The new names are out! The #1 names in the nation now are Sophia (again) and Noah (new!).
Here are the full top 50 lists:
| Girl Names | Boy Names |
|---|---|
| 1. Sophia, 21075 baby girls 2. Emma, 20788 3. Olivia, 18256 4. Isabella, 17490 5. Ava, 15129 6. Mia, 13066 7. Emily, 13044 8. Abigail, 12313 9. Madison, 10529 10. Elizabeth, 9345 11. Charlotte, 9232 12. Avery, 9121 13. Sofia, 9108 14. Chloe, 8714 15. Ella, 8370 16. Harper, 8222 17. Amelia, 7979 18. Aubrey, 7927 19. Addison, 7677 20. Evelyn, 7616 21. Natalie, 7430 22. Grace, 7296 23. Hannah, 7222 24. Zoey, 7187 25. Victoria, 7155 26. Lillian, 7017 27. Lily, 6935 28. Brooklyn, 6837 29. Samantha, 6453 30. Layla, 6440 31. Zoe, 5920 32. Audrey, 5567 33. Leah, 5554 34. Allison, 5405 35. Anna, 5315 36. Aaliyah, 5195 37. Savannah, 5192 38. Gabriella, 5173 39. Camila, 5127 40. Aria, 5085 41. Kaylee, 5079 42. Scarlett, 5031 43. Hailey, 4994 44. Arianna, 4956 45. Riley, 4902 46. Alexis, 4741 47. Nevaeh, 4716 48. Sarah, 4635 49. Claire, 4626 50. Sadie, 4614 | 1. Noah, 18090 baby boys 2. Liam, 18002 3. Jacob, 17976 4. Mason, 17591 5. William, 16495 6. Ethan, 16127 7. Michael, 15366 8. Alexander, 14771 9. Jayden, 14656 10. Daniel, 14140 11. Elijah, 13626 12. Aiden, 13527 13. James, 13416 14. Benjamin, 13373 15. Matthew, 13226 16. Jackson, 12488 17. Logan, 12270 18. David, 12226 19. Anthony, 12164 20. Joseph, 12095 21. Joshua, 11680 22. Andrew, 11568 23. Lucas, 11451 24. Gabriel, 11112 25. Samuel, 10957 26. Christopher, 10765 27. John, 10588 28. Dylan, 10058 29. Isaac, 10005 30. Ryan, 9808 31. Nathan, 9620 32. Carter, 9512 33. Caleb, 9500 34. Luke, 9497 35. Christian, 9261 36. Hunter, 8887 37. Henry, 8802 38. Owen, 8702 39. Landon, 8679 40. Jack, 8506 41. Wyatt, 8490 42. Jonathan, 8478 43. Eli, 7867 44. Isaiah, 7754 45. Sebastian, 7495 46. Jaxon, 7479 47. Julian, 7469 48. Brayden, 7384 49. Gavin, 7379 50. Levi, 7339 |
I know the big news is Noah, but check out Liam! 6th last year, 2nd this year.
And Michael bounced back a spot this year, surprisingly — up from 8th to 7th. Nope! Just noticed that the SSA also updated the 2012 rankings, and Michael was upgraded from 8th to 7th place for 2012. So, no bounce-back after all.
On the girls’ side, Charlotte hopped up from 19th to 11th.
Have you spotted any other interesting rises/drops so far?
More 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 Jayceon and Daleyza. The fastest riser for boys, Jayceon, gained popularity as it is the birth name of VH1’s cable reality series “Marrying The Game” star and award-winning rapper The Game. The show follows the life of Jayceon “The Game” Taylor, as a rapper and father of three. The show premiered in late 2012 and obviously had its effect on naming trends throughout 2013.
On the girls’ side, Daleyza, may have been influenced by a popular Spanish-language cable TV series, “Larrymania,” which airs on mun2. Daleyza is the young daughter of Larry Hernandez, an American regional Mexican singer and reality TV star. The name increased in popularity by more than 3,000 spots, so the show undoubtedly had an influence.
The second fastest riser for boys was Milan, and for girls, Marjorie.
Here are the announcement posts for 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, and 2006.
U.S. Baby Names 2013: Most popular names, Top girl-name debuts, Top boy-name debuts, Biggest girl-name changes, Biggest boy-name changes, Top first letters, Top lengths, Top girl names by letter, Top boy names by letter
Sources: SSA, Noah and Sophia Win Social Security’s Most Popular Baby Names for 2013 – SSA
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Isnt Michael stalling at #7? God knows why, it needs to go. Fast.
