The name Emma is once again the most popular girl's name while Noah retained the top spot as the most popular boy's name in the United States.
The Social Security Administration's list of the Most Popular Baby Names of 2014 released May 8 showed classic names dominating the minds of American parents last year. No outlandish or gender bending names made it to the lists.
Surprisingly, the only new female name added to the 2014 list was Charlotte, a name that only became prominent in the public eye this year because it was given May 4 to the first daughter and second child of that extremely popular British royal couple, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
The full name of this darling baby girl is Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. She will be addressed as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.
The top female name in 2013, Sophia, moved down one spot to second in 2014. Emma took the distinction as the Number One girls' name for the first time since 2008, Nine out the top 10 names for girls in 2013 were the same as those for 2014.
Among the boys, the top five names for 2013 were similar to that for 2014. The only changes were for the names, Mason and Jacob, which were the third and fourth most popular names in 2014. It was the other way around in 2013.
The Top 10 names for girls are:
- Emma
- Olivia
- Sophia
- Isabella
- Ava
- Mia
- Emily
- Abigail
- Madison
- Charlotte
The Top 10 boys' names:
- Noah
- Liam
- Mason
- Jacob
- William
- Ethan
- Michael
- Alexander
- James
- Daniel
The three hottest girls' names (Aranza, Montserrat and spelling variation Monserrat) were popular names in Latin soap operas. Among the boys, Bode (as in Olympic skier Bode Miller) was the name that rose the most spots on the list, reaching 645.
"We are as diverse in naming our babies as we are as citizens," said acting Social Security Commissioner Carolyn Colvin. "Naming your child can be both personal based on family traditions or because your favorite actor, musician, politician or TV show has a character by that name."
The Social Security Administration began compiling baby name statistics in 1997. Statistics date back to 1880 and are compiled from Social Security applications made in the year of birth. The most recent statistics on the list released Friday cover the nearly four million births in the U.S. in 2014, said USA Today.