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The Most Popular Baby Names of 2016

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As every year, the US Social Security Administration has shared the list of the most popular names of the year, a list that tells us about trends, fashions and traditions when naming children. These are the most popular English baby names of 2016 .

Undoubtedly, globalization, the common origin or the international character of some of the names mean that, among these nicknames in English, there are many that are also used in Spanish-speaking countries. From the list, Noah for boys (in the top for the fourth consecutive year) and Emma for girls (the third year that is the most popular name for girls) stand out.

As a curiosity, the four names on the list that have suffered a more pronounced decline are variants of the same name: Caitlin, Caitlyn, Katelynn and Kaitlynn. It seems that the fact that Caitlyn Marie Jenner, formerly William Bruce Jenner (a television figure and former American athlete) announced her gender change in 2015 has to do with this decline in popularity.

Another name that loses popularity is Donald (perhaps the current president of the United States has a lot to do with it), along with Jonael, Aaden, Triston, Freddy and Yaakov for the boys and Neriah, Byranna, Kiley, Yaritza and Denise among the girls. .

On the other side, there are the English names that are increasing the most in popularity , most of them influenced by fictional characters made fashionable thanks to the cinema, singers or contemporary artists …

These strong rising anthroponyms are male names such as Kylo (name of the character introduced in the 2015 film “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”), Creed, Benicio, Adonis and Fox. For them we have Kehlani (name of an American singer who achieved great success from 2015), Royalty, Saoirse, Ophelia and Aitana.

Most popular girl names in English

  • Emma : is of Germanic origin and means “Big”, “Strong”, “Immense”, “Powerful”.
  • Olivia : of Latin origin and means “The one who protects the peace”.
  • Ava : of Hebrew origin is an English variant of Eva and means “to give life”.
  • Sophia : of Greek origin, its meaning is “wisdom” or “she who possesses wisdom”.
  • Isabella : Italian form of the name Isabel meaning “Promise of God”, “Who loves God”.
  • Mia : of Hebrew origin, diminutive of Maria. Of Hebrew origin, it means “the chosen one”, “the one loved by God”.
  • Charlotte : of French origin, it means “warrior”.
  • Abigail : of Hebrew origin, its meaning is “the joy of the father.”
  • Emily : is of Latin origin and means “industrious”.
  • Harper : of Anglo-Saxon origin, it is unisex and its meaning is “who plays the harp”, “troubadour”.

English boy names

  • Noah : unisex name of Hebrew origin, it means “rest” or “peace”.
  • Liam : is the Irish variant of William and means “firm protection”.
  • William : from Germanic, means “willful”, “protector”, “determined” (variant, Liam)
  • Mason : of French origin, it means “worker”, “strong”.
  • James : name of Hebrew origin, comes from “Jacob” and means “God will reward.”
  • Benjamin : of Hebrew origin, it means “son of the right hand” (he refers to the right as a symbol of strength or virtue).
  • Jacob : of Hebrew origin: “God has sustained” or “God will help” (variant, James).
  • Michael : from Hebrew, it means “who is like God?”
  • Elijah : from the Hebrew Eliyahu, which means “my God is Yahweh”.
  • Ethan : Biblical name of Hebrew origin whose meaning would be “hard, solid”, “permanent, constant, perpetual”.

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If you are not convinced by these names because they are in English, we leave you more ideas of names in other languages and names in Spanish, so you can choose the perfect name for your baby.

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