So, for this post, I've calculated what percentage of boys/girls were given a name in 2010, and how much that percentage changed in 2011.
Boys:
- Mason, 0.72% --> 0.96%
- Liam, 0.53% --> 0.66%
- Bentley, 0.18% --> 0.28%
- Axel, 0.1% --> 0.15%
- Easton, 0.13% --> 0.19%
- Jace, 0.13% --> 0.18%
- Ayden, 0.25% --> 0.30%
- Blake, 0.23% --> 0.28%
- Jaxon, 0.19% --> 0.23%
- Declan, 0.06 --> 0.11%
Girls:
- Harper, 0.13% --> 0.24%
- Aubrey, 0.27% --> 0.37%
- Emma, 0.89% --> 0.97%
- Aubree, 0.07& --> 0.15%
- Sophia, 1.05% --> 1.13%
- Zoey, 0.27% --> 0.33%
- Brooklyn, 0.31% --> 0.37%
- Charlotte, 0.27% --> 0.33%
- Sofia, 0.32% --> 0.38%
- Aria, 0.05% --> 0.10%
To put these percentages into perspective--if there were only 1000 boys born in the U.S. each year, 9 or 10 would be Mason in 2011. The previous year, 7 would have been named Mason.
In some cases, these jumps correspond to a large jump in rankings, but not always. For instance, Emma didn't change ranking at all (#3 in both 2010 and 2011), and yet it showed the third largest percentage increase.
In some cases, these jumps correspond to a large jump in rankings, but not always. For instance, Emma didn't change ranking at all (#3 in both 2010 and 2011), and yet it showed the third largest percentage increase.
And for one more fun little exercise--relative frequency. Obviously your chances of meeting a newborn Mason didn't increase much from 2010 to 2011. However, that's not the case with many names--for instance, you're 3 times more likely to meet a new baby Brantley in 2011 than you were in 2010. In this case, relative frequency increase does usually correspond to a jump in ranking (this only includes names from the top 2500).
Boys:
- Brantley, 3.23x
- Flynn, 2.6x
- Raylan, 2.5x
- Brentley, 2.36x
- Maximiliano, 2.14x
- Iker, 2.1x
- Bowen, 1.9x
- Imran, 1.84x
- Jaxen, 1.82x
- Deklan, 1.75x
- Declan, 1.74x
- Aston, 1.71x
- Crosby, 1.7x
- Cam, 1.65x
- Bear, 1.63x
- Eason, 1.63x
- Kyren, 1.6x
- Royce, 1.58x
- Axel, 1.56x
- Jaxton, 1.56x
Girls:
- Milania, 2.54x
- Aria, 2.22x
- Aubree, 2.1x
- Mila, 2.1x
- Briella, 2.0x
- Ariadne, 1.84x
- Aliyana, 1.83x
- Alianna, 1.82x
- Angelique, 1.81x
- Harper, 1.8x
- Taylin, 1.77x
- Aviana, 1.76x
- Samaya, 1.75x
- Avianna, 1.67x
- Kynleigh, 1.67x
- Anyla, 1.64x
- Hattie, 1.64x
- Bryn, 1.63x
- Vada, 1.62x
- Adele, 1.6x
Up until now, I've only been doing the biggest gains (because let's face it, they're much more fun!). But, in the interest of being well-rounded, here're the biggest percentage losers:
Boys:
- Joshua, 0.75% --> 0.68%
- Jacob, 1.08% --> 1%
- Tyler, 0.51% --> 0.44%
- Angel, 0.43% --> 0.37%
- Ethan, 0.88% --> 0.82%
- Christopher, 0.69% --> 0.64%
- Anthony, 0.75% --> 0.7%
- Evan, 0.47% --> 0.43%
- Nicholas, 0.47% --> 0.42%
- Logan, 0.68% --> 0.64%
Girls:
- Isabella, 1.17% --> 1.03%
- Alexis, 0.42% --> 0.34%
- Brianna, 0.32% --> 0.27%
- Samantha, 0.43% --> 0.38%
- Addison, 0.53% --> 0.48%
- Alyssa, 0.36% --> 0.31%
- Makayla, 0.28% --> 0.23%
- Abigail, 0.73% --> 0.68%
- Ashley, 0.32% --> 0.28%
- Bella, 0.26% --> 0.22%
An interesting list! Classic boys' names seem to be slipping away--is the boys' list finally going to start being as fickle & trend-driven as the girls? Is the -bella craze on its way out, or are they just making way for Annabelle & Arabella?
And now the biggest drops in relative frequency. In the previous frequency list, the numbers represented how more likely you were to meet a newborn with that name in 2011 than in 2010; in this list, it's how much less likely you are. Or, to put it another way, now much more popular the name was in 2010.
(this is a really, really random collection of names!)
Boys:
- Tiger, 4.92x
- Khamani, 2.7x
- Dalen, 2.46x
- Ramone, 2.17x
- Denim, 2.06x
- Trevan, 2.04x
- Dereon, 1.93x
- Galen, 1.87x
- Tayshaun, 1.87x
- Lisandro, 1.86x
- Niklas, 1.84x
- Derion, 1.8x
- Maliek, 1.77x
- Darey, 1.75x
- Dusty, 1.74x
- Lucus, 1.73x
- Dyllan, 1.71x
- Lebron, 1.71x
- Jahiem, 1.7x
- Isak, 1.67x
Girls:
- Aymar, 3.93x
- Allisson, 3.28x
- Lisandra, 2.89x
- Aime, 2.76x
- Briza, 2.54x
- Taylar, 2.46x
- Brisa, 1.83x
- Elexis, 1.87x
- Kalena, 1.86x
- Vianna, 1.85x
- Mykayla, 1.79x
- Shaniya, 1.79x
- Maria Jose, 1.79x
- Marely, 1.7x
- Brissa, 1.7x
- Analy, 1.69x
- Elyn, 1.67x
- Johannah, 1.65x
- Saray, 1.64x
- Jaydin, 1.64x
Now, unfortunately, the SSA list counts alternate spellings as separate names--Aidan, Aiden, & Ayden are all ranked differently, despite that they all sound the same. But, what goes for one spelling of a name tends to apply to the other as well. Since Jacob has dropped in use, it's likely that Jakob, Jaycob, & Jakub all have as well.
And since Mason, for instance, has fewer spelling variants than something like Aidan or Jayden, it's also probably not as popular than the SSA lists imply.
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