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What are the Top Baby Names for 2009?

Submitted by FaithA on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 07:15

Baby on bus (c) Lynda Bernhardt

The Social Security website has not yet updated its data for the top baby names in 2009, but some websites are speculating on the results. They don’t agree with one another, so I am skeptical about any of them being correct. However, it is fun to see the suggestions, so let’s take a look. What will be the Top Ten baby names for 2009?

Here are the top baby names for 2009 according BabyFirstYear. As a Gilmore Girls fan, I love numbers 5 and 7 for the baby girls’ names, but I am skeptical that this is an accurate list based upon the trends I have followed over the past few years.

Baby Names: The 2008 Baby Name Statistics are Out!

Submitted by FaithA on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 07:30

Baby on bus (c) Lynda BernhardtI was working on the next set of twin baby names for my series and discovered that the 2008 baby name statistics are out! Woo-hoo!

Of course, that means that I have a lot of updating to do. All of my information has been based upon the 2007 statistics, so I will be working feverishly on getting my information up to date with the latest statistics.

In the meantime, here are the Top Ten Baby Names (including twin baby names) for 2008:

Top 10 Boy Baby Names for 2008

  1. Jacob (#1 in 2007)
  2. Michael (#2 in 2007)
  3. Ethan (#3 in 2007)
  4. Joshua (#4 in 2007)
  5. Daniel (#5 in 2007)
  6. Alexander (#11 in 2007)
  7. Anthony (#7 in 2007)
  8. William (#8 in 2007)
  9. Christopher (#6 in 2007)
  10. Matthew (#9 in 2007)