How Do You Find The Most Popular Baby Names?
For the official list of the most popular baby names in the U.S. for the previous year, the best source is the Social Security website (see Resources below). Here’s how to look up the most popular baby names in the U.S. Each year, the agency compiles all the applications for Social Security for new babies for the previous year and publishes the results. The baby names are ranked as the top 100 names for the previous year, and the results are usually posted in the spring. The website highlights the top 10 baby names for boys and girls, and keeps track of what names are new to the top 10 and what names have been replaced from the previous year. You can also search previous years for the list of most popular names as far back as 1879. Simply enter the year and the length of the list you want to display. Look at the top names by decade. Simply enter in the decade you wish to search and see which names had staying power and which ones faded away. Check out the top boy and girl names by stat
