Posted on 05/11/2008 5:45:33 AM PDT by mware
The Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Forget Britney and Brad—Americans can’t get enough of Emily and Jacob. Once again, those top the list of the nation’s favorite baby names, according to the Social Security Administration, which tracks names based upon card applications for newborns. This Mother’s Day, PARADE has the exclusive first look at the most popular names for girls and boys in 2007. To see more names popular around the country, as well as America’s favorite baby names of the last century, click here.
Boys 1 Jacob (#1 since 1999) 2 Michael (last year: #2) 3 Ethan (#4) 4 Joshua (#3) 5 Daniel (#6) 6 Christopher (#7) 7 Anthony (#9) 8 William (#10) 9 Matthew (#5) 10 Andrew (#8)
Girls 1 Emily (#1 since 1996) 2 Isabella (last year: #4) 3 Emma (#2) 4 Ava (#5) 5 Madison (#3) 6 Sophia (#9) 7 Olivia (#7) 8 Abigail (#6) 9 Hannah (#8) 10 Elizabeth (#11)
Emily Elizabeth is the name of the little girl in Clifford the Big Red Dog!
LOL
I’ve read way too many of those books aloud, and seen way too many of the shows! LOL
Lyric Wallwork Winik
And yes, that is a woman, not a marketing firm. I googled it to be sure!
I see my daughter’s name, Cecilia, only rates in the high 200’s. Ah, well. :)
My name “peaked” in 1980, most likely due to Princess Diana’s popularity. People at work call me “Lady Di.” Dad named me after an old movie star, Diana Lynn. Mom was passed out cold from a forty hour labor, and when she awoke, the deed was done. ;)
My sister, however, cuts to the chase and calls me “Di-arrhea.” LOL!
I am now teaching the 3rd of 5 of them
LOL, better than my name which now is ranked in the 500’s.
With some of the names of the kids I teach, there must be some doozies that didn't make the cut.
I named my daughter “Hannah” back in 1987 when there were none. Everyone thought it was “wierd”. Suddenly there were a million of them. I HATE THAT!
Memory is a funny thing.
Popularity rank of the name "Hillary":
2007 960 2006 979 2005 883 2004 810 2003 Not in top 1000 2002 Not in top 1000 2001 887 2000 876 1999 856 1998 868 1997 725 1996 693 1995 684 1994 566 1993 261 1992 131
That could be further evidence that Christians produce more offspring than atheists.
I would have thought that “Jose” would have been number one.
I’m happy to see there are no mohammeds or jamals or jameikas.
I find the changing popularity of names fascinating. My grandmother changed her name from Sarah to Shirley back in the 20’s because Sarah was so old-fashioned and Shirley was hip (or whatever the term was back then). Now, Shirley barely makes the top 1000 and Sarahs are everywhere. And I don’t think there’s a single John or Mary in our local school system, yet when I was in school they were the most popular names. I wonder if, thirty years from now, when Jaydon and Emily marry they’ll name their kids Mabel or Hubert?
I'll bet it's more a fashion thing than anything else. I think the popularity of biblical names waxes and wanes. Names come in and out of style just like clothes.
Biblical names have the advantage that there's usually a version of them in any Western language. For example, my name, Andrew, is Andre, Andrei, Andreas, Andrea, Anders, Anderson, and probably some others I've missed.
If you want to know what names are coming up next, just check back about 100 years. Sophie and Max have just reappeared. Can Norma, Nancy, and Alan be far behind?
Yes, I've noticed the re-emergence of Sophie and Max also. These were names that were ridiculed when I was growing up, now they're back.
This is true. My wife is Mexican and we needed names for our sons that would work in both English and Spanish so we chose biblical names for them.
I’m #7 for boys.
I like Autumn for a girl.
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