Reference: Now Available: Annual List of Most Popular Baby Names in U.S. (2010)
Released today by the Social Security Administration (SSA).
Top 10 Baby Names of 2010
Boys: | 1) Jacob | Girls: | 1) Isabella | ||
2) Ethan | 2) Sophia | ||||
3) Michael | 3) Emma | ||||
4) Jayden | 4) Olivia | ||||
5) William | 5) Ava | ||||
6) Alexander | 6) Emily | ||||
7) Noah | 7) Abigail | ||||
8) Daniel | 8) Madison | ||||
9) Aiden | 9) Chloe | ||||
10) Anthony | 10) Mia | ||||
Some analysis here.
Available on the SSA Popular Baby Names Web Page are the “Popularity of a Name” database (see Popularity of a Name Over Time) and popular baby name rankings for any year after 1879.
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