Top Ten of 50 most popular names of the decade?!

[ayeluvnamez]

I just saw an article on Yahoo from BabyCenter about the top 50 boys and girls names of the decade…what are your top ten favorite boys and girls names from the list?

(sorry about the messy list the first time around, I edited it so it’s easier to read now!)

1. [name]Emma[/name]

2. [name]Emily[/name]

3. [name]Madison[/name]

4. [name]Isabella[/name]

5. [name]Ava[/name]

6. [name]Sophia[/name]

7. [name]Kaitlyn[/name]

8. [name]Hannah[/name]

9. [name]Hailey[/name]

10. [name]Olivia[/name]

11. [name]Sarah[/name]

12. [name]Abigail[/name]

13. [name]Madeline[/name]

14. [name]Lily[/name]

15. [name]Kaylee[/name]

16. [name]Ella[/name]

17. [name]Riley[/name]

18. [name]Brianna[/name]

19. [name]Alyssa[/name]

20. [name]Samantha[/name]

21. [name]Lauren[/name]

22. [name]Mia[/name]

23. [name]Alexis[/name]

24. [name]Chloe[/name]

25. [name]Ashley[/name]

26. [name]Grace[/name]

27. [name]Jessica[/name]

28. [name]Elizabeth[/name]

29. [name]Taylor[/name]

30. [name]Makayla[/name]

31. [name]Makenzie[/name]

32. [name]Anna[/name]

33. [name]Zoe[/name]

34. [name]Kayla[/name]

35. [name]Sydney[/name]

36. [name]Megan[/name]

37. [name]Natalie[/name]

38. [name]Kylie[/name]

39. [name]Rachel[/name]

40. [name]Avery[/name]

41. [name]Katherine[/name]

42. [name]Isabel[/name]

43. [name]Victoria[/name]

44. [name]Morgan[/name]

45. [name]Kyra[/name]

46. [name]Jasmine[/name]

47. [name]Allison[/name]

48. [name]Savannah[/name]

49. [name]Julia[/name]

50. [name]Jordan[/name]

51. [name]Aiden[/name]

52. [name]Jacob[/name]

53. [name]Ethan[/name]

54. [name]Matthew[/name]

55. [name]Nicholas[/name]

56. [name]Jack[/name]

57. [name]Joshua[/name]

58. [name]Michael[/name]

59. [name]Ryan[/name]

60. [name]Andrew[/name]

61. [name]Caden[/name]

62. [name]Tyler[/name]

63. [name]Dylan[/name]

64. [name]Jaden[/name]

65. [name]Zachary[/name]

66. [name]Connor[/name]

67. [name]Logan[/name]

68. [name]Caleb[/name]

69. [name]Noah[/name]

70. [name]Alexander[/name]

71. [name]Jackson[/name]

72. [name]Brayden[/name]

73. [name]Lucas[/name]

74. [name]William[/name]

75. [name]Nathan[/name]

76. [name]Joseph[/name]

77. [name]Justin[/name]

78. [name]Daniel[/name]

79. [name]Benjamin[/name]

80. [name]Christopher[/name]

81. [name]James[/name]

82. [name]Gavin[/name]

83. [name]Evan[/name]

84. [name]Austin[/name]

85. [name]Cameron[/name]

86. [name]Brandon[/name]

87. [name]Mason[/name]

88. [name]Luke[/name]

89. [name]Anthony[/name]

90. [name]Christian[/name]

91. [name]Gabriel[/name]

92. [name]Owen[/name]

93. [name]David[/name]

94. [name]John[/name]

95. [name]Jonathan[/name]

96. [name]Samuel[/name]

97. [name]Sean[/name]

98. [name]Hunter[/name]

99. [name]Elijah[/name]

100. [name]Thomas[/name]

[rose]

I love [name]Julia[/name], [name]Victoria[/name], [name]Owen[/name], [name]Gabriel[/name], [name]Christian[/name], [name]Anthony[/name], [name]James[/name], [name]Evan[/name], [name]Chloe[/name], [name]Joseph[/name], [name]Mia[/name], [name]Natalie[/name], [name]Jackson[/name], [name]Caleb[/name], [name]Abigail[/name], [name]Olivia[/name], [name]Sophia[/name], and [name]Emma[/name] so much. Too bad they’re all so popular!

