter on the boys’ side.
The government of Saskatchewan does have the right to reject baby names it deems unacceptable, but this rarely happens:
“I have never denied a name, I’ve never even had one brought to me to look at,” said Pat Dean, registrar with Vital Statistics and director of Health Registries.
For the last eight years there has not been a name submitted that’s been objectionable to Vital Statistics.
Objectionable names include those that could be confusing (like “Baby”) or embarrassing.
Sources: Most Popular Baby Names in Saskatchewan for 2015, It’s the law: Bad baby names can be denied in Saskatchewan
According to finalized data from National Records of Scotland (NRS), the most popular baby names in Scotland in 2015 were Emily and Jack.
Here are Scotland’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2015:
| Girl Names | Boy Names |
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1. Emily, 497 baby girls 2. Sophie, 468 3. Olivia, 452 4. Isla, 419 5. Jessica, 357 6. Ava, 354 7. Amelia, 352 8. Ella, 341 9. Lucy, 317 10. Lily, 279 |
1. Jack, 565 baby boys 2. Oliver, 448 3. James, 416 4. Lewis, 371 5. Alexander, 349 6. Charlie, 342 7. Lucas, 316 8. Logan, 311 9. Harris, 306 10. Daniel, 282 |
This finalized 2015 list is a lot like (but not exactly like) the preliminary rankings that came out in December.
It’s also a lot like the 2014 rankings, the the main difference being that Harris has replaced Noah in the boys’ top ten.
And now for the fun part! Here are some of the baby names that were bestowed just once last year in Scotland. Ladies first:
And now the gents:
For more sets of rankings, check out the name rankings category.
According to the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs and the Maori Language Commission (Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori), the country’s most popular Maori names during the second half of 2014 and the first half of 2015 were Maia and Nikau.
Here are the top 10 Maori girl names and boy names of 2014/2015:
| Girl Names | Boy Names |
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1. Maia 2. Manaia 3. Anahera 4. Ana 5. Aroha 6. Kaia 7. Hana 8. Ataahua 9. Tia 10. Kora |
1. Nikau 2. Ari 3. Manaia 4. Wiremu 5. Kauri 6. Mikaere 7. Rawiri 8. Ihaia 9. Kai 10. Manaaki |
The top 10 lists above are fairly different from the Maori baby name rankings of 2013. (I don’t believe a 2014 list was released.)
One confusing difference is the absence of Aria and Ariana. Were they reclassified as non-Maori? Otherwise, Aria and Ariana should have come in first and third on this list, given how popular they’ve been in New Zealand overall lately.
Also confusing is the fact that the rankings don’t refer to corresponding periods of time. The 2013 list covers April 2012 to March 2013, whereas the 2015 list covers July 2014 to June 2015.
Maia and Nikau weren’t among New Zealand’s top ten baby names of 2015, but they did appear in the top 100: Maia was ranked 34th for girls, Nikau 97th for boys.
According to early data from Ontario’s Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, the most popular baby names in the province in 2015 were Sophia/Sofia/Sofiya and Jackson/Jaxon/Jaxson/Jaxen/Jaxxon/Jaxyn.
Either that or they were simply Olivia and Liam again.
See, the province decided to pull a Malta this year and lump variant spellings together in the rankings.
Luckily, Ontario didn’t do away with the traditional list altogether, so let’s start there. Here are the projected top 10 girl and boy names of 2015.
| Girl Names | Boy Names |
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1. Olivia 2. Emma 3. Ava 4. Sophia 5. Charlotte 6. Emily 7. Abigail 8. Chloe 9. Isabella 10. Avery |
1. Liam 2. Ethan 3. Noah 4. Benjamin 5. William 6. Jacob 7. Lucas 8. Mason 9. Logan 10. Alexander |
According to this list, Olivia and Liam are still the #1 names, and Lucas dropped from #3 in 2014 to #7 in 2015.
Next, here’s the list of the top 10 girl and boy name-groups of 2015. From what I can tell, this list excludes names that didn’t have multiple spellings.
| Girl Names |
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1. Sophia/Sofia/Sofiya 2. Emma/Ema 3. Ava/Avah 4. Emily/Emilie/Emilee 5. Maya/Mya/Maia/Myah/Maiya/Mayah 6. Chloe/Khloe 7. Abigail/Abbigail/Abbygail/Abigale/Abigael/Abygail 8. Isabella/IIzabella/Isabela/Izabela 9. Avery/Averie/Averi 10. Aria/Arya/Ariya/Aarya/Ariyah/Ariah |
| Boy Names |
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1. Jackson/Jaxon/Jaxson/Jaxen/Jaxxon/Jaxyn 2. Lucas/Lukas 3. Jacob/Jakob/Jakub/Jaycob 4. Mason/Mayson/Masen 5. Aiden/Aidan/Ayden/Aydin 6. Alexander/Aleksander/Alexsandar 7. Daniel/Daniyal/Danial 8. Muhammad/Mohammad/Mohamed/Mohammed/Muhammed/Mohamad 9. Nicholas/Nicolas/Nikolas/Nickolas 10. Aria/Arya/Ariya/Aarya/Ariyah/Ariah |
(I’m not sure what #10 on the boys’ side is supposed to be; the person cutting and pasting the boy names over the girl names forgot that one.)
Finally, here’s the top-5 list that’s been circulating in the press. It’s a combination of the lists above.
| Girl Names | Boy Names |
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1. Sophia/Sofia/Sofiya 2. Olivia 3. Emma/Ema 4. Ava/Avah 5. Charlotte |
1. Jackson/Jaxon/Jaxson/Jaxen/Jaxxon/Jaxyn 2. Liam 3. Lucas/Lukas 4. Jacob/Jakob/Jaycob 5. Ethan |
The takeaway?
Olivia and Liam are still the most popular baby names…if you stick to the traditional ranking system.
If you lump variant spellings together, though, the Sophia-group beats Olivia, and the Jackson-group beats Liam.
For more sets of rankings, see the name rankings category. For Canada-specific rankings, see the Canada name rankings subcategory.
Sources: Sophia and Jackson are the Most Popular Baby Names in Ontario, Ontario’s Top 20 Baby Names
According to provisional data* released yesterday by New Mexico’s Department of Health, the most popular baby names in the state this year were Mia and Noah.
Here are New Mexico’s projected top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2015:
| Girl Names | Boy Names |
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1. Mia 2. Sophia 3. Isabella 4. Ava 5. Olivia 6. Emma 7. Sofia 8. Abigail 9. Aria 10. Emily |
1. Noah 2. Elijah 3. Liam 4. Michael 5. Josiah 6. Alexander 7. Gabriel 8. Aiden 9. Jacob 10. Daniel |
Comparing 2015 to 2014: Noah replaces Liam as the #1 boy name, Alexander and Gabriel replace Ethan and Jayden on the boys’ list, and Aria replaces Ariana on the girls’ list.
For more sets of rankings, see the name rankings category. For U.S.-specific rankings, see the U.S. name rankings subcategory.
*The data covers New Mexico births through December 20th.