The Social Security Administration maintains and publishes a list of popular baby names by birth year. The 2010 list is now available and here is the top ten for boys and girls:
| Top 10 Baby Names for 2010 | ||
| Rank | Boy’s Name | Girl’s Name |
| 1 | Jacob | Isabella |
| 2 | Ethan | Sophia |
| 3 | Michael | Emma |
| 4 | Jayden | Olivia |
| 5 | William | Ava |
| 6 | Alexander | Emily |
| 7 | Noah | Abigail |
| 8 | Daniel | Madison |
| 9 | Aiden | Chloe |
| 10 | Anthony | Mia |
You can check every year’s popular names, dating all the way back to 1880! You can also check the popularity of a given name. Enter it in the text box and specify the number of years you want to see, you will get each year’s ranking over that period of time. Pretty cool!
