100 Most Popular Baby names for 2006
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Sun, 24 Dec 2006 17:22:00 GMT
Every spring, the Social Security Administration announces the most popular baby names for the past year.
This year, BabyCenter has released its own list with name data collected from 370,000 BabyCenter members. Interestingly, there are quite a few differences in the two lists.
The top names from BabyCenter are Emma and Aiden. Last year’s top names from the SSA were Emily and Jacob. Aiden didn’t even make the SSA’s top 10 and Emma was number two.
I suspect the discrepancy is due to the fact that the SSA draws from US parents only, whereas, BabyCenter would draw from a more international representation, including Australia, Canada, Germany, Sweden, and the UK.
To view the complete BabyCenter list, click here.
Click here for information on the SSA list.
