Due to the arrival of #4, I've been spending more time than I really should on my compy. On one parenting site I frequent, users can announce their new little one; it's divided into months.
People listing names?
Don't mind me!
Now, I'm not going to list all 568 names (282 boy, 286 girl), but I did find it pretty interesting which names repeated.
(some of the spellings are rather...unique, so I'm only listing the most common)
Boys:
- Alexander (7)
- William (7)
- Elijah (6)
- Henry (6)
- Jackson (5, + 1 Jack & 1 Jaxton)
- Ian (5)
- Mason (5)
- Thomas (5)
- Asher (4)
- Gavin (4)
- Isaac (4)
- Liam (4)
- Oliver (4)
- Jacob (3, + 1 Jacoby)
- James (3, + 1 Jameson)
- Michael (3, + 1 Micah)
- Benjamin (3)
- Caleb (3)
- Charles (3)
- Daniel (3)
- Jace (3)
- Joshua (3)
- Logan (3)
- Noah (3)
- Brandon (2, + 1 Brand)
- Cameron (2, + 1 girl Cammie)
- Dominic (2, +1 Domenico)
- Lucas (2, + 1 Luke)
- Nicholas (2, + 1 Nico)
- Andrew (2)
- Barrett (2)
- Bennett (2)
- Brayden (2)
- Connor (2)
- David (2)
- Dimitri (2)
- Eli (2)
- Elliott (2)
- Joseph (2)
- Julian (2)
- Julius (2)
- Killian (2)
- Levi (2)
- Lincoln (2)
- Maddox (2)
- Malcolm (2)
- Matthew (2)
- Maverick (2)
- Parker (2)
- Ryker (2)
- Simon (2)
- Theodore (2)
Girls:
- Olivia (6)
- Isabella (5, + 1 Isabelle)
- Riley (5)
- Grace (4, +1 Gracie)
- Emily (4)
- Madelyn (4)
- Scarlett (4)
- Liliana (3, + 1 Lillian & 1 Lily)
- Addison (3)
- Callie (3)
- Hailey (3)
- Harper (3)
- Hazel (3)
- Hope (3)
- Isla (3)
- Molly (3)
- Victoria (3)
- Violet (3)
- Lyla (2, + 1 Layla & 1 Lyra)
- Abby (2, + 1 Abigail)
- Adelyn (2, + 1 Adalina)
- Annabelle (2, + 1 Annabella)
- Aubrey (2, + 1 Audrey)
- Eva (2, + 1 Ava)
- Everly (2, +1 Everlyse)
- Mia (2, + 1 Maya)
- Nora (2, + 1 Nova)
- Aislinn (2)
- Alaina (2)
- Annora (2)
- Azalea (2)
- Carly (2)
- Caroline (2)
- Carter (2)
- Charlotte (2)
- Cheyenne (2)
- Clementine (2)
- Eliza (2)
- Ellie (2)
- Emery (2)
- Emma (2)
- Hadley (2)
- Kaylee (2)
- Leah (2)
- Lola (2)
- Lydia (2)
- Mila (2)
- Sophia (2)
- Vivian (2)
- Zoey (2)
Both:
- Avery (2 boys; 4 girls)
- Aiden (4 boys; 1 girl)
- Kai (2 boys; 1 girl, + 1 Kaia)
- Cruz (2 boys; 1 girl)
- Rylan (1 boy; 1 girl, + 1 boy Ryan)
- Hayden (1 boy; 1 girl)
- Joey (1 boy; 1 girl)
The most common boys' names, Alexander & William, were each given to about 2.5% of the boys reported, and Olivia, the most common girls', to about 2%. Interestingly, that's actually about 2x as high as we'd expect--the most common names on the SSA charts are usually given to about 1% of boys/girls. Not sure why there's such a discrepancy, but I imagine it'd be ironed out with multiple months' data.
Either that, or parents who give certain names are more likely to report it on the internet. ;)
Next time: middle names, as well as names below the Top 1000.
