Always in the Top 1000 {Girls}

Back in March I made a post all about the boy names that have always been in the top 1000. If you missed it go back and take a look. For those of you who might be a little confused I went through every name on both the top 1880 list and the top 2018 list and saw what names were on both. Then I took that list and looked to make sure each name was on every list in-between. I had so much fun doing the list and it filled my data loving, list making heart up. Below I have 109 girl names that have always been in the top 1000.

Alice

Alma

Amanda

Amelia

Amy

Angela

Angelina

Angie

Anna

Anne

Annie

Barbara

Bridget

Camille

Caroline

Carolyn

Catherine

Cecilia

Celia

Charlotte

Christina

Christine

Claire

Clara

Claudia

Cora

Corinne

Cynthia

Daisy

Deborah

Edith

Eleanor

Elisabeth

Elise

Elizabeth

Ellen

Elsa

Emily

Emma

Esther

Eva

Evelyn

Frances

Genevieve

Georgia

Grace

Hannah

Helen

Irene

Iris

Isabel

Jane

Jessie

Joanna

Johanna

Josephine

Josie

Judith

Julia

Julie

Kate

Katherine

Kathleen

Kathryn

Katie 

Laura

Lea

Leah

Lena

Leslie

Lillian

Linda

Lucia

Madeline

Maggie

Margaret

Maria

Marie

Martha

Mary

Miriam

Molly

Nancy

Naomi

Natalie

Nina

Nora

Olivia

 

Paula

Priscilla

Rachel

Rebecca

Regina

Rosa

Rose

Ruby

Ruth

Sara

Sarah

Sophia

Sylvia

Teresa

Veronica

Victoria

Virginia

Vivian

Zoe

Always in the Top 1000 {Boys}

Months ago I had this big idea to present to you a group of names to have always been in the top 1000. It was inspired by my post of names that have always been in the top 100. I started working on the data and then life got busy and I never finished. Since I have all this time to sit at home I finally finished working on this project. How does one look at 138 years worth of name data and pick out the names that have been in every year? 

I went through through both the top 1000 names for 1880 (the first year) and then 2018 (the most recent data) and found the names that were in both. Then I went through that list and say what names had been in every year from 1881 to 2017. From there I was able to come up with a list of 109 girl names and 195 boy names that have always ranked in the top 1000 since the start of the list. Since there are so many names I am breaking the list down into 2 posts by gender. 

Aaron

Abraham

Adam

Adrian

Albert

Alex

Alexander

Alfred

Allan

Alle

Alonzo

Alvin

Andrew

Andy

Anthony

Antonio

Arthur

August

Austin 

Avery

Ben

Benjamin

Bruce

Bryant

Byron

Calvin

Carl

Carlos

Charles

Charlie

Chris

Christian

Christopher

Clark

Clay

Clayton

Conrad

Curtis

Cyrus

Dallas

Daniel

David

Davis

Dean

Dennis

Donald

Douglas

Eddie

Edgar

Edward

Edwin

Eli

Elias

Elijah

Elliott

Ellis

Emanuel

Emmett

Eric

Ernest

Eugene

Evan

Everett

Felix

Francis

Francisco

Frank

Franklin

Frederick

Gabriel

Garrett

George

Gerald

Grant

Harley

Harold

Harrison

Harry

Henry

Israel

Ivan

Jack

Jackson

Jacob

Jake

James

Jason

Jasper

Jay

Jefferson

Jerome

Jerry

Jesse

Jesus

Joe

Joel

John

Johnny

Jonathon

Jose

Joseph

Joshua

Juan

Julian

Julius

Kenneth

Larry

Lawrence

Lee

Leo

Leon

Leonard

Levi

Lewis

Lorenzo

Louis

Luis

Luke

Malcolm

Manuel

Marcus

Mark

Marshall

Martin

Marvin

Mason

Mathew

Matthew

Maurice

Max

Melvin

Michael

Miles

Mitchell

Morgan

Moses

Nathan

Nathaniel

Neil

Nelson

Nicholas

Noah

Oliver

Orlando

Oscar

Owen

Patrick

Paul

Pedro

Peter

Philip

Phillip

Preston

Ramon

Ray

Raymond

Reginald

Richard

Riley

Robert

Rodney

Roger

Roland

Roy

Ruben

Russell

Sam

Samuel

Scott

Seth

Simon

Solomon

Spencer

Stanley

Stephen

Sterling

Steven

Taylor

Theodore

Thomas

Timothy

Tomas

Tony

Tory

Victor

Vincent

Wade

Warren

Wayne

Wesley

Will

William

Willie

Wilson

2018 Most Popular Names A-Z

I went through the top 1000 list and came up with a list of the most popular name for each letter of the alphabet. Maybe in the future I'll do a list of the top 5 for each gender. For now here is the most popular names A-Z.

