From the Social Security Administration last year’s most popular baby names.
| Rank | Male name | Female name | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | Emily | ||
| 2 | Michael | Emma | ||
| 3 | Joshua | Madison | ||
| 4 | Matthew | Abigail | ||
| 5 | Ethan | Olivia | ||
| 6 | Andrew | Isabella | ||
| 7 | Daniel | Hannah | ||
| 8 | Anthony | Samantha | ||
| 9 | Christopher | Ava | ||
| 10 | Joseph | Ashley | ||
| Note: Rank 1 is the most popular, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth. | ||||
In New Mexico the top 5 names for boys were Joshua, Isaiah, Jacob, Daniel and Elijah. For girls Alyssa, Emily, Madison, Isabella and Destiny.
Thanks to Jill (not in the top 1000 most popular girl’s names last year) for the link.
Two of my girlfriends had babies this year. Both sons were named Jacob, and both would have been named Hannah had they been girls. My youngest brother (15) is named Jacob, and he also would have been Hannah if he had been a girl.
My son, born in 1983, would have been either Isabel or Olivia had he been a girl (I never had to choose between the two as I found out I was having a boy pretty early on). I was ahead of my time!
Want to waste a lot of time looking at baby name trends? Check out this site:
http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html
Luis (57th most popular boy’s name in 2004, 173rd in the 1960s when I was born)