BabyNames.com Announces Top Names of the Year
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16, 2009 — BabyNames.com has released the top, most popular baby names of 2009 and the winners are Aidan and Amelia! The most popular name lists are compiled each year from the preferences of millions of visitors to the BabyNames.com website.
“Aidan is still the clear favorite for boys,” says Mallory Moss, co-founder of BabyNames.com. “It has been at the top of the list since 2003.”
However, on the girls’ list there is a new #1 name: Amelia. Moss says Amelia follows the popular trend of giving girls “old-fashioned” names. The runners-up were Isabella, Ava, Sophia, and Olivia. Both Amelia and Isabella beat out the name Ava this year, which had been ranked #1 since 2006.
What creates baby-naming trends? Anything from celebrity babies to popular literature.
“This is the first year the name Vivienne hit the top 100 girls’ names, and it’s no coincidence that it was the name of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s baby girl, born last year,” says Moss.
The Twilight book and movie series is also having a big influence on baby name popularity, as its character names Edward, Bella, Isabella, Emmett, Jacob, Jasper and Esme have all hit the top 100.
The full list of 100 top names of 2009 can be found on the BabyNames.com website: http://www.babynames.com
BABYNAMES.COM’S TOP 20 BABY NAMES FOR 2009
Name statistics include alternate spellings of the same name
Top Girls’ Names 2009
Amelia
Isabella
Ava
Sophia
Olivia
Madeline
Lily
Abigail
Chloe
Emma
Charlotte
Ella
Addison
Elizabeth
Grace
Audrey
Emily
Bella
Hannah
Isabelle
Top Boys’ Names 2009
Aiden
Noah
Liam
Caden
Ethan
Jackson
Landon
Jacob
Caleb
Lucas
Braden
Benjamin
Gavin
Connor
Elijah
Oliver
Alexander
Owen
Gabriel
Logan
CONTACT:
Mallory Moss, Co-Founder
BabyNames.com
phone: (720) 880-8726
available for press interviews
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