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Baby Names from 2011

3,657,792 registered births | 1,898,988 boys | 1,758,804 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 2011

Top 10 Boy Names

1 Jacob
20,401 births
2 Mason
19,528 births
3 William
17,359 births
4 Jayden
17,017 births
5 Noah
16,881 births
6 Michael
16,822 births
7 Ethan
16,696 births
8 Alexander
15,716 births
9 Aiden
15,518 births
10 Daniel
15,304 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Sophia
21,861 births
2 Isabella
19,930 births
3 Emma
18,822 births
4 Olivia
17,334 births
5 Ava
15,514 births
6 Emily
14,277 births
7 Abigail
13,261 births
8 Madison
12,406 births
9 Mia
11,542 births
10 Chloe
11,007 births

Top Unisex Names of 2011

Jordan
8,096 boys 1,638 girls
Avery
1,791 boys 7,344 girls
Angel
7,536 boys 1,478 girls
Riley
3,462 boys 5,043 girls
Alexis
1,482 boys 6,537 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

Notable Risers & Fallers in 2011

Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.

Biggest Risers

G Aria
#353 → #157 (+196)
G Mila
#364 → #174 (+190)
G Aubree
#224 → #99 (+125)
B Declan
#274 → #176 (+98)
G Brynn
#287 → #192 (+95)
G Willow
#289 → #199 (+90)
G Quinn
#255 → #188 (+67)
G Harper
#120 → #54 (+66)

Biggest Fallers

G Briana
#183 → #235 (-52)
G Jillian
#170 → #221 (-51)

New to the Top 200 in 2011

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Aubree #99 Alaina #156 Aria #157 Mateo #171 Mila #174 Declan #176 Hadley #178 Maci #180 Aurora #183 Quinn #188 Brynn #192 Paisley #194 Ezekiel #195 Kinley #195 Tucker #196 Willow #199 Greyson #200
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