How popular is the baby name Luke in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Find out using the graph below! Plus, check out all the blog posts that mention the name Luke.
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Which single-syllable names were the most popular in 2021?
I scanned the 2021 rankings for one-syllable names and found these:
Girl Names
Grace (ranked 34th overall)
Claire (59th)
Quinn (80th)
Jade (91st)
Rose (116th)
Maeve (124th)
Sloane (143rd)
Reese (147th)
Faith (169th)
June (175th)
(A little lower down were Sage, Ruth, and Blake.)
Boy Names
James (ranked 5th overall)
Jack (11th)
John (27th)
Luke (32nd)
Kai (71st)
Brooks (77th)
Beau (94th)
Jace (102nd)
Chase (125th)
Cole (132nd)
(A little lower down were George, Rhett, and Jude.)
These lists include the same names that appeared on the 2020 lists, but in both cases the names are in a slightly different order.
And, of course, here’s the usual disclaimer: I left out the borderline boy names (Owen, Wyatt, Charles, Miles/Myles, Ryan, Ian, Rowan, Gael) that can be pronounced with either one or two syllables, depending upon the accent of the speaker. Notably, all nine of these names ranked higher than both Chase and Cole.
Years ago, I discovered three documents with relatively complete lists of births for the city of Providence, Rhode Island, for the years 1866, 1867, and 1868. I’ve already created Providence’s baby name rankings for 1866 and 1867 using the first two documents, and today (finally!) I’ve got the third set of rankings for you.
Let’s start with some stats:
1,762 babies were born in Providence in 1868, by my count. According to the introduction of the document I’m using a source, however, the total number is 1,866. I don’t know how to account for this discrepancy.
1,617 of these babies (791 girls and 826 boys) had names that were known at the time of publication. The other 145 babies got blank spaces. Either their names hadn’t been registered yet, or they hadn’t been named yet, or perhaps these babies died young and never received a name.
284 unique names (143 girl names and 141 boy names) were shared among these 1,617 babies.
And now, on to the names!
Top 5
A quick look at the top 5 girl names and boy names in Providence in 1868:
Top baby girl names
Top baby boy names
1. Mary 2. Catherine 3. Sarah 4. Ellen 5. Margaret
1. John 2. William 3. James 4. Charles 5. George
All Girl Names
Mary, 149 baby girls
Catherine, 39
Sarah, 38
Ellen, 31
Margaret, 28
Elizabeth, 25
Alice, 24
Anna, 20
Ann, 16
Emma, 14
Eliza, 13
Clara & Martha, 11 each (tie)
Hannah & Lucy, 10 each (tie)
Bridget, Grace, Jennie, Julia & Maria, 9 each (5-way tie)
Annie, Florence, Jane, Minnie & Susan, 8 each (5-way tie)
Agnes, Caroline, Cora, Ella & Harriet, 7 each (5-way tie)
In the girls’ top 10, the Norah-group, the Madelyn-group, the Lily-group, Ellie, and Ella replaced Charlotte, the Callie-group, the Adalynn-group, the Scarlet-group, and the Chloe-group.
In the boys’ top 10, William, the Lincoln-group, and Thomas replaced Noah, Owen, and Oliver.
In 2019, the top two names in Newfoundland and Labrador were Emma and the Jackson-group.
According to eHealth Saskatchewan, the most popular baby names in the province in 2020 were, again, Olivia and Liam.
Here are Saskatchewan’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2020:
Girl Names
Olivia, 79 baby girls
Amelia, 55
Emma, 50
Emily, 44
Sophia, 41
Harper, 37
Ava, 36
Addison, 35 (3-way tie)
Ellie, 35 (3-way tie)
Scarlett (3-way tie)
Boy Names
Liam, 74 baby boys
Jack, 53
Oliver, 49
Hudson, 48
Noah, 47 (tie)
William, 47 (tie)
Benjamin, 43 (3-way tie)
Lucas, 43 (3-way tie)
Theodore, 43 (3-way tie)
Bennett, 41 (4-way tie)
Henry, 41 (4-way tie)
Lincoln, 41 (4-way tie)
Luke, 41 (4-way tie)
In the preliminary rankings (which covered the year up to December 9th), the top ten boy names included the name Maverick. In these finalized rankings, however, Maverick came in 14th — right below Luke.
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