The New SSA Popular Baby Names List Is Here!

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

SSA Popular Baby Names

Jacob is number one for boys, Emily is number one for girls. Respectable, traditional names, yay. Naveah has been pushed to number 31 from #43 (*cringe*), Aidan has fallen ten spaces (but Aiden has risen five),  Madison has fallen two spaces (still in top ten), and Jayden has gone from number 49 to 18 (not surprising, but no less unfortunate).

Top 10 Names for 2007

Rank	Male name	Female name
1	Jacob	Emily
2	Michael	Isabella
3	Ethan	Emma
4	Joshua	Ava
5	Daniel	Madison
6	Christopher	Sophia
7	Anthony	Olivia
8	William	Abigail
9	Matthew	Hannah
10	Andrew	Elizabeth

Thoughts?

Comments

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

i love ethan and andrew but none of the other boys names, and for girls i really like emily, emma, abigail, and elisabeth.

that being said, i even worked in a daycare for a year and i know tons of people with kids AND i have very young siblings, i've never met a little girl named olivia.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

Really? Last summer I volunteered at a daycare, and there was this absolutely stunning, freakishly intelligent three-year-old girl named Olivia. I've met others, too, in the newborn-kindergarten age group. Some names, I've noticed, are really prevelent in some areas and nearly absent in others.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

(Commenting on my own post.)

Some names are surprising to find on the list; names like Zaniya, Yamilet, Lucero, and Nyasia are wayyy out there... but I'm betting that Yamilet and Lucero are popular in ethnic communities, and I'm sure I'll find Zaniya and Nyasia around my way (African-American dominated Wash, DC metro) in a few years.

I'm surprised that Jennifer is still popular. I've always seen that name as outdated, belonging to those born before 1990.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Jennifer is very popular in Hispanic populations.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Jacob and Emily were also number 1 in 1991, the year my sister was born. Her name is Emily and her best friend in elementary school was Jacob. My mom alsway thought that was so funny that they were both the top names and I was like "Well if they're the most popular names there's a greater chance that there will be Jacobs and Emilys to be friends with each other right?"

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Oh, I take that back, it was 1999, one of the years the two of them had class together.

[snowowl.livejournal.com]

I like Isabel but not Isabella, Eva but not Ava, Sophie but not Sophia.

I like Jake but not Jacob.

I can't say I'm really into the top 10 for either sex. The boys' name sound particularly biblical.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I'm just majorly excited the new list is up! YAY!

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I am shocked Jack is not on there. Every other kid I meet is named Jack...

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Anthony seems out of place to me. I never notice this name on anyone's top name lists, I never run into little kids by that name, I never hear of anyone calling their kid that, and that's something I can't say about any of the other names out of these twenty. The only reason I think I'm even noticing it is because that's what my boyfriend wants to name our firstborn son (supposing we have any, way off in the future), so now when I see it anywhere, my ears kind of perk up.

[sballik.livejournal.com]

True, but Anthony is extremely common in Italian families.

[doodlbug.livejournal.com]

Not one bit surprised by any of those. Just glad to see that Jayden didn't break the top ten.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Nothing too shocking. I was kind of surprised that Jack and Aiden weren't ranked higher, but if you look at the ranks for Jack and Jackson, and Aiden and Aidan, combined they'd be a lot further up the list.

Also, Addison is #11. If I had seen Addison in the top ten, I might have screamed. There's always next year!

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

As far as Aidan goes, quite a few spellings made it onto the list. I've found Adin, Ayden, and Aidyn so far.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Can I just say... There are now 2,598 little girls crawling around with the name Rylee... >_

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

Can't forget about the mini Mileys out there now. From not even in the top 1000 to 278, eep.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Eleanor is going down, yaaay!

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

I find it interesting, particularly in comparison with the UK ones (given below for the curious). My daughter was born in February 2007 and her name is decreasing in popularity in both countries, while my son Owen's is going down here but up in the US (though still out of the top 50 there). You can see from the British Boy chart than boys names change so very little while girl name popularities are all over the place here.

Top 10 (link for more: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=184 )

Grace
Ruby
Olivia
Emily
Jessica
Sophie
Chloe
Lily
Ella
Amelia

Jack
Thomas
Oliver
Joshua
Harry
Charlie
Daniel
William
James
Alfie

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the US boys' list is a lot more stable than the US girls' list, too. I think it's because parents feel more comfortable about experimenting with girls' names - boys need strong names so that they can become successful, respectable captains of industry whereas girls, if they don't succeed, can just marry a rich husband? Something like that, I'm sure.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Madison 17,731
BUT
Madyson 898
Maddison 854
Madisyn 843

The kreeatyv spellings are gaining on you, normal spellings!

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

Which completely sucks and tells me that parents aren't as creative as they think they may be. Better a popular/trendy name spelled right than a normal name spelled ridiculously.

[twitchywoman.livejournal.com]

I am in the middle of going through the list and I saw that Brenda came right after Miley. I am shocked because i always think of it as a 60's name, but that is probably because my aunt is named Brenda and she was born in 1962/63. She is also pregnant and I'm dying to know what she names the baby because she had her last kid 19 years ago and surely hers and my uncle's name tastes have changed since then.

[ugottafriend.livejournal.com]

Extremely predictable top ten, as usual.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Oh no, Isabella! I don't plan on having children for another decade or so, but it still kind of upsets me that Isabella is so popular. I love that name to pieces, and the fact that it's so popular makes me feel like I shouldn't use it.

Jacob, Ethan, William, Emily, Isabella, Ava, Sophia, Olivia, and Elizabeth are all on my list.

[http://users.livejournal.com/____tonightt/]

In my preschool there is

boy: Michael, Ethan, Christopher, Matthew, Andrew 5 out of 10

girl: Olivia 1 out of 10 (but there is an emily and ava for siblings)

[blue-suspenders.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised Anthony is so high.
I never really thought of it as a popular name.

[emtotherescuee.livejournal.com]

Crap, my name's still #1. It pisses me off beyond belief that my parents named me Emily. Ughhhhh.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

Take comfort that it's not ridiculous like Nevaeh. Emily is pretty, however popular. :)

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

The top 10 really aren't too bad. I hate Madison, and I don't like Isabella, Emma, or Ava very much, but I looooove Emily, Sophia, Elizabeth, Michael, Anthony, William, Matthew, and Andrew.

I'm not at all surprised about any of these.

My names are all pretty decent places on the list:
Juliet - 516
Alice - 364
Lily - 27 (ugh)
Eliza - 334
Louisa - not listed
Charles - 62
Henry - 91
Samuel - 25
William - 8

So not horrible. The girls names are all low, except Lily, and only two of the boy names are in the top 50. I don't mind popularity much, so whatever.

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

I know very few young (girl) children with any of these names. I know a 15 year old Emma. A 17 year old Madison. I'm always surprised that the little kids I meet always have names from like, two generations ago.

[http://users.livejournal.com/-glass-/]

So... I had time on my hands, so I went through the list and tried to find all the Aidan's and all it's variants like Brayden, Hayden, Jayden... I came up with a total of 100,977. Woah. That also includes girls who were named Jayden/Kayden/Hayden

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

This makes me sad because my top girl names are Emma and Hannah, and I don't think I could use 'em with them being that popular. :( I also love Isabel lately (uber-close to Isabella).

[nightskygalaxy.livejournal.com]

Oh goodie.. my husband and I are both still number 1, haha.