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SSA Baby Name List 2012
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Re: SSA Baby Name List 2012
I see Oliver a lot on this board but my Oliver is the only one I know under the age if 25. I'm glad to see it didn't jump too far up the list. As much as I see it on here I thought for sure it would have been higher on the list.
One of my girl names has not been in the top 1000 since 2009.
Another is in the 600s. I have a boy name I like not in the top 1000, but not sure H will go for it. There's one we like in the top 150. 
There are a few I like in the top 100, actually.
Ugh, if I had named a baby 10 years ago I would have used Amelia, Audrey, or Ian or Elijah, all of which seem SOOOO popular. And I can't believe my grandmother's name, Lillian, is in the top 25. She hated her name.
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Jacob has been #1 for boys for the last 12 years? Interesting.
Is there a way to see boys and girls together--who was named the most? (Like are there more Jacobs than Sophias?)
ETA: I love this!
https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/top5names.html
Historically, though, it's almost at an all-time high, I think. My husband is an Oliver and the year he was born it was something like 442.
I know/know of a couple, but up in the 70s isn't a huge deal. Especially when only 1% of all boys have the number 1 name as their name.
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Jaxson has gone up 34 spots, to #106.
Baby Name Popularity by State
For those of you who are trying to avoid popularity or big jumps- how much is too big a jump for you? Like if a name jumps 20 spots is that too much? 50? 100?
Just curious. I'm not sure how I feel about one of our names jumping over 100 spots.
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Someone may have answered this already. Yeah, when you pull up the list of top 1000 names, you can choose whether you want it to include either the percentage of births or number of births, so you can compare the names side by side.
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Hmm, actually, I'm surprised at how many of the top 10s I like. I would never use such a popular name, but at least most of them are nice.
Glad to see my DS' name still hasn't cracked the top 1,000.
I was a little disappointed my first-choice names if we have a second baby both rose on the list. I think my girl name is getting too popular (top 200).