Alexander (#11) and Ava (#3) 

Benjamin (#6) and Brooklyn (#47)

Carter (#24) and Charlotte (#6)

Daniel (#15) and Delilah (#94)

Elijah (#7) and Emma (#1)

Finn (#166) and Faith (#122)

Grayson (#32) and Grace (#24)

Henry (#16) and Harper (#9)

Isaac (#34) and Isabella (#4)

James (#4) and Josephine (#91)

Kayden (#97) and Kennedy (#59)

Liam (#1) and Luna (#23)

Mason (#9) and Mia (#7)

Noah (#2) and Nova (#30)

Oliver (#5) and Olivia (#2)

Parker (#96) and Penelope (#26)

Quinn (#384) and Quinn (#84)

Ryan (#46) and Riley (#28)

Sebastian (#18) and Sophia (#5)

Theodore (#44) and Taylor (#121)

Uriel (#492) and Unique (Unranked)

Vincent (#107) and Victoria (#21)

William (#3) and Willow (#62)

Xavier (#88) and Ximena (#118)

Yuseuf (#567) and Yaretzi (#434)

Zachary (#109) and Zoey (#29)

Did any names surprise you? Would you like to see a top 5 for each letter? 

Same Rank, Different Year, New Name {Monthly Name Game}

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you are all had a nice week and are ready for the weekend. I'm here to kick off the weekend with a fun baby name game inspired by another namer. Elizabeth over at Well-Informed Namer had the fun idea a few days ago to find out the popularity of your first and middle name the year you were born. Then take those numbers and find out what your name could have been in other years. Now isn't that a fun idea?! 

My name is Lauren Ashley and I was born in 1995. Lauren was #15 and Ashley was #2. I have pretty popular names thats for sure! I mean my best friend since I was 4 is named Lauren for crying out loud! I'm interested to see what names will come up. I have a feeling there will be a lot of repeats with he middle names. 

2016- Madison Olivia

2015- Evelyn Olivia

2014- Amelia Olivia 

2013- Ella Emma

2012- Aubrey Emma

2011- Lily Isabella

2010- Samantha Sophia

2009- Ella Emma (Now this is a cringeworthy combo!)

2008- Alexis Isabella 

2007- Mia Isabella 

2006- Sarah Emma

2005- Sarah Emma

2004- Sophia Emma

2003- Lauren Emma

2002- Grace Madison

2001- Lauren Madison

2000- Brianna Hannah (The rhyming endings are a little much)

1999- Megan Hannah

1998- Rachel Hannah 

1997- Alyssa Jessica 

1996- Madison Jessica 

1995- Lauren Ashley (My name!)

1994- Stephanie Ashley 

1993- Jennifer Ashley

1992- Chelsea Jessica 

1991- Nicole Jessica 

1990- Amber Ashley 

1989- Heather Ashley 

1988- Amber Ashley 

1987- Amber Ashley 

1986- Rachel Ashley 

1985- Lauren Ashley 

1984- Rachel Jessica 

1983- Kimberly Jessica 

1982- Rebecca Jessica 

1981- Angela Jessica 

1980- Christina Amanda 

In the future I may do a more detailed listed for 1880-1979 with all of the remaining years. But for now here are some random years with some random combinations. Since both of my names are in the top 20 I am able to come up with a combo for every year but with that comes a lot of repeats, especially with the #2 name. 

1977- Nicole Melissa 

1962- Debra Mary 

1954- Carol Linda 

1940- Carolyn Barbara 

1936- Doris Shirley 

1925- Alice Dorothy 

1911- Virginia Helen 

1901- Grace Helen 

1891- Mabel Anna

1880- Cora Anna

And now for the boys. The boy names are a lot better better than the girls name and I actually like a  bunch of them. I think the problem with the girl names is a lot end in A and almost all of them are 2 syllables. So together they just don't sound right. 

2016- Matthew Liam 

2015- Matthew Liam

2014- Jayden Liam

2013- Matthew Jacob

2012- Anthony Mason 

2011- Liam Mason 

2010- David Ethan

2009- Joseph Ethan

2008- Noah Michael

2007- James Michael

2006- Noah Michael

2005- Nicolas Michael

2004- Alexander Michael

2003- Tyler Michael

2002- Alexander Michael

2001- Ryan Michael

2000- Zachary Michael

1999- John Michael

1998- John Jacob (John Jacob jJingleheimer Schmidt!)

1997- John Jacob

1996- John Matthew 

1995- Ryan Matthew 

1994- John Christopher 

1993- Zachary Christopher 

1992- Jacob Christopher 

1991- Brandon Christopher 

1990- Anthony Christopher 

1989- William Christopher 

1988- Jonathan Christopher 

1987- William Christopher 

1986- William Christopher 

1985- Justin Christopher 

1984- Brandon Christopher 

1983- Andrew Christopher 

1982- William Christopher 

1981- William Christopher 

1980- Ryan Christopher 

And just like the girls here are random years and name combos for the boys. I used the same random years as the girl names.  

1977- Jeremy Jason 

1962- Charles David 

1954- Ronald James 

1940- Kenneth Robert 

1936- Paul James 

1925- Raymond John 

1911- Harry William 

1901- Albert William 

1891- Fred William 

1880- Fred William

I had a really fun time seeing what combos would be formed! My favorite girl names were Lily Isabella and Carolyn Barbara. For boys I really liked are Ryan Christopher and Charles David. Growing up I was never a fan of having a popular name and now it made it hard to have fun or unique combinations. What interesting combos did you come up with? I would love to know in the comments below! 

Thank you so much Elizabeth for this fun game! Be sure to check out her blog because she has become one of my favorite blogger.