The list of the most popular baby names in 2021 has a notable change from previous years: Sophia has stopped topping the list for girls after more than a decade, being replaced by Olivia.
For boys, Liam is the most popular name.
No new names entered the top 10 most popular girl names.
If you read it aloud, you will notice that there is a similar sound in the last syllable of eight of the names, "ah."
In the case of boys, Levi and Asher appear among the 10 most popular names, while Mateo and Logan drop that list.
BabyCenter's baby name rankings, a website for new parents, come from hundreds of thousands of parents who share their children's names with the center.
The girl names that grew the most this year were
Raya
(53%),
Alora
(32%) and
Ariya
(27%).
In the case of children, they were
Onyx
(44%),
Koda
(38%) and
Finnegan
(35%).
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Gender-neutral
baby names
(Finley, Tatum), along with names
inspired by nature
(Willow, Ivy, Sage) and
pop culture
(Daphne, Chadwick) were some of the top baby name trends from this year.
There was also an increase in baby names reflecting strength,
optimism and resilience,
a testament to being born in the middle of a pandemic, according to the web.
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Also "short and sweet" names, such as Jack, Leo, Isla and Ayla, are on the rise, according to the site.
Some experts claim that naming trends are often inspired by current events, even those perceived as negative.
"When a really damaging and dangerous hurricane hits, initially the name rises in popularity," said CBS News Laura Wattenberg, author of
The Baby Name Wizard
blog
.
These are the 10 most popular names:
The top 10 names for girls and boys of 2021.