Which girl names made the biggest gains from 2011 to 2012?
And which ones suffered the biggest losses?
This is where the stats start telling us some interesting stories!
Below I’ve got two different lists for both “increases” and “decreases.”
On the left is the my list. I looked at the raw number differences between the 2011 names and the 2012 names. My analysis covers all 19,380 girl names on the 2012 list.
On the right is the SSA’s list. They looked at the ranking differences between the 2011 names and the 2012 names. Their analysis covers approximately the top 500 girl names on the 2012 list.
Biggest Increases
The baby girl names that saw the biggest popularity increases from 2011 to 2012 were…
| Nancy’s list (raw numbers) | SSA’s list (rankings) |
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Check out Cataleya! That’s quite a jump.
Here are last year’s raw number jumps and last year’s ranking jumps.
Biggest Decreases
The baby girl names that saw the biggest popularity decreases from 2011 to 2012 were…
| Nancy’s list (raw numbers) | SSA’s list (rankings) |
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Here are last year’s raw number drops and last year’s ranking drops.
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