The Social Security Administration released its top 10 names for 2013 today. I was wrong about Sophia, sort of. She is still #1 but is less popular (only 1.1039% of girls were named Sophia, down from 1.1523% the year before). I had predicted on another website that Emma would be # 1 - well, I was wrong, but not entirely. Emma did rise in popularity, just not enough to completely overtake Sophia yet - 1.0888% of girls were named Emma in 2013 compared to 1.0812% in 2012).
In real terms that means there were 1,170 fewer Sophias born and 89 additional Emmas came along in 2013 (versus 2012).
I was sort of right about Jacob. He did drop from #1. Only I had thought he would go to the 2nd spot and he fell to #3 (which makes him a 'history maker' in terms of #1 names here in the U.S. Jacob is the only #1 boy name to drop more than one spot when unseated from the #1 rank.) But I was so wrong about what name would be #1. On another website I predicted Mason would take the #1 spot, but that was taken instead by Noah. I did not see a resurgence of Noah at all, and so I was pleasantly surprised (Noah is a fantastic name).
I know some of you hate it when your favorite names become super popular but I don't feel quite like that. I love seeing good names being used more, and good spellings.
Here is the link to the SSA website.
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