BabyCenter, a pregnancy and parenting website and phone app, has recently announced the results of its annual Baby Names Survey and the Top 100 Baby Names of 2011. The site surveyed the names of 300,000 babies born in 2011 to moms registered on the BabyCenter website.
Aiden is at the top of the boys’ list for the 7th year in a row and Sophia is the lead of the girls’ list for the 2nd year. Pop culture and celebrity-inspired names have made appearances on this year’s list as well as sports and political figures around the world.
“When it comes to baby names, close to two out of five moms find inspiration among famous people and celebrities," said Linda Murray, BabyCenter Global editor in chief. "Whether it's the royal family or fist-pumping reality show stars, we're seeing more and more pop culture influence throughout our Baby Names list each year."
BabyCenter’s Top 100 Baby Names list combines names that sound the same but have different spellings in order to provide a more accurate measure of the popularity of each name. The website conducts its Baby Names Survey every year by talking directly to parents about their baby name decisions and exploring the psychology and trends behind baby naming.
The survey reveals such insights as that mobile is playing a larger role in baby naming. 47 percent of mothers used their cell phones to decide on a name – up 40 percent rom last year. More than half of new mothers revealed their child’s name to friends and family with their cell phones (52 percent) and two in five mothers shared their baby’s name on a social networking site like facebook within hours of giving birth.
The top 10 baby names for girls this year were Sophia, Emma, Isabella, Olivia, Ava, Lily, Chloe and Madison. The top 10 names for boys were Aiden, Jackson, Mason, Liam, Jacob, Jayden, Ethan and Noah.
The BabyCenter website also explains the inspirations behind the rise of many of the names on the list.
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