PS: Thanks for posting this!! I also found the article if anyone wants to read it:

http://shine.yahoo.com/event/coolmom/babycenters-list-of-most-popular-baby-names-of-the-decade-and-2009-556206/

[clpgertz]

10. [name]Olivia[/name]

11. [name]Abigail[/name]

12. [name]Lily[/name]

13. [name]Riley[/name]

14. [name]Anna[/name]

15. [name]Natalie[/name]

16. [name]Avery[/name]

17. [name]Victoria[/name]

18. [name]Morgan[/name]

19. [name]Julia[/name]

20. [name]Jacob[/name]

21. [name]Caleb[/name]

22. [name]Noah[/name]

23. [name]Benjamin[/name]

24. [name]Mason[/name]

25. [name]Luke[/name]

26. [name]Anthony[/name]

27. [name]Owen[/name]

28. [name]Samuel[/name]

29. [name]Thomas[/name]

[cew1114]

1. [name]Emma[/name]

2. [name]Emily[/name]

3. [name]Isabella[/name]

4. [name]Ava[/name]

5. [name]Olivia[/name]

6. [name]Lily[/name]

7. [name]Ella[/name]

8. [name]Taylor[/name]

9. [name]Zoe[/name]

10. [name]Julia[/name]
    These are my Top 10

11. [name]Jack[/name]

12. [name]Connor[/name]

13. [name]Logan[/name]

14. [name]Jackson[/name]

15. [name]Benjamin[/name]

16. [name]Evan[/name]

17. [name]Luke[/name]

18. [name]Owen[/name]

19. [name]Hunter[/name]

20. [name]Thomas[/name]
    These are my other Top 10

[unicorngal]

1. [name]Emma[/name] *

2. [name]Emily[/name]

3. [name]Madison[/name]

4. [name]Isabella[/name] *

5. [name]Ava[/name]

6. [name]Sophia[/name]

7. [name]Kaitlyn[/name]

8. [name]Hannah[/name] *

9. [name]Hailey[/name]

10. [name]Olivia[/name]

11. [name]Sarah[/name]

12. [name]Abigail[/name]

13. [name]Madeline[/name]

14. [name]Lily[/name] *

15. [name]Kaylee[/name]

16. [name]Ella[/name]

17. [name]Riley[/name]

18. [name]Brianna[/name]

19. [name]Alyssa[/name]

20. [name]Samantha[/name]

21. [name]Lauren[/name]

22. [name]Mia[/name]

23. [name]Alexis[/name]

24. [name]Chloe[/name]

25. [name]Ashley[/name]

26. [name]Grace[/name] *

27. [name]Jessica[/name]

28. [name]Elizabeth[/name] *

29. [name]Taylor[/name]

30. [name]Makayla[/name]

31. [name]Makenzie[/name]

32. [name]Anna[/name] *

33. [name]Zoe[/name]

34. [name]Kayla[/name]

35. [name]Sydney[/name]

36. [name]Megan[/name] *

37. [name]Natalie[/name]

38. [name]Kylie[/name]

39. [name]Rachel[/name] *

40. [name]Avery[/name]

41. [name]Katherine[/name]

42. [name]Isabel[/name] *

43. [name]Victoria[/name]

44. [name]Morgan[/name]

45. [name]Kyra[/name]

46. [name]Jasmine[/name]

47. [name]Allison[/name]

48. [name]Savannah[/name]

49. [name]Julia[/name]

50. [name]Jordan[/name]

51. [name]Aiden[/name]

52. [name]Jacob[/name] *

53. [name]Ethan[/name]

54. [name]Matthew[/name] *

55. [name]Nicholas[/name]

56. [name]Jack[/name]

57. [name]Joshua[/name]

58. [name]Michael[/name]

59. [name]Ryan[/name]

60. [name]Andrew[/name]

61. [name]Caden[/name]

