Like 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 it comes to naming children. These are the most popular English baby names of 2016.
Without a doubt, globalization, the common origin or the international character of some of the names means that, among these English appellants, there are many that are also used in Spanish-speaking countries. Of the list stand out in the first place 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).
As a curiosity, the four names on the list have suffered a steeper decline they are a variant 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 sportsman) announced in 2015 his gender change has to do with this fall in popularity.
Another name that loses popularity is Donald (maybe the current president of the United States has a lot to do with it), along with Jonael, Aaden, Triston, Freddy and Yaakov for boys and Neriah, Byranna, Kiley, Yaritza and Denise among girls .
On the other side, they are the names in English that rise most in popularity, most influenced by fictional characters made fashionable thanks to the cinema, singers or topical artists ...
These anthroponyms that rise strongly are male names like Kylo (name of the character introduced in the 2015 movie "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"), Creed, Benicio, Adonis and Fox. For them we have Kehlani (name of an American singer who achieved great success as of 2015), Royalty, Saoirse, Ophelia and Aitana.
Most popular girl names in English
- Emma: It is of Germanic origin and means "Big", "Strong", "Immense", "Powerful".
- Olivia: of Latin origin and means "The one that 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 "one who possesses wisdom".
- Isabella: Italian form of the name Isabel which means "Promise of God", "Who loves God".
- Mine: of Hebrew origin, diminutive of Mary. Of Hebrew origin, it means "the chosen one," "the one loved by God."
- Charlotte: of French origin, means "warrior".
- Abigail: of Hebrew origin, its meaning is "the joy of the father."
- Emily: It is of Latin origin and means "laborious".
- Harper: of Anglo-Saxon origin, it is unisex and its meaning is "playing the harp", "troubadour".
Child names in English
- Noah: unisex name of Hebrew origin, means "rest" or "peace".
- Liam: is William's Irish variant and means "firm protection."
- William: from Germanic, it means "willful", "protective", "determined" (variant, Liam)
- Mason: of French origin, means "hardworking", "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" (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."
More names for babies
If these names don't convince you for being in English, we leave you with more ideas for names in other languages and names in Spanish, so you can choose the perfect name for your baby.
