Popular baby names in Cincinnati (Ohio), 2012

The most popular baby names in Cincinnati, Ohio, were released yesterday.

According to the Cincinnati Health Department’s Vital Records Office, the city’s top names were William for boys and Emma for girls.

Here are Cincinnati’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2012:

Girl names

1. Emma
2. Sophia
3. Ava
4. Lillian
5. Isabella & Avery (tie)
6. Brooklyn
7. Grace
8. Charlotte & Abigail (tie)
9. Anna
10. Aubrey

Boy names

1. William
2. Benjamin
3. Liam
4. Andrew & Mason (tie)
5. Noah
6. Henry
7. Logan
8. Michael, Ethan & Jackson (3-way tie)
9. James & Elijah (tie)
10. Jacob & Owen (tie)

The former #1 girl name, Olivia, is now no longer even in the top ten. That’s a pretty drastic drop.

Source: Most popular Cincinnati baby names in 2012

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