Our list of the most popular baby names of the year is different from the rest. We update it every month using data shared by BabyCenter parents as they choose their baby's name.
As the leading authority on baby name trends for more than two decades, our reports draw insights from more than 500,000 babies born to parents registered on our site and app. This gives us unique visibility into naming trends as they happen – in real time.
Thanks to this proprietary data, we can share top baby names months before the Social Security Administration releases their annual list.
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