PSA: SSA top baby names list

mrs.melluvslogan · May 2010

The list for the top baby names of 2009 has been released here!

Elliot still isn't in the top 1000 for girls and Ellie only made a slight increase, but still not in the top 100. Our top contender for this baby if it's a girl is verrrrrry close to the top 100 though.

NDwife07 · May 2010

Wow, I'm surprised Mia made the top 10! This is a name we'd consider...or maybe not now.

ETA - as suspected, Ella rose in popularity to #14 (from 19 in 2008, 21 in 07 and 06).

mbs427 · May 2010

I wonder if Twilight had any influence on the name list

heatherchelle · May 2010

I knew that Isabella was really popular, and that it would likely increase in popularity even more because of the Twilight craze, but I've loved the name since I was a little girl so I didn't let it deter me. Of course, now it's number one. Poor baby.

fruitcakes · May 2010

HA, I knew Olivia would be up there. It doesn't bother me in the slightest though. I was one of 10 billion Kelleys (well Kellys) growing up and it was never an issue.

And man, will Jacob EVER fall from #1?

gv5499 · May 2010

Preslee didn't make it in the top 1000 either:)

Elliot was our girl choice almost our entire pregnancy! I was so excited when I saw that someone else here liked Elliot for a girl also!

blondbomber23 · May 2010

I'm not too surprised that Alexis is still hanging in the teens. It's been there for years.

I am surprised that Ella is #14 after Alexis though. I haven't meet any other kids named Alexis last year but I know a couple of Ella's. Same with some of the other names. I think it's just regional dependent though.

Keep in mind that the number of children named with the top name is far less than what it was when we were kids. I think the number of Jennifers the year I was born was in the thousands (in Indiana). The number of kids named Isabella last year (in Indiana) was probably in the mid hundreds.
There is less likely to be 5 Isabellas in one class now than 5 Jennifers in one class in 1988.