62. [name]Tyler[/name] *

63. [name]Dylan[/name]

64. [name]Jaden[/name]

65. [name]Zachary[/name]

66. [name]Connor[/name]

67. [name]Logan[/name]

68. [name]Caleb[/name]

69. [name]Noah[/name]

70. [name]Alexander[/name]

71. [name]Jackson[/name]

72. [name]Brayden[/name]

73. [name]Lucas[/name]

74. [name]William[/name] *

75. [name]Nathan[/name]

76. [name]Joseph[/name]

77. [name]Justin[/name]

78. [name]Daniel[/name]

79. [name]Benjamin[/name] *

80. [name]Christopher[/name]

81. [name]James[/name] *

82. [name]Gavin[/name]

83. [name]Evan[/name]

84. [name]Austin[/name]

85. [name]Cameron[/name]

86. [name]Brandon[/name]

87. [name]Mason[/name]

88. [name]Luke[/name] *

89. [name]Anthony[/name]

90. [name]Christian[/name]

91. [name]Gabriel[/name]

92. [name]Owen[/name]

93. [name]David[/name] *

94. [name]John[/name] *

95. [name]Jonathan[/name]

96. [name]Samuel[/name] *

97. [name]Sean[/name]

98. [name]Hunter[/name]

99. [name]Elijah[/name]

100. [name]Thomas[/name]

[babynamesrule]

1. [name]Emma[/name]*

2. [name]Emily[/name]

3. [name]Madison[/name]

4. [name]Isabella[/name]

5. [name]Ava[/name]*

6. [name]Sophia[/name]*

7. [name]Kaitlyn[/name]

8. [name]Hannah[/name]

9. [name]Hailey[/name]

10. [name]Olivia[/name]*

11. [name]Sarah[/name]

12. [name]Abigail[/name]

13. [name]Madeline[/name]*

14. [name]Lily[/name]

15. [name]Kaylee[/name]

16. [name]Ella[/name]

17. [name]Riley[/name]*

18. [name]Brianna[/name]

19. [name]Alyssa[/name]

20. [name]Samantha[/name]

21. [name]Lauren[/name]

22. [name]Mia[/name]

23. [name]Alexis[/name]*

24. [name]Chloe[/name]

25. [name]Ashley[/name]

26. [name]Grace[/name]*

27. [name]Jessica[/name]

28. [name]Elizabeth[/name]

29. [name]Taylor[/name]

30. [name]Makayla[/name]

31. [name]Makenzie[/name]

32. [name]Anna[/name]

33. [name]Zoe[/name]

34. [name]Kayla[/name]

35. [name]Sydney[/name]

36. [name]Megan[/name]

37. [name]Natalie[/name]

38. [name]Kylie[/name]

39. [name]Rachel[/name]

40. [name]Avery[/name]*

41. [name]Katherine[/name]

42. [name]Isabel[/name]

43. [name]Victoria[/name]*

44. [name]Morgan[/name]

45. [name]Kyra[/name]

46. [name]Jasmine[/name]

47. [name]Allison[/name]

48. [name]Savannah[/name]

49. [name]Julia[/name]

50. [name]Jordan[/name]

51. [name]Aiden[/name]*

52. [name]Jacob[/name]*

53. [name]Ethan[/name]

54. [name]Matthew[/name]

55. [name]Nicholas[/name]

56. [name]Jack[/name]*

57. [name]Joshua[/name]

58. [name]Michael[/name]

59. [name]Ryan[/name]*

60. [name]Andrew[/name]

61. [name]Caden[/name]*

62. [name]Tyler[/name]

63. [name]Dylan[/name]

64. [name]Jaden[/name]

65. [name]Zachary[/name]*

66. [name]Connor[/name]

67. [name]Logan[/name]

68. [name]Caleb[/name]*

69. [name]Noah[/name]

70. [name]Alexander[/name]

71. [name]Jackson[/name]*

72. [name]Brayden[/name]

73. [name]Lucas[/name]

74. [name]William[/name]

75. [name]Nathan[/name]

76. [name]Joseph[/name]

