http://blog.famundo.com/articles/2006/12/24/100-most-popular-baby-names-for-2006 en-us 40 <p><a href=http://www.babycenter.com/><img src="http://blog.famundo.com/files/bc.gif" ></a></p> <p>Every spring, the Social Security Administration announces the most popular baby names for the past year.</p> <p>This year, <a href=http://www.babycenter.com/>BabyCenter</a> 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.</p> <p>The top names from BabyCenter are <strong>Emma</strong> and <strong>Aiden</strong>. Last year&#8217;s top names from the <span class="caps">SSA</span> were <strong>Emily</strong> and <strong>Jacob</strong>. Aiden didn&#8217;t even make the <span class="caps">SSA</span>&#8217;s top 10 and Emma was number two.</p> <p>I suspect the discrepancy is due to the fact that the <span class="caps">SSA</span> draws from US parents only, whereas, BabyCenter would draw from a more international representation, including Australia, Canada, Germany, Sweden, and the UK.</p> <p>To view the complete BabyCenter list, click <a hgref=http://www.babycenter.com/general/babynaming/pregnancy/1506831.html?scid=pcbulletin:20061211:0:0:0>here.</a></p> <p>Click <a href=http://blog.famundo.com/articles/2006/05/15/it%E2%80%99s-official-the-top-names-of-2005>here</a> for information on the <span class="caps">SSA</span> list.</p> Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:22:00 -0500 urn:uuid:39ab2370-7613-4841-beb5-9e0afc766497 richard.kuhlenschmidt@famundo.com (Richard Kuhlenschmidt) http://blog.famundo.com/articles/2006/12/24/100-most-popular-baby-names-for-2006 Parenting Family Life