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Harper and Benjamin Enter the US Top Ten!

May 6, 2016 By appellationmountain 9 Comments

Top Ten Names for Boys Top Ten Names for Girls

The new United States baby name popularity data is out!

My crystal ball was in fine form this year. Two names I called to enter the US Top Ten were Benjamin and Harper. Both came in at #10 in 2015!

The full lists are as follows:

TOP TEN BOYS

  1. Noah (no change)
  2. Liam (no change)
  3. Mason (no change)
  4. Jacob (no change)
  5. William (no change)
  6. Ethan (no change)
  7. James (+2)
  8. Alexander (no change)
  9. Michael (-2)
  10. Benjamin (+2)

TOP TEN GIRLS

  1. Emma  (no change)
  2. Olivia (no change)
  3. Sophia (no change)
  4. Ava (+1)
  5. Isabella (-1)
  6. Mia (no change)
  7. Abigail (+1)
  8. Emily (-1)
  9. Charlotte (+1)
  10. Harper (+1)

The full data list is available at the US Social Security Administration’s website now. I’m diving in to the data. Check back later today for more analysis!

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  • Baby Name Benjamin: Handsome and ReliableBaby Name Benjamin: Handsome and Reliable

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Comments

  1. maybeitisdaijirou says

    May 6, 2016 at 9:34 AM

    Looking at the full data, Adaline jumped to 364th place in 2015. The Age of Adaline has certainly made this name more popular.

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  2. Natalie says

    May 6, 2016 at 9:27 AM

    Abby I never realised this but my amazing accountant husband just whipped up a pretty awesome spreadsheet showing the rise and fall of rank for the top 1000 names for 2014 and 2015. Im sure you have data analysis stuff but let me know if you want a copy!

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    • appellationmountain says

      May 6, 2016 at 9:57 AM

      Natalie, that’s fabulous – would LOVE a copy! Have been trying to get Excel to do what I want all morning, and my success rate is … ummm … let’s say not quite what I would like. 🙂 appmtn (at) gmail (dot) com and MANY thanks to your amazing husband!

      Reply
      • Natalie says

        May 6, 2016 at 9:17 PM

        OK will do! I am at work now (and live in Australia so opposite time zones), will send it on when I get home this evening! He will be chuffed!

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        • Natalie says

          May 6, 2016 at 10:21 PM

          Sent you the data. Hope it is helpful!

          Reply
          • appellationmountain says

            May 7, 2016 at 6:20 PM

            LOVE this so much – thankyouthankyouthankyou and will get to work doing great things with it. 🙂

  3. ebony says

    May 6, 2016 at 8:59 AM

    As an Australian it really surprises me how high Emma is, it’s not even in our top 20, same with Michael and Benjamin, Michael is only 50 here!

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  4. Natalie says

    May 6, 2016 at 8:53 AM

    Names I follow: Felicity jumped over a hundred spots! Esme also! Pearl is still in the 600s (our daughter’s name). Leif left the top 1000. Freya looks like it jumped as well.

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    • Sara says

      May 6, 2016 at 2:39 PM

      I love Leif. I’m trying to talk my OH into it if we ever have a boy. He’s stuck on Locke, but the baby’s surname would be an Irish name beginning with Kin- so Locke Kin- sounds a little bit like someone’s choking to me. Leif Kin- is so pretty!

      Reply

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