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Cinco de Wednesday: Name Nerd Alert!

Cinco de Wednesday: Name Nerd Alert!

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Kendra Jernejcic • 1 Comment

Earlier this month, the Social Security Administration released the lists of top baby names in 2015. As an unabashed name nerd, this is one of my most-anticipated days of the year! How I love pouring over the new lists, analyzing current naming trends, mourning the increased popularity of once-favorite names (oh Levi, how I loved thee), and rejoicing to find, once again, that Charleston and my hopefully-someday-girl-picks have managed to escape the top 1000 (appealing to my popularity-averse naming style).

I never need much prompting to rhapsodize over baby names, and the latest release has provided an excellent excuse to dedicate this week’s Cinco to some fun baby name lists!

Top 10 Baby Names

1. Top 10 Baby Names of 2015

If you haven’t seen this list already, here are this year’s top names, along with each name’s standing compared to 2014. Not too many changes from last year; Daniel and Madison are the only two names that were on the 2014 lists that didn’t make the Top 10 in 2014.

2015 Top 10 Names

2. Fastest Rising Names

These are the names within (or close to) the top 100 that made the fastest leaps between 2014 and 2015. I’m curious to see if any of these names will move their way into the top 10 in future years.

Top Movers in 2015, Boys Names

Top Movers in 2015, Girls Names

Further down the lists, the biggest movers were Alaia (+2012 places) for girls and Riaan (+1360 places) for boys.

3. “Playground Top 10″

This is what the most-popular lists would look like if all spellings were combined. I find this list to be a more accurate indication of truly popular names, and it explains why I seem to know many more babes named Jackson/Jaxon/Jaxen than the name’s ranking would indicate. (The Social Security Administration’s rank is in parentheses.)

Playground Top 10 Names

4. Top 10 Baby Names in 1984

A look at the names that were most popular the year Luke and I were born. I heard a lot of these names in my classrooms growing up!

Top Baby Names in 1984

5. Top 10 Names Over the Last Century (1916-2015) 

The names that had a bit more staying power rather than just being trendy. It’s really interesting to see the greater diversity in names given to girls: only one name was given to more than 2 million girls, while all ten of the top boy names were used at least that many times. Many of the girl names now feel dated, while most of the boy names remain popular.

Top Boys Names 1916-2015

Top Girl Names, 1916-2015

How did your name rank on this year’s list? Is it more or less popular than you would have guessed? Is popularity a factor you considered (or plan to consider) when naming your own children?

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  • Hi, I’m Kendra! I am a follower of Jesus, an avid reader and podcast-listener, an Enneagram enthusiast, and a big fan of lists. Born and raised in Southern California, I am now living life in Austin, Texas, with my husband Luke, our son Charleston (2015), twins Sullivan and Kalinda (2019), and Arlo the Labradoodle. Thanks for visiting my blog!
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