Nameberry compared its list of popular names at the beginning of the year to.

Common female names united states. It includes lists of the common first names and last names the popularity of first names by state and for given years and statistics on ethnicity in the United States. Rank 1 is assigned to the name with the highest number of occurrences rank 2 to the name with the next highest. Ella Harper Arizona 2012 Sophia.

Names of similar variations are ranked separately. Rank Name Number Name Number. The 2010 rankings are in parentheses for comparison.

Here is the list of Popular Boy Names. Harper Alaska 2012 Emma. We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency.

151 rows Girl names like Kathryn Jacqueline and Katherine have consistently been popular but. The site is updated as new data becomes available. Surnames in the United States Ranked.

Male name Female name. Popular names by decade are determined the same way we determine the popularity of a name during a single year. The name Jones is a variation of Johnson and means descendant or offspring of John The names origin is traced to the United Kingdom in medieval Wales Scotland and England.

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire. The Top 1000 Baby Names of 2011 United States of America Baby Name Wizard. CensusIs your family name on the list.