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Help[Facts] Social Security list, spellings combined, boys, top 300
Here is my combining of the SSA 2008 list, putting together spellings I believe are pronounced the same. This is always somewhat subjective, but I think it gives a better indication of the real popularity of many names like Aiden and Jayden.
Aiden 31,799
Jayden 27,090
Jacob 23,337
Michael 20,874
Ethan 20,227
Christopher 19,269
Joshua 18,924
Alexander 18,776
Daniel 18,717
Caden 18,398
Anthony 18,158
Matthew 18,155
William 18,149
Andrew 16,548
Nicholas 16,418
Joseph 16,281
Christian 16,091
David 16,060
Noah 15,620
Jonathan 15,607
Jackson 15,293
James 14,952
Ryan 14,766
Caleb 14,089
Brayden 13,982
Logan 13,705
John 13,627
Elijah 13,576
Nathan 13,331
Dylan 13,102
Gabriel 12,848
Benjamin 12,754
Tyler 12,556
Samuel 12,538
Gavin 12,252
Landon 12,149
Brandon 11,767
Bryan 11,636
Cameron 11,173
Connor 11,153
Isaiah 11,002
Zachary 10,700
Isaac 10,659
Lucas 10,646
Mason 10,369
Angel 10,227
Jordan 9,852
Evan 9,820
Jack 9,779
Kevin 9,707
Jose 9,706
Eric 9,298
Luke 9,298
Justin 9,249
Aaron 8,835
Robert 8,693
Jason 8,527
Thomas 8,234
Adrian 8,162
Sean 8,064
Hunter 7,954
Austin 7,903
Julian 7,837
Tristan 7,769
Owen 7,720
Carter 7,347
Chase 7,290
Wyatt 7,242
Charles 7,182
Luis 7,064
Juan 6,950
Brody 6,937
Jeremiah 6,905
Xavier 6,894
Dominic 6,869
Nathaniel 6,547
Colin 6,522
Diego 6,504
Devin 6,334
Steven 6,230
Hayden 6,151
Adam 6,022
Carlos 5,998
Colton 5,985
Sebastian 5,968
Ian 5,902
Liam 5,893
Carson 5,832
Henry 5,697
Jesus 5,697
Cole 5,689
Damian 5,540
Alex 5,332
Blake 5,040
Cooper 4,992
Josiah 4,971
Giovanni 4,803
Brady 4,786
Kyle 4,652
Riley 4,593
Alan 4,589
Eli 4,445
Peyton 4,405
Miguel 4,385
Emmanuel 4,378
Jesse 4,366
Antonio 4,324
Jaylen 4,300
Parker 4,272
Alejandro 4,120
Richard 4,020
Timothy 4,009
Derek 3,946
Bryce 3,941
Cody 3,899
Victor 3,751
Jake 3,745
Joel 3,703
Marcus 3,674
Miles 3,622
Levi 3,618
Oliver 3,540
Oscar 3,532
Vincent 3,528
Mark 3,477
Ashton 3,473
Micah 3,448
Preston 3,428
Gage 3,405
Jace 3,331
Max 3,323
Patrick 3,279
Seth 3,236
Jeremy 3,215
Brendan 3,184
Nolan 3,123
Ivan 3,083
Malachi 3,018
Maxwell 3,018
Kenneth 2,938
Jonah 2,927
Jorge 2,927
Grayson 2,891
Eduardo 2,847
Grant 2,832
Omar 2,823
Trevor 2,791
Bryson 2,767
Edward 2,739
Ricardo 2,730
George 2,526
Paul 2,518
Jeffrey 2,501
Elias 2,488
Andres 2,472
Garrett 2,430
Tanner 2,405
Xander 2,395
Fernando 2,355
Cesar 2,339
Javier 2,334
Alexis 2,318
Leonardo 2,318
Santiago 2,312
Francisco 2,311
Shane 2,274
Camden 2,271
Edwin 2,242
Hudson 2,224
Keegan 2,214
Travis 2,204
Hector 2,153
Josue 2,140
Peter 2,139
Mario 2,129
Manuel 2,118
Abraham 2,115
Zane 2,078
Spencer 2,065
Edgar 2,046
Wesley 2,033
Ezekiel 2,032
Trenton 2,023
Jared 2,020
Donovan 1,971
Bradley 1,935
Braxton 1,920
Ryder 1,913
Rafael 1,906
Roman 1,904
Phillip 1,883
Asher 1,863
Mateo 1,846
Maddox 1,837
Sergio 1,828
Braylon 1,815
Skyler 1,813
Israel 1,807
Andy 1,796
Lincoln 1,795
Cade 1,775
Elliot 1,765
Corey 1,761
Raymond 1,743
Avery 1,731
Rylan 1,725
Dalton 1,723
Harrison 1,714
Andre 1,681
Martin 1,680
Brennan 1,670
Marco 1,655
Corbin 1,653
Cash 1,650
Jude 1,650
Reece 1,650
Sawyer 1,650
Mohamed 1,644
Colby 1,636
Dakota 1,609
Leo 1,602
Calvin 1,600
Kai 1,581
Reid 1,575
Drake 1,574
Troy 1,572
Zion 1,572
Clayton 1,561
Roberto 1,560
Ruben 1,547
Gregory 1,533
Tucker 1,529
Kingston 1,519
Griffin 1,485
Drew 1,465
