The Most Popular Baby Names of 2010

The Social Security Administration recently released the top 10 baby names given to boys and girls in 2010. For boys, Jacob took the top spot for the 12th year in a row. For the girls, Isabella took the top spot unseating 2009’s winner, Emma. Below you will find the top 10 list for each gender for 2010:

Male Names:

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

Female Names:

  1. Isabella
  2. Sophia
  3. Emma
  4. Olivia
  5. Ava
  6. Emily
  7. Abigail
  8. Madison
  9. Chloe
  10. Mia

Want to check out the most popular names of each gender dating all the way back to 1879? Just click here to do some research.

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