Barack, Miley & Hannah On Popular Baby Name List: Where Do You Rank?
Would you name your baby boy Barack? How about Miley for a little girl? It seems that Americans dig both of these, according to the Social Security Administration, which just released the ever-interesting Popular Names list.
Barack moved up a record 10,126 spots to become the 2,409 most commonly used boys name; while Miley (as in Cyrus) popped into #127 for girls names (up 152 spots from last year). It appears that the alter ego of Miley (aka Hannah) is even more popular, as Hannah ranked as the #17 on the girls list, falling from the #9 spot last year.
Emma reigned as the #1 girls name, bumping Emily out of line after it had secured that spot for 12 years straight. Emma originally landed in the top ten after Jennifer Aniston gave her baby that name on the television show, "Friends" in 2002. Isabella, Emily, Madison and Ava rounded out the top five for girls.
Jacob was the top name for boys for the tenth straight year; followed by: Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel.
Check out the official list to see the top ten for each gender; and use their cool "Name Popularity" search to see where your name or your child's name ranks. Where is your name on the list? What about your little one's? The most popular of our family members is Aidan, who ranks 59th this year; surprisingly above Steve, which is #593.
Photo by Jack Dorsey
Friday, May 8, 2009 at 12:30PM
Reader Comments (11)
Tiger "is not in the top 1,000 names for the last 9 years" No way?!?! Maybe I'm not even human? Cool post Jinxi!
What?! Ocean didn't make the list ....yesssssssss cool! I still have the only kid named Ocean <3
Wow --- Ocean and Tiger are great names. Cool parents! Unfortunately mine is on the top list @ #40. Oh well - ha ha
Much to my surprise "Jinxi" is not in the top 1000.
I love the name Emma! Glad it made it to the top. If I ever have a little girl, I want her name to be Emma. I also like Elizabeth, which I see is in the top 10.
@ Tara....
the school I used to work at had a child named Ocean. I thought it was a one in a million name, but it looks like there are at least 2!
I was number 14 (Jlulie) for my year of birth (1965)...
I can't spell my own name right, Julie...not Jjulie...
Yay me, still not popular!
I think....Miley is very romantic name....do you agree with me....?
Hannah.......very cute name....I'll give the name for my sweet nephew....