Because who doesn’t love one of those ubiquitous end-of-the-year lists?
When it comes to baby names, the popular picks at one local hospital were pretty consistent with national trends in 2012. Over at Emerson Hospital in Concord and across the nation, according to BabyCenter.com, girls names this year had a certain retro chic, with classics like Emma, Sophia and Olivia claiming top spots on both lists. There was a bit more variety among boys born at Emerson and the most popular names among the nearly half-million parents who shared their children’s names with BabyCenter: William, Owen and Mason were the top three locally, yet only the latter cracks the Top 10 nationally. The most commonly given girls names have been more or less the same in recent years, and perhaps that’s because these popular names have…
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The top five names for babies in Massachusetts in 2010 returned in 2011, but in a different order.
Maybe it the Royal Wedding had something to do with the top boys name in Massachusetts – William – but his bride's name, Kate (or Catherine), was no where to be found in the Top Five. The Social Security Administration released the top baby names in the Bay State 2011 this week. Last week they released the top names in the country, which can be seen here. The top five girls names in Massachusetts all made the top five nationally. At the top of both lists was Sophia. Olivia was second in the state followed by Isabella, Emma and Ava. In the United States, Isabella was second on the list, next came Emma, then Olivia and finally Ava. William placed third nationally in the top boy's names, while the most popular boys name in the U.S., Jacob, …
