Baby Name: Yandel

The 2006 list of popular names is finally here!

Here are the new top 20 girl names and boys names, according to the SSA. The positive and negative numbers indicate how a name has risen or fallen in rank since 2005.

Girl Names

1. Emily
2. Emma
3. Madison
4. Isabella (+2)
5. Ava (+4)
6. Abigail (-2)
7. Olivia (-2)
8. Hannah (-1)
9. Sophia (+2)
10. Samantha (-2)
11. Elizabeth (+1)
12. Ashley (-2)
13. Mia (+4)
14. Alexis (-1)
15. Sarah
16. Natalie (+2)
17. Grace (-3)
18. Chloe (+1)
19. Alyssa (-3)
20. Brianna

Boy Names

1. Jacob
2. Michael
3. Joshua
4. Ethan (+1)
5. Matthew (-1)
6. Daniel (+1)
7. Christopher (+2)
8. Andrew (-2)
9. Anthony (-1)
10. William (+1)
11. Joseph (-1)
12. Alexander
13. David
14. Ryan
15. Noah (new)
16. James (+1)
17. Nicholas (-2)
18. Tyler (-2)
19. Logan (new)
20. John (-2)

The top 20 girl names stayed exactly the same — they’re just in a different order now.

The top 20 boy names are nearly the same, except Jonathan and Nathan were bumped off in favor of Noah and Logan.

Finally, names new to the top 1,000 included…

• Girl names: Paisley (#835), Yaretzi (#837), Scarlet (#843), Bethzy (#878), Jorja (#969), Sanai (#974), Dahlia (#988)
• Boy names: Yandel (#674), Zayden (#871), Izayah (#976)

I also saw a number of interesting second-timers, including Imanol (969th for boys) and Yuridia (894th for girls).

Source: SSA

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