It’s always fun looking at the most popular names year to year. Check out the list below and see if your baby’s name made the national list. By the way … I’m still waiting for someone to name their son Joel. I’ve delivered over 1000 babies and haven’t got one yet!
– Dr. B
Top Baby Names for 2011 Released by the Social Security Administration!
The data is in (http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/ ) and the winners for most popular baby names in the nation for 2011 are:
Top 10 Baby Names for 2011
| Rank | Male name | Female name |
| 1 | Jacob | Sophia |
| 2 | Mason | Isabella |
| 3 | William | Emma |
| 4 | Jayden | Olivia |
| 5 | Noah | Ava |
| 6 | Michael | Emily |
| 7 | Ethan | Abigail |
| 8 | Alexander | Madison |
| 9 | Aiden | Mia |
| 10 | Daniel | Chloe |
We don’t have the winners yet by State for 2011, but last year’s North Carolina winners were:
| Popularity for top 20 names in North Carolina for births in 2010 | ||||
| Rank | Male name | Number of males | Female name | Number of females |
| 1 | William | 812 | Emma | 576 |
| 2 | Jacob | 698 | Isabella | 560 |
| 3 | Elijah | 572 | Ava | 525 |
| 4 | Noah | 558 | Madison | 474 |
| 5 | Jayden | 547 | Sophia | 469 |
| 6 | Joshua | 527 | Abigail | 457 |
| 7 | Ethan | 526 | Olivia | 453 |
| 8 | James | 517 | Addison | 437 |
| 9 | Alexander | 511 | Chloe | 427 |
| 10 | Jackson | 510 | Emily | 374 |
| 11 | Mason | 503 | Elizabeth | 360 |
| 12 | Michael | 497 | Ella | 319 |
| 13 | Christopher | 494 | Alexis | 274 |
| 14 | David | 462 | Natalie | 267 |
| 15 | Samuel | 450 | Lillian | 266 |
| 16 | Caleb | 447 | Lily | 253 |
| 17 | Landon | 440 | Alyssa | 246 |
| 18 | Daniel | 415 | Anna | 244 |
| 19 | John | 414 | Makayla | 243 |
| 20 | Aiden | 413 | Sarah | 241 |
