Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names

So I looked up my name "Michael" to see where it falls on the list of popular names here on the
Social Security Administration site: http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

And yep, as expected Michael has been hanging out at number 2 for the last 8 years, and was number 1 for a long time.



Popularity in 2006

Rank	Male name	Female name
1	Jacob	Emily
2	Michael	Emma
3	Joshua	Madison
4	Ethan	Isabella
5	Matthew	Ava
6	Daniel	Abigail
7	Christopher	Olivia
8	Andrew	Hannah
9	Anthony	Sophia
10	William	Samantha
11	Joseph	Elizabeth
12	Alexander	Ashley
13	David	Mia
14	Ryan	Alexis
15	Noah	Sarah
16	James	Natalie
17	Nicholas	Grace
18	Tyler	Chloe
19	Logan	Alyssa
20	John	Brianna
Note: Rank 1 is the most popular, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth.

Popularity of a Name

May 16, 2007

Background information Select another name? Similar male names for births in 2006 Name Rank Michael 2 Micheal 419

Popularity of the male name Michael Year of birth Rank 2006 2 2005 2 2004 2 2003 2 2002 2 2001 2 2000 2 1999 2 1998 1 1997 1 1996 1 1995 1 1994 1 1993 1 1992 1 Note: Rank 1 is the most popular, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth. Name data are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.

Have fun at http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/