Baby names are a huge deal in our society and every year the top names given to children are released. Recently 2013's list was revealed and one thing for sure is people love the classics. Sure, there are crazy out of the ordinary names chosen by celebrity parents, but for the rest of us we like names that make our kids easily identifiable.
Keep reading to find out what the top names last year were and if 2014 will have a similar trend.
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It turns out the big names in 2013 for boys and girls were Noah and Sofia. The brains behind babynamewizard.com, Laura Wattenberg, says that the lists shared by the U.S. Social Security Administration reveal a pattern that will probably lead on into 2014. The top five boy names were Noah, Liam, Jacob, Mason, and William, while the girls had Sofia, Emma, Olivia, Isabella, and Ava rounding out their list.
"You compare Jacob with all its hard, punchy consonants, versus Noah and Liam, you can really see where style is heading," Wattenberg said. However, the difference between baby naming now and in the past is significant. She pointed out that in the 1950's more parents were likely to name their kids the same names. For example, in 1950 over 80,000 Sofia's were born, compared to the 21,000 from last year.
If you'd like to see the full list of popular baby names for the year 2013, check them out below!
Boys:
1. Noah
2. Liam
3. Jacob
4. Mason
5. William
6. Ethan
7. Michael
8. Alexander
9. Jayden
10. Daniel
Girls:
1. Sofia
2. Emma
3. Olivia
4. Isabella
5. Ava
6. Mia
7. Emily
8. Abigail
9. Madison
10. Elizabeth
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