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mktmaker

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The Social Security Administration just released its list of most popular baby names for babies born in the United States last year.

Topping the list: Liam and Emma.
For Emma, it's the fifth year in a row at no. 1.
Liam, which first appeared on the top 10 list in 2012, retained its top spot for the second year.


The second-place finishers are also the same as in 2017: Noah, on the boys' side, and Olivia on the girls'.
Most popular names for boys
1. Liam
2. Noah
3. William
4. James
5. Oliver
6. Benjamin
7. Elijah
8. Lucas
9. Mason
10. Logan
Most popular names for girls in 2018
1. Emma
2. Olivia
3. Ava
4. Isabella
5. Sophia
6. Charlotte
7. Mia
8. Amelia
9. Harper
10. Evelyn
 
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CastleRubric

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surprised there's no Madison on there for the girls
seems like every fourth kid I ran into or over was named Madison when I was around Atlanta

I wanted to name my son SLIDELL RICH.......thought that sounded like a blues player

apparently that's not a level headed thing to do

and I had 2 girls anyway



SLIDELL RICH ON THE BLUES HARP LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!!!
 
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Mojocat_rivals48469

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mktmaker said:
I am a baby boomer -- much older than many of you.

It's amusing to me that some of these names I remember as seeming old-fashioned to me when I was a kid.

They were the names of people who were a lot older than I.
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I first noticed this about 20 years ago (right before I started having kids, so maybe I just wasn’t paying attention before that). Especially with girls, names that seemed like my grandmother’s generation suddenly were popular again. Emma. Sarah. Ava. Sophie. We had none of those. All the girls in my class were named Lisa.
 
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Ukbrassowtipin

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mktmaker said:
I am a baby boomer -- much older than many of you.

It's amusing to me that some of these names I remember as seeming old-fashioned to me when I was a kid.

They were the names of people who were a lot older than I.
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Still no herbert, Alvin, barney, Ethel, Beatrice...those names sound old as hell.
 
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Blue63Madison

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When I was growing up, Biblical names dominated these lists. Especially on the male side. Things sure have changed since then.
 
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CastleRubric

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....and let's be honest -- we can't be that far away from a new infusion of non-binary, non-terrestrial oriented names like:

A771
or

KrrklR

or maybe

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BankerCat12

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There was a girl in front of me at the pharmacy a few weeks ago named Ladasha but spelled it la-a. Annoying
 
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Gassy_Knowls

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Rebelfreedomeagle said:
Nothing sounds sexier than Evelyn.
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for a baby?

 
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dgtatu01

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These are baby names folks, there not the names that were popular when your 10 year old was born. Madison and Caleb are on those lists.
 
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dgtatu01

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Blue63Madison said:
When I was growing up, Biblical names dominated these lists. Especially on the male side. Things sure have changed since then.
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I mean 4 of the 5 are directly from the bible and 2 of the others are derivatives of biblical names. You're being a bit dramatic
WilliamJ said:
2010’s as a decade have more male Biblical names in the top ten (7) than the 50’s (6), 60’s (6), or 70’s (5).
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Also people under 35 (millenials) are having less sex and have less sexual partners than any generation before them, but I bet there are people that think young people have no morals anymore.
 
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