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The Current Top 1,000 Baby Boy Names. According to the Social Security Administration, these are the most popular names for baby boys in the United States. Liam. Noah. Oliver. Elijah. James ...
The SSA determines the most popular baby name through the social security parents apply for when their child is born. The agency began compiling the baby names list in 1997, with names dating back ...
The 2021 popular baby names list from the Social Security Administration is in and Olivia and Liam are at the top again. The SSA, which has tracked baby names in the U.S. since 1880, announced the ...
The most popular given names by state in the United States vary. This is a list of the top 10 names in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia for the years 1996 through 2023. This information is taken from the "Popular Baby Names" database maintained by the United States Social Security Administration. [1]
Plot of historical rankings of top USA baby names according to the Social Security Administration by CMG Lee. Names listed have achieved top-5 rank, and names in bold have achieved top rank in at least one of the years shown. Names are ordered by ascending year they first appeared in the top-5 and then rank.
The Social Security Administration was established by the Social Security Act of 1935 and is codified in 42 U.S.C. § 901 (49 Stat. 635). It was created in 1935 as the "Social Security Board", then assumed its present name in 1946.
One recent trend is place names: London, Brooklyn, Sydney, Alexandria, Paris, and Phoenix are all seeing a spike in popularity as of the 2012 report by the Social Security Administration. Most place names are used for girls, but some are used for boys as well, such as Dallas (originally a surname).
One of the lesser-known services provided by Social Security is help finding a baby name. Parents must submit the name of their child to the administration to receive a Social Security number for ...