what are the most popular names for boys and girls?
Here’s a link to their site that lists the top names for 2005 (most recent info they have): http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/ Or, if you’d like to compare lists for a number of years on the same page, try this site (I like it better): http://www.infoplease.com/spot/babynames1.html So far, it looks like Jacob and Emily have been the top boy’s and girl’s name, respectively, from 1999-2005.
Acording to the Social Security Administration, the top 10 names for kids born in 2005 were the following: Popular Boys Names (#1 being the most popular, #2 is the second most popular, etc) 1. Jacob 2. Michael 3. Joshua 4. Matthew 5. Ethan 6. Andrew 7. Daniel 8. Anthony 9. Christopher 10. Joseph Popular Girls Names 1. Emily 2. Emma 3. Madison 4. Abigail 5. Olivia 6. Isabella 7. Hannah 8. Samantha 9. Ava 10.