Emily Is Out, Emma Is In
Thursday, May 21, 2009
There's no more fascinating list than the Top 10 Baby Names as released each year by the Social Security agency.
Drum roll please... Emma is tops for girls. Jacob is the most popular boy's name.
The newest feature on the website is the "Change in Name Popularity" page. This year's winner for the biggest jump is Khloe, which is undoubtedly related to the popularity of Khloe Kardashian from the show "Keeping Up with the Kardashians." Khloe with a K increased 469 spots to number 196 in 2008.
Another fast riser is Miley, moving up 152 spots to number 127 for 2008, a rather impressive increase given this is only her second year on the list. On the downside for fans of Miley Cyrus' fictional character, the name Hannah fell out of the Top 10 and landed down at number 17.
Jacoby had the biggest increase for the boys, moving up 200 spots to number 423, most likely a result of the appeal of last year's Boston Red Sox star rookie centerfielder, Jacoby Ellsbury.
The name everybody is wondering about, Barack, did not make this year's top 1,000 boy's list, but it did set what is believed to be a record by skyrocketing more than 10,000 spots in rising from number 12,535 in 2007 to 2,409 in 2008.
Drum roll please... Emma is tops for girls. Jacob is the most popular boy's name.
The newest feature on the website is the "Change in Name Popularity" page. This year's winner for the biggest jump is Khloe, which is undoubtedly related to the popularity of Khloe Kardashian from the show "Keeping Up with the Kardashians." Khloe with a K increased 469 spots to number 196 in 2008.
Another fast riser is Miley, moving up 152 spots to number 127 for 2008, a rather impressive increase given this is only her second year on the list. On the downside for fans of Miley Cyrus' fictional character, the name Hannah fell out of the Top 10 and landed down at number 17.
Jacoby had the biggest increase for the boys, moving up 200 spots to number 423, most likely a result of the appeal of last year's Boston Red Sox star rookie centerfielder, Jacoby Ellsbury.
The name everybody is wondering about, Barack, did not make this year's top 1,000 boy's list, but it did set what is believed to be a record by skyrocketing more than 10,000 spots in rising from number 12,535 in 2007 to 2,409 in 2008.