Johnny 1,452
Kale 1,434
Lane 1,433
Dante 1,408
Ty 1,407
Pedro 1,401
Tyson 1,391
Luca 1,370
Chance 1,363
Taylor 1,350
Marcos 1,340
Maximus 1,340
Simon 1,332
Maximilian 1,310
Jameson 1,300
Amari 1,294
Dawson 1,275
Louis 1,267
Kyler 1,254
Axel 1,246
Casey 1,233
Jonas 1,232
Joaquin 1,227
Brock 1,211
Frank 1,206
Enrique 1,203
Quinn 1,197
Emilio 1,196
Malik 1,196
Grady 1,187
Angelo 1,183
Julio 1,182
Raul 1,170
Fabian 1,167
Gerardo 1,165
Quinton 1,164
Cason 1,136
Darian 1,132
Ezra 1,130
Armando 1,127
Theodore 1,123
Gael 1,112
Amir 1,111
Cohen 1,108
Adan 1,101
Mekhi 1,099
Randy 1,095
Easton 1,091
Dustin 1,088
Julius 1,078
Charlie 1,075
Ronald 1,069
Brett 1,062
Gunner 1,059
Trent 1,055
Silas 1,053
Keith 1,052
Emiliano 1,048
Trey 1,044
Darius 1,039
Jerry 1,038
Jaime 1,030
Scott 1,016
Graham 1,015
Weston 1,013
Aiden 31,799
Jayden 27,090
Jacob 23,337
Michael 20,874
Ethan 20,227
Christopher 19,269
Joshua 18,924
Alexander 18,776
Daniel 18,717
Caden 18,398
Anthony 18,158
Matthew 18,155
William 18,149
Andrew 16,548
Nicholas 16,418
Joseph 16,281
Christian 16,091
David 16,060
Noah 15,620
Jonathan 15,607
Jackson 15,293
James 14,952
Ryan 14,766
Caleb 14,089
Brayden 13,982
Logan 13,705
John 13,627
Elijah 13,576
Nathan 13,331
Dylan 13,102
Gabriel 12,848
Benjamin 12,754
Tyler 12,556
Samuel 12,538
Gavin 12,252
Landon 12,149
Brandon 11,767
Bryan 11,636
Cameron 11,173
Connor 11,153
Isaiah 11,002
Zachary 10,700
Isaac 10,659
Lucas 10,646
Mason 10,369
Angel 10,227
Jordan 9,852
Evan 9,820
Jack 9,779
Kevin 9,707
Jose 9,706
Eric 9,298
Luke 9,298
Justin 9,249
Aaron 8,835
Robert 8,693
Jason 8,527
Thomas 8,234
Adrian 8,162
Sean 8,064
Hunter 7,954
Austin 7,903
Julian 7,837
Tristan 7,769
Owen 7,720
Carter 7,347
Chase 7,290
Wyatt 7,242
Charles 7,182
Luis 7,064
Juan 6,950
Brody 6,937
Jeremiah 6,905
Xavier 6,894
Dominic 6,869
Nathaniel 6,547
Colin 6,522
Diego 6,504
Devin 6,334
Steven 6,230
Hayden 6,151
Adam 6,022
Carlos 5,998
Colton 5,985
Sebastian 5,968
Ian 5,902
Liam 5,893
Carson 5,832
Henry 5,697
Jesus 5,697
Cole 5,689
Damian 5,540
Alex 5,332
Blake 5,040
Cooper 4,992
Josiah 4,971
Giovanni 4,803
Brady 4,786
Kyle 4,652
Riley 4,593
Alan 4,589
Eli 4,445
Peyton 4,405
Miguel 4,385
Emmanuel 4,378
Jesse 4,366
Antonio 4,324
Jaylen 4,300
Parker 4,272
Alejandro 4,120
Richard 4,020
Timothy 4,009
Derek 3,946
Bryce 3,941
Cody 3,899
Victor 3,751
Jake 3,745
Joel 3,703
Marcus 3,674
Miles 3,622
Levi 3,618
Oliver 3,540
Oscar 3,532
Vincent 3,528
Mark 3,477
Ashton 3,473
Micah 3,448
Preston 3,428
Gage 3,405
Jace 3,331
Max 3,323
Patrick 3,279
Seth 3,236
Jeremy 3,215
Brendan 3,184
Nolan 3,123
Ivan 3,083
Malachi 3,018
Maxwell 3,018
Kenneth 2,938
Jonah 2,927
Jorge 2,927
Grayson 2,891
Eduardo 2,847
Grant 2,832
Omar 2,823
Trevor 2,791
Bryson 2,767
Edward 2,739
Ricardo 2,730
George 2,526
Paul 2,518
Jeffrey 2,501
Elias 2,488
Andres 2,472
Garrett 2,430
Tanner 2,405
Xander 2,395
Fernando 2,355
Cesar 2,339
Javier 2,334
Alexis 2,318
Leonardo 2,318
Santiago 2,312
Francisco 2,311
Shane 2,274
Camden 2,271
Edwin 2,242
Hudson 2,224
Keegan 2,214
Travis 2,204
Hector 2,153
Josue 2,140
Peter 2,139
Mario 2,129
Manuel 2,118
Abraham 2,115
Zane 2,078
Spencer 2,065
Edgar 2,046
Wesley 2,033
Ezekiel 2,032
Trenton 2,023
Jared 2,020
Donovan 1,971
Bradley 1,935
Braxton 1,920
Ryder 1,913
Rafael 1,906
Roman 1,904
Phillip 1,883
Asher 1,863
Mateo 1,846
Maddox 1,837
Sergio 1,828
Braylon 1,815
Skyler 1,813
Israel 1,807
