US Top 30 COMBINED SPELLINGS (Boys)

Boy Names
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On my blog I have a version with a bit more information (which variations I considered, how often they were used, how much the positions changed compared to the SSA '15 list) but it’s difficult (and time consuming) to find a good format for it on here so I’ll leave you the link: http://ohwhatlovelynames.tumblr.com/post/144210181083/the-combined-spellings-us-top-100-boys-pt-1

Rank - Times - Name
Used

01 25,620 [name_m]Jackson[/name_m]
02 22,925 [name_u]Aiden[/name_u]
03 19,511 [name_u]Noah[/name_u]
04 18,281 [name_m]Liam[/name_m]
05 17,096 [name_u]Mason[/name_u]
06 16,360 [name_m]Jacob[/name_m]
07 16,324 [name_u]Jayden[/name_u]
08 15,809 [name_m]William[/name_m]
09 15,741 [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
10 14,991 [name_m]Ethan[/name_m]
11 14,810 [name_u]Kayden[/name_u]
12 14,705 [name_u]James[/name_u]
13 14,587 [name_u]Michael[/name_u]
14 14,131 [name_m]Elijah[/name_m]
15 13,671 [name_m]Lucas[/name_m]
16 13,608 [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
17 13,408 [name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
18 13,267 [name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
19 12,999 [name_u]Carter[/name_u]
20 12,862 [name_u]Logan[/name_u]
21 11,698 [name_m]Grayson[/name_m]
22 11,691 [name_m]David[/name_m]
23 11,592 [name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
24 11,375 [name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
25 11,237 [name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
26 11,146 [name_u]Dylan[/name_u]
27 10,782 [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
28 10,733 [name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
29 10,631 [name_m]John[/name_m]
30 10,564 [name_m]Anthony[/name_m]

I’ll eventually do the rest and the girls’ Top 100/0, too!

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Nice! [name_m]Will[/name_m] look at your blog too.

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Those are my favorites when it comes to rankings, you see the whole picture. Thanks for sharing!

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I have a question after looking at your blog. When you say a name went up or down, let’s say [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] -4, are you comparing that with the 2015 condensed spelling list? Or, is it in comparison to the ssa published list? I think for some names comparing the rank of your list with the publish ssa list might be misleading or less helpful. If it is condensed vs condensed it gives a clearer picture. Alternatively, you could put number of babies named that name in 2015 in a column and it would remove any confusion.

Very nicely done.

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It is compared to the newly published 2015 data from the SSA. So while was the #1 name given to boys in 2015, when you add up all the various spellings of names, [name_u]Noah[/name_u] was only the 3rd most used name in 2015 and therefore went two places down (here’s the list I used Popular Names in the United States 2015 - Behind the Name.
I’ll try to make that more clear on the blog!

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I think this list is so much more useful! There are so many spellings of [name_m]Jackson[/name_m] on the top 1000, I figured it had to be #1 or close.

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It’s crazy how many variations of [name_m]Jackson[/name_m], [name_u]Aiden[/name_u], [name_u]Kayden[/name_u], etc. there are; I created a whole Top 100 for boys but as NB is messed up for me I can’t edit posts or create new ones, however, I did add the link in my signature if you’re interested in the rest!
You can also view the pdf document directly (even download it) here: http://docdro.id/Zrm7wHq
The biggest “surprise” was [name_m]Kason[/name_m] which jumped almost 300 ranks up as none of the spellings is very popular but there are so so many!

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Interesting. Thanks for sharing!