I think the charts, especially for boys, are getting way too stale. New names are briefly in the top 100 then drop out, while the same old names keep lingering on and on. I guess its the “junior” factor.
My favs are all falling in popularity, so I’m not too keen with this years results.
Copying what I wrote on name berry:
My first thought is that Liam is probably even more popular than the stats suggest, since William is #5 and the preferred nickname for most of these boys is probably Liam, rather than Will or Billy. Multiple spellings also probably benefit Jayden, Sophia, and Isabella.
How interesting that the girls’ Top 10 has more classic and less trendy names than the boys Top 10! Like they said in Nameberry’s blog, this really means naming practices are changing a lot.
Looking at names with the biggest popularity jumps (+50 places) and trying to figure out where they come from (lesson: do not over estimate the power of celebrity babies!)
BOYS
– Milan: Shakira and Piqué’s son
– Atlas: 2013 Coldplay song from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack
– Duke: Giuliana Rancic’s son
– Castiel: a character from TV series Supernatural
– Zayn: One Direction member
– Thiago: Lionel Messi’s son (I hate how the butchered Brazilian misspelling is becoming popular; Tiago is the superior name).
– Forrest: Whittaker, star of 2013 film “The Butler”
– Kyrie: basketball player Kyrie Irving
– Deacon: a character in the TV series Nashville?
– Kalel: Superman’s name, from Man of Steel
– Jase: Jase Robertson, TV personality
– Harlan: writers Harlan Ellison or Harlan Coben?
– Jair: Jair Jurrjens, a baseball player
– Santana: Santana Moss, American football player
– Kendrick: Kendrick Lamar
– Dilan: Spanish form of Dylan
– Bruno: Bruno Mars
– Langston: American football player Langston Moore
– Clark: Clark Kent from Man of Steel
– Cristiano: Cristiano Ronaldo
– Francis: Pope Francis
– Lionel: Lionel Messi
– Jensen: Jensen Ackles
– Lorenzo: Snooki’s son
– Odin: character from Thor 2
– Thatcher: Margaret Thatcher, died last year
– Camden (& spellings): sons of Nick Lachey and Kristin Cavallari
– Neymar: Brazillian footballer
– Tatum: Channing Tatum
– Archer: TV series
GIRLS
– Marjorie: Margaery from Game of Thrones?
– Lennon: Lennon Stella
– Jurnee: actress Jurnee Smollett (starred in 2013’s film Temptation)
– Everleigh / Everly: Channing Tatum’s daughter
– Henley: character in 2013’s film Now You See Me
– Mabel: Bruce Willis daughter, among other celebrity babies
– Gwyneth Paltrow: starred in 2013’s Iron Man 3
– Azalea: Iggy Azalea
– Kaidence: rumoured name of Kim Kardashian’s daughter
– India: India Rose, Chris Hemsworth’s daughter
– Ireland: Ireland Baldwin, Alec Baldwin & Kim Basinger’s daughter (became an internet celebrity)
– Sutton: character in the TV series “The Lying Game”
– Wren: protagonist of 2013’s young adult novel “Fangirl”
– Hattie: Tori Spelling’s daughter
– Arya: Game of Thrones character
– Liv: TV series “Liv and Maddie”
– Milan: Shakira’s son
– Zuri: a character in Disney’s TV series “Jessie”
– Dorothy: Wizard of Oz’ anniversary
– Beatrice: protagonist of the “Divergent” series
– Amalia: Princess Amalia, who became heiress to the Dutch throne in 2013?
– Anastasia: 50 Shades of Grey
– Cara: Cara Delevigne
– Diamond: Diamond Jubilee; Rihanna’s song “Diamonds”
– Olive: Drew Barrymore’s daughter
– Frances: Pope Frances
– Penelope: Kourtney Kardashian’s daughter
– Francesca: Pope Francis
– Britney: Britney Spears released a new album
– Emilia: Emilia Clarke, actress from Game of Thrones
more interesting names climbing:
– Cyrus: Miley?
– Finn: the late Cory Monteith’s character in Glee
– Karlie: Karlie Kloss
– Ellen: Ellen DeGeneres
– Anne: Anne Hathaway, won Oscar in 2013
– Walter: “Life of Walter Mitty” movie
– Eden (boys): Belgium and Chelsea footballer Eden Hazard
– Arabella: Ivana Trump’s daughter
– Elsa: Frozen
– Kennedy: anniversary of JFK’s death
– George: Prince George
– Hazel: protagonist in popular YA novel The Fault of our Stars
– Francisco: Pope Francis
– Augustus: protagonist in popular YA novel The Fault of our Stars
Wow, Rita! Thanks!