Andy 1,796
Lincoln 1,795
Cade 1,775
Elliot 1,765
Corey 1,761
Raymond 1,743
Avery 1,731
Rylan 1,725
Dalton 1,723
Harrison 1,714
Andre 1,681
Martin 1,680
Brennan 1,670
Marco 1,655
Corbin 1,653
Cash 1,650
Jude 1,650
Reece 1,650
Sawyer 1,650
Mohamed 1,644
Colby 1,636
Dakota 1,609
Leo 1,602
Calvin 1,600
Kai 1,581
Reid 1,575
Drake 1,574
Troy 1,572
Zion 1,572
Clayton 1,561
Roberto 1,560
Ruben 1,547
Gregory 1,533
Tucker 1,529
Kingston 1,519
Griffin 1,485
Drew 1,465
Johnny 1,452
Kale 1,434
Lane 1,433
Dante 1,408
Ty 1,407
Pedro 1,401
Tyson 1,391
Luca 1,370
Chance 1,363
Taylor 1,350
Marcos 1,340
Maximus 1,340
Simon 1,332
Maximilian 1,310
Jameson 1,300
Amari 1,294
Dawson 1,275
Louis 1,267
Kyler 1,254
Axel 1,246
Casey 1,233
Jonas 1,232
Joaquin 1,227
Brock 1,211
Frank 1,206
Enrique 1,203
Quinn 1,197
Emilio 1,196
Malik 1,196
Grady 1,187
Angelo 1,183
Julio 1,182
Raul 1,170
Fabian 1,167
Gerardo 1,165
Quinton 1,164
Cason 1,136
Darian 1,132
Ezra 1,130
Armando 1,127
Theodore 1,123
Gael 1,112
Amir 1,111
Cohen 1,108
Adan 1,101
Mekhi 1,099
Randy 1,095
Easton 1,091
Dustin 1,088
Julius 1,078
Charlie 1,075
Ronald 1,069
Brett 1,062
Gunner 1,059
Trent 1,055
Silas 1,053
Keith 1,052
Emiliano 1,048
Trey 1,044
Darius 1,039
Jerry 1,038
Jaime 1,030
Scott 1,016
Graham 1,015
Weston 1,013
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The boys' combined list this year needs to be shouted from the mountaintops. Someone on BNABBT posted a quote by some poor sap on another board saying "I'm glad I didn't listen to those people who said Caden was really popular, and named my son that anyway. It's only #95!" Oh honey. You're going to realize it soon enough. :/
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I love that you do this! I've done it myself the past 10 years or so. It's so hard though, to know sometimes what names go together and what names don't. I'm glad the SSA separates the spellings, so you can see that popularity, but I also like to see them put together. (Then again, people are weird -- I had a student named Hallie pronounced like Hayley, and a friend named Hallie who rhymed it with Callie. And so on with same spelling different pronunciations!)
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Well, your friend, not the student, is the one using the pronunciation that fits the normal spelling conventions of English. :)
This is always somewhat subjective, and of course there is little one can do with spellings that have two or more different common pronunciations. In the USA, Ciara can be pronounced as "see-ARE-uh", or can be an alternative pronunciation of Sierra, or can be the original Irish Gaelic spelling of Keira and pronounced that way. So there is no way to combine the girls named Ciara with anything else, even though you know most of them are being pronounced identically with other common spellings.
This is always somewhat subjective, and of course there is little one can do with spellings that have two or more different common pronunciations. In the USA, Ciara can be pronounced as "see-ARE-uh", or can be an alternative pronunciation of Sierra, or can be the original Irish Gaelic spelling of Keira and pronounced that way. So there is no way to combine the girls named Ciara with anything else, even though you know most of them are being pronounced identically with other common spellings.
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