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  • And The Top Baby Names of 2011 Are… It’s that time of the year.The Social Security Administration released its top 1,000 baby name list for 2011 on Monday morning. And  for the thirteenth year in a row, “Jacob” tops the list for boys names. The top female name is “Sophia,” while the top trending names are Brantley (boys) and Briella (girls). A full list of the names is below.
BOYS
Jacob
Mason
William
Jayden
Noah
Michael
Ethan
Alexander
Aiden
Daniel
GIRLS
Sophia
Isabella
Emma
Olivia
Ava
Emily
Abigail
Madison
Mia
Chloe
And the top trending names are:
Brantley
Iker
Maximiliano
Zaiden
Kamden
Barrett
Archer
Declan
Atticus
Nico


GIRLS
Briella
Angelique
Aria
Mila
Elsie
Nylah
Raelynn
Brynlee
Olive
June


Weigh in: do you look at this list before picking a name? Do you want your kid to have a “popular” name?
-LD
[The Social Security Administration, h/t @TODAY]

    And The Top Baby Names of 2011 Are… It’s that time of the year.The Social Security Administration released its top 1,000 baby name list for 2011 on Monday morning. And  for the thirteenth year in a row, “Jacob” tops the list for boys names. The top female name is “Sophia,” while the top trending names are Brantley (boys) and Briella (girls). A full list of the names is below.

    BOYS

    1. Jacob
    2. Mason
    3. William
    4. Jayden
    5. Noah
    6. Michael
    7. Ethan
    8. Alexander
    9. Aiden
    10. Daniel

    GIRLS

    1. Sophia
    2. Isabella
    3. Emma
    4. Olivia
    5. Ava
    6. Emily
    7. Abigail
    8. Madison
    9. Mia
    10. Chloe
    And the top trending names are:
    1. Brantley
    2. Iker
    3. Maximiliano
    4. Zaiden
    5. Kamden
    6. Barrett
    7. Archer
    8. Declan
    9. Atticus
    10. Nico
    GIRLS
    1. Briella
    2. Angelique
    3. Aria
    4. Mila
    5. Elsie
    6. Nylah
    7. Raelynn
    8. Brynlee
    9. Olive
    10. June

    Weigh in: do you look at this list before picking a name? Do you want your kid to have a “popular” name?

    -LD

    [The Social Security Administration, h/t @TODAY]

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