The Most Popular Baby Names 2012

The Social Security Administration announced the most popular baby names in 2012 and Jacob remains the most popular name given to boys...for the 14th year in a row.

Sophia is the most popular name given to girls, was also the top name last year.

The SSA actually lists the top 1,000 names, but for the sake of time and bandwidth, let's look at the top 25 for girls and boys: (Click on name for meaning and origin)

Girls:

1. Sophia
2. Isabella
3. Emma
4. Olivia
5. Ava
6. Emily
7. Abigail
8. Madison
9. Mia
10. Chloe
11. Elizabeth
12. Ella
13. Addison
14. Natalie
15. Lily
16. Grace
17. Samantha
18. Avery
19. Sofia
20. Aubrey
21. Brooklyn
22. Lillian
23. Victoria
24. Evelyn
25. Hannah

Boys:

1. Jacob
2. Mason
3. William
4. Jayden
5. Noah
6. Michael
7. Ethan
8. Alexander
9. Aiden
10. Daniel
11. Anthony
12. Matthew
13. Elijah
14. Joshua
15. Liam
16. Andrew
17. James
18. David
19. Benjamin
20. Logan
21. Christopher
22. Joseph
23. Jackson
24. Gabriel
25. Ryan

A few notables include:

The fastest rising names for 2012 were Arya and Major.
The second fastest rising names were Gael and Perla
Elizabeth climbed back onto the girls' Top 10, unseating Chloe.
Liam enters the top 10 for the first time replacing Daniel
Among the other boys’ names gaining in popularity: Maverick, Armani and King
Isabella and Jacob were also the top two names in the Social Security Administration in 2011.

source: Family Education

Filed Under: 2012, 2013, Baby Names

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