77. [name]Justin[/name]

78. [name]Daniel[/name]

79. [name]Benjamin[/name]

80. [name]Christopher[/name]

81. [name]James[/name]

82. [name]Gavin[/name]

83. [name]Evan[/name]

84. [name]Austin[/name]

85. [name]Cameron[/name]

86. [name]Brandon[/name]

87. [name]Mason[/name]

88. [name]Luke[/name]

89. [name]Anthony[/name]

90. [name]Christian[/name]

91. [name]Gabriel[/name]

92. [name]Owen[/name]

93. [name]David[/name]

94. [name]John[/name]

95. [name]Jonathan[/name]

96. [name]Samuel[/name]

97. [name]Sean[/name]

98. [name]Hunter[/name]*

99. [name]Elijah[/name]

100. [name]Thomas[/name]

Surprisingly, it was harder to find girls names I liked than boys.

[bb1]

I really like:
[name]Emma[/name]
[name]Sophia[/name]
[name]Lily[/name] but just as a nickname for [name]Liliana[/name]
[name]Mia[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Morgan[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]Michael[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Jackson[/name]
[name]William[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Luke[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]

[kms303]

1. [name]Isabel[/name]

2. [name]Hannah[/name]

3. [name]Ava[/name]

4. [name]Julia[/name]

5. [name]Abigail[/name]

6. [name]Avery[/name]

7. [name]Anna[/name]

8. [name]Morgan[/name]

9. [name]Madeleine[/name]

10. [name]Makenzie[/name]

11. [name]Ethan[/name]

12. [name]Nathan[/name]

13. [name]Jack[/name]

14. [name]Alexander[/name]

15. [name]Evan[/name]

16. [name]Dylan[/name]

17. [name]Daniel[/name]

18. [name]Christian[/name]

19. [name]Owen[/name]

20. [name]Andrew[/name]

[twinkle]

My top ten (not in order) :
Girls:
[name]Sophia[/name]
[name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Sarah[/name]
[name]Lily[/name]
[name]Samantha[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Isabel[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]

Boys :
[name]Jacob[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]Noah[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Jackson[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Luke[/name]
[name]Jonathan[/name].

[corgimom]

I probably wouldn’t use any of them because they’re so popular, but my 10 favorites are:

1. [name]Sophia[/name]

2. [name]Sarah[/name]

3. [name]Abigail[/name] (I don’t like [name]Abigail[/name], but I like [name]Abby[/name])

4. [name]Lily[/name]

5. [name]Mia[/name]

6. [name]Anna[/name]

7. [name]Katherine[/name]

8. [name]Aiden[/name]

9. [name]Jack[/name]

10. [name]Ryan[/name]

11. [name]Caden[/name]

12. [name]Alexander[/name]

13. [name]Jackson[/name]

14. [name]Lucas[/name]

15. [name]William[/name]

16. [name]Gavin[/name]

17. [name]Mason[/name]

[emrasmus]

14. [name]Lily[/name]
15. [name]Emma[/name]
16. [name]Isabella[/name]
17. [name]Grace[/name]
18. [name]Elizabeth[/name]
19. [name]Madeline[/name]
20. [name]Natalie[/name]
21. [name]Katherine[/name]
22. [name]Isabel[/name]
23. [name]Sophia[/name]

Boys
6. [name]Jack[/name]
15. [name]Zachary[/name]
28. [name]Daniel[/name]
3. [name]Ethan[/name]
46. [name]Samuel[/name]
10. [name]Andrew[/name]
19. [name]Noah[/name]
31. [name]James[/name]
24. [name]William[/name]
29. [name]Benjamin[/name]

[layla]

These are the ones I like, stars next to my favorites/ones i would consider using

1. [name]Emma[/name]

2. [name]Ava[/name]*

3. [name]Sophia[/name]

4. [name]Ella[/name]*

5. [name]Katherine[/name]

6. [name]Jack[/name]*

7. [name]William[/name]

8. [name]James[/name]

9. [name]Evan[/name]

10. [name]Mason[/name]*

11. [name]Luke[/name]

[bb1]

I really like:
[name]Emma[/name]
[name]Mia[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Morgan[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]

[name]Jack[/name]
[name]Michael[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name]
[name]William[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Luke[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]

[dovah]

I did 5 of each (with a runner-up), as I had trouble selecting even that many.

