May 14, 2008 3:27 PM
2007 Top baby names for girls and boys
The Social Security Administration has just released these officially:
Top 10 Boy Names for 2007:
1 Jacob
2 Michael
3 Ethan
4 Joshua
5 Daniel
6 Christopher
7 Anthony
8 William
9 Matthew
10 Andrew
Top 10 Girl Names for 2007:
1 Emily
2 Isabella
3 Emma
4 Ava
5 Madison
6 Sophia
7 Olivia
8 Abigail
9 Hannah
10 Elisabeth
Three of my sons' names are in the top 10 - Joshua, Daniel Matthew - actually, I don't think Matthew has left the top 10 since 1985 when my Matthew was born and I had no idea I was choosing a name from the top 10. After all, pre-Internet, who knew?
But Sophia? I never thought when I picked Sophia's name that it would be in the top 10!!! Checking the Social Security super-duper calculator, I find that in terms of popularity, in 1989 Sophia was ranked 254. See the chart for yourself here.
And check out your kids' names here. Or for hose of us who need visuals, the absolutely take-your-breath-away amazing Baby Name Wizard - I've linked you to my name on it in case you want to consider a truly RARE name nowadays :)
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Comments
LOL, only two of my kids' names even came up on the top 1,000. With the rest I was told, "No names starting with AO (or HAMIS or SINE or AISL) were in the top 1,000 in any decade. Type backspace." Aryanna peaked at 617, and Seamus at 754.
As for Barbara, I know a lot of Barbaras, but y'all are all close to the same age. ;)
Posted by: Michelle Potter | May 14, 2008 4:49 PM
Whoa, interesting. Just by accident I noticed that in the 1970's my husband's name (Mark) was the 844th most popular name -- for girls!
Posted by: Michelle Potter | May 14, 2008 4:53 PM
What a fun tool. My name is pretty non-existent for the last 20 years. I always get the comment, "Louise? That's my grandma's name..."
Posted by: Louise | May 14, 2008 5:56 PM
You may also find this map of popular baby names interesting. It has all the recent SSA data. Here's the current popularity of your name around the world.
Posted by: Guy Davis | May 14, 2008 6:09 PM
My kids names also on the top 10, Ethan and Madison.
Posted by: baby boy | May 18, 2008 2:08 PM
