Following up my earlier post about the popular baby names of 2014, the Social Security Administration has provided the most popular 2013 baby names by individual state. You can look up the top 100 names for your state here.
In addition to each state’s top baby names, Social Security’s website has a list of the 1,000 most popular boys’ and girls’ names for 2014 and offers lists of baby names for each year since 1880.
Different spellings of similar names are not combined. For example, the names Caitlin, Caitlyn, Kaitlin, Kaitlyn, Kaitlynn, Katelyn, and Katelynn are considered separate names and each has its own rank.
The birth of a child is a special time for families. While having fun with the baby names list, Social Security Acting Commissioner Colvin encourages everyone to visit the agency’s website and create a my Social Security account at www.socialsecurity.gov.
For estimates and to see your work record, my Social Security is a personalized online account that you can use beginning in your working years and continuing throughout the time your receive Social Security benefits.
Nationally for 2014, the 10 most popular male and female names are:
For states in my immediate area, here are the top 10 male and female baby names of 2014. See the complete list of 100 names for each state here.