14. [name]Lily[/name]
15. [name]Anna[/name]
16. [name]Katherine[/name]
17. [name]Jessica[/name]
18. [name]Elizabeth[/name]

[name]Grace[/name] might be a runner-up

6. [name]Jack[/name]
7. [name]Alexander[/name]
8. [name]William[/name]
9. [name]Christopher[/name]
10. [name]James[/name]

[erinlw]

In no particular order of preference…

[name]Emma[/name]
[name]Isabella[/name]
[name]Ava[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Alyssa[/name]
[name]Chloe[/name]
[name]Grace[/name]
[name]Natalie[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Allison[/name]

[name]Aiden[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Ryan[/name]
[name]Caleb[/name]
[name]William[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Cameron[/name]
[name]Hunter[/name]
[name]Thomas[/name]

[Jess0044]

32. [name]Anna[/name]*

33. [name]Natalie[/name]*

34. [name]Hailey[/name]

35. [name]Elizabeth[/name]*

36. [name]Ava[/name]

37. [name]Lauren[/name]

38. [name]Madeline[/name]

39. [name]Abigail[/name]

40. [name]Makenzie[/name]

41. [name]Emma[/name]

42. [name]Alexander[/name]*

43. [name]Jack[/name]*

44. [name]Owen[/name]*

45. [name]Ryan[/name]*

46. [name]Caleb[/name]

47. [name]Noah[/name]

48. [name]Mason[/name]

49. [name]Gabriel[/name]

50. [name]Lucas[/name]

51. [name]Zachary[/name]

[name]Star[/name] next to the ones I’d love to use

[frustratedauthor]

[name]Sophia[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Abigail[/name]
[name]Ella[/name]
[name]Grace[/name]
[name]Alyssa[/name]
[name]Lauren[/name]
[name]Chloe[/name]
[name]Zoe[/name]
[name]Isabel[/name]

[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Michael[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Noah[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Christopher[/name]
[name]Austin[/name]
[name]Christian[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]

[scarlettrobin]

Okay this is hard coming up with 10 of each since I generally try to stay away from popular names. Here it goes.

[name]Samantha[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Jessica[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Emily[/name]
[name]Hailey[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Sophia[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]

[name]Thomas[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Johnathan[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]William[/name]
[name]Elijah[/name]
[name]John[/name]
[name]Christopher[/name]

[katie8765]

1. [name]Emma[/name]

2. [name]Ava[/name]

3. [name]Sophia[/name]

4. [name]Abigail[/name]

5. [name]Madeline[/name]

6. [name]Brianna[/name]

7. [name]Alexis[/name]

8. [name]Sydney[/name]

9. [name]Avery[/name]

10. [name]Kyra[/name]

11. [name]Jacob[/name]

12. [name]Ethan[/name]

13. [name]Dylan[/name]

14. [name]Connor[/name]

15. [name]Logan[/name]

16. [name]Lucas[/name]

17. [name]Benjamin[/name]

18. [name]Gavin[/name]

19. [name]Evan[/name]

20. [name]Mason[/name]

[Sis]

1. [name]Mia[/name]

2. [name]Zoe[/name]

3. [name]Isabel[/name]

4. [name]Ava[/name]

5. [name]Ella[/name]

6. [name]Hannah[/name]

7. [name]Grace[/name]

8. [name]Emma[/name]

9. [name]Abigail[/name]

10. [name]Katherine[/name] (although I’m among the minority that prefers it spelled with a C)

11. [name]Thomas[/name]

12. [name]Jack[/name]

13. [name]James[/name]

14. [name]William[/name]

15. [name]Jackson[/name]

16. [name]Caleb[/name]

17. [name]Benjamin[/name]

18. [name]Nathan[/name]

19. [name]Gabriel[/name]

20. [name]Samuel[/name]