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So What Were The Top Baby Names For 2005?

The answer to the question is; well, itlists:
depends on who you ask and where you live.
In the good old US of A, at the time ofThe site's top ten lists for 2005 were as
writing (February 2006), the official figuresfollows:
were not yet published. It therefore remains
to be seen whether the top two names of 2004,Boys: Aidan, Jacob, Ethan, Nicholas, Matthew,
Jacob and Emily, will retain their positionsRyan,  Tyler,  Jack,  Joshua  ,  Andrew.
as  the  top  baby  names  of  2005.
Girls: Emma, Emily, Madison, Kaitlyn, Sophia,
Americans retain a very traditional attitudeIsabella,  Olivia,  Hannah,  Makayla,  Ava.
to naming their children and those two names
have actually been at the top of the officialWhile we wait, let's see what the most
list since 1999, the first year that Jacobpopular  2005  baby  names  were  in  the UK.
beat Michael to the number one spot. Emily
has been the most popular baby girl nameLooking at the 2005 official girls' names
every  year  since  1996!list, we see that Emily, which was the most
popular name in the UK as well as the US in
In fact, the top 10 most popular baby names2003 and 2004, was replaced in 2005 by
have hardly changed since the beginning ofJessica - a name which has been steadily
the  decade. The  full  lists for 2004 were:increasing in popularity in the UK since the
beginning of the century. However, in the
Boys:boys' list, the name Jack firmly held onto
the top place it has held for the whole of
Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew, Ethan,the  last  11  years.
Andrew, Daniel, William, Joseph, Christopher.
The full top ten lists in the UK for 2005
Girls:were:
Emily, Emma, Madison, Olivia, Hannah,Boys:
Abigail, Isabella, Ashley, Samantha,
Elizabeth.Jack, Joshua, Thomas, James, Oliver, Daniel,
Samuel,  William,  Harry,  Joseph
As you can see, these are 2 lists of very
traditional names and very much based aroundGirls:
biblical names - particularly in the case of
the  boys'  names.Jessica, Emily, Sophie, Olivia, Chloe, Ellie,
Grace,  Lucy,  Charlotte,  Katie.
So what can we expect for 2005? Well, in the
absence of official figures, one indicatorReflecting the general trends for more
comes from a very popular baby name websiteadventurous naming of baby girls, rather than
that has conducted a poll which suggests thatbaby boys, it seems that Jack reigns supreme,
in 2005, Jacob and Emily will be beaten intowhile there has been yet another change at
second place by Aidan and Emma. Whilst Emmathe top of the girls' list. However, the
has been fighting with Emily for top spot forindications are that the popularity of Jack
the last 3 years (and even sounds veryis decreasing and it is a fair bet that it
similar), the sudden popularity of Aidan iswill  lose  its  top  spot  in  2006.
much more surprising, since it was at number
40 in the official 2004 list. However,In the meantime, any bets on the most popular
perhaps we shouldn't read too much into this,US baby names for 2005? It's fun to follow
since Aidan was at number 2 in the website'sthe trends and changes, but if you are
list of the same year. Obviously thatlooking for a name for a soon-to-be or new
website's member's have a particular likingbaby, just remember that you don't have to be
for  Aidan!a slave to tradition, or popularity. Why not
strike a blow for individuality - as long as
It will be interesting to see how this site'syou child won't find it embarrassing in later
top ten lists compare with the official 2005life...



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