Popular Baby Names 2016

Dec 16, 2025

　　The most popular baby names of 2016 feature stability at the top of the list, with Emma and Noah holding tight to their Number 1 positions and contenders Olivia and Liam steady at Number 2. 　　The newest name in the Top 10 baby names is the Biblical Elijah, making the top ranks...

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The Newest Baby Names on the List: Contest Winners!

Dec 16, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Last week, we learned the new most popular baby names in the US for calendar year 2016. 　　We also learned that some of you have crystal balls! 　　Our contest to guess the newest names on the list challenged readers to identify which boy name and girl name...

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2016 Baby Names: The Playground Analysis

Dec 16, 2025

　　By Kelli Brady 　　The 2016 SSA list of top baby names says that Noah and Emma are the number one names in the country. However, in your daily life, haven’t you heard more parents yelling out for Jackson or Sophia? To help explain this, the 2016 Playground Analysis is an...

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Baby Name News of the Week

Dec 16, 2025

　　celebrity baby namesThe big name news story of the week was, of course, the release of the popular baby names 2016, much rejoicing and analysis. 　　The top 10 names only changed a little from 2015, with some names switching places and one new entry for boys, Elijah. The most bizarre...

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Baby Name News of the Week

Dec 16, 2025

　　It’s been another week of new discoveries about favorite American names in 2016. 　　The big news was the release of the top names in every state. If you’re based in the US and concerned about the popularity of a name, you may want to know how it ranks in your...

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Popular Baby Names: Inside the Top 100 of 2016

Dec 16, 2025

　　By Kelli Brady 　　Now that the dust has settled on the new Social Security list, we’ve had time to dig deeper into the data, so let’s analyze the 2016 Top 100! Here are the most interesting finds, looking at some of the individual names! 　　NEW GIRLS: Adeline, Elena, Eliana, Kinsley,...

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Ella, Alexander, and Other Baby Names in the News

Dec 16, 2025

　　By Clare Bristow 　　This week’s baby name news includes celebrity twins, the most popular names in Ireland and Latvia, and girls’ names with an “et” sound. 　　The Clooney twins are here!Amal and George Clooney have ticked all the stylish boxes with their twins’ names. Ella and Alexander are classic but...

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The Great-Grandparents Baby Name Rule

Dec 16, 2025

　　By Nancy Man 　　A baby name becomes trendy for one generation. For the next two generations, while those initial babies are parent-aged and grandparent-aged, you can expect the name to go out of style. But during the third generation, once the cohort reaches great-grandparent age, the name is free to...

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It’s Reigning Baby Names: Duke, Prince and Royalty

Dec 16, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　In 1789, when George Washington was unanimously elected the first president of the nation—the first elected president in the world– there was a lot of discussion about what he should be called. John Adams and others favored royal titles such as Your Highness and Your Majesty, even...

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Baby Name Popularity: Changing perceptions

Dec 16, 2025

　　By Clare Bristow 　　Popularity isn’t what it used to be. That’s something that’s said a lot in baby name discussions, usually to reassure parents that even if they choose one of the top names in the country, their child (probably) won’t be one of seven Emmas or Noahs in their...

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Unusual Baby Names: Eclipse, Pancake and Pip

Dec 16, 2025

　　The names in the news this week include word names, bird names, and the top names in two European countries. 　　A girl called Eclipse 　　Did you watch the solar eclipse on Tuesday? I live on the wrong continent, but it was interesting to follow America’s reaction to it. The best...

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Popular Baby Names Around the World

Dec 16, 2025

　　By Clare Bristow 　　This week’s news includes statistics from England, Wales and Israel, names inspired by musicians, title names, and boats. 　　Top names in England and Wales 　　If you’d like to know what’s hot in Britain, it’s an exciting week: the baby name data for England and Wales in 2016...

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Top Baby Names: England and Wales, 2016

Dec 16, 2025

　　By Eleanor Nickerson 　　The top baby names for England and Wales in 2016 have been released by the Office of National Statistics, with the big news Olivia’s rise to claim the Number 1 spot for girls. 　　And once again Oliver was top for boys, for the fourth year, while reigning...

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