Henry joined the top 10 list of boy names.

Most popular baby names last 5 years. Top Five Names for Births in 1921-2020. The slideshow accounts for the 50 female and 50 male names which have risen the highest in popularity between the years of 1968 and 2017. By 1978 the name was the second most popular and held this spot for several years.

Olivia Emma and Ava were the top three most popular names for baby girls and Liam Noah and Oliver were the most popular for boys. Over the last 100 years the male name Michael has held the top spot most often 44 times while the female name Mary has been ranked number one 35 times over those years. At least 1000 babies had to be given the name in 2017 for it to be included on the list.

Even five years ago the name had yet to break the top 100 but now its ranked number 46. Jacob was the most popular baby name in America for years until Noah turned the tide. Two of the names on the all-time list are making a solid comeback.

Stacker used data from the Social Security Administration to list the fastest growing baby names of the past 50 years. Its hard to pinpoint exactly what has made the name so popular. Rank 1 is assigned to the name with the highest number of occurrences rank 2 to the name with the next highest.

Name Number Name Number. Popular names by decade are determined the same way we determine the popularity of a name during a single year. 103 rows Name Number Name Number.

Melissa stemming from Greek roots is said to mean honeybee. We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency. Liam was also the most popular name for.