June's Most Popular Baby Names

We had many more visitors this month, thanks to the article on time.com.

Here are the names that were popular on Nymbler in June:

Top 10 favorite names:
1. Ava (+2)
2. Charlotte (-1)
3. Ella (+3)
4. Jack (-2)
5. Anna (same)
6. Lily (+2)
7. Julia (new)
8. Benjamin (new)
9. Owen (-5)
10. Hannah (new)

Top 5 blocked names:
1. Victoria
2. Anna
3. Lena
4. Vaughn
5. Simon

Top 5 emailed names:
1. Ava
2. Hannah
3. Isabella
4. Benjamin
5. Charlotte

May's Most Popular Baby Names

Here are the names that were popular on Nymbler in May:

Top 10 favorite names:
1. Charlotte
2. Jack
3. Ava
4. Owen
5. Anna
6. Ella
7. Amelia
8. Lily
9. Lucy
10. Caroline

Top 5 blocked names:
1. Victoria
2. Clinton
3. Vaughn
4. Lena
5. Rebecca

Top 5 emailed names:
1. Jack
2. Olivia
3. Isaac
4. Reid
5. Noah

April's Most Popular Baby Names

Here are the names that were popular on Nymbler in April:

Top 10 favorite names:
1. Ava
2. Jack
3. Owen
4. Charlotte
5. Caroline
6. Ella
7. Anna
8. Benjamin
9. Elizabeth
10. Hannah

Top 5 blocked names:
1. Vaughn
2. Victoria
3. Kwame
4. Abraham
5. Camden

Top 5 emailed names:
1. Sophie
2. Ava
3. Caroline
4. Hannah
5. Charlotte

March's Most Popular Baby Names

Here are the names that were popular on Nymbler in March:

Top 10 favorite names:
1. Charlotte
2. Ava
3. Elizabeth
4. Benjamin
5. Owen
6. Noah
7. Jack
8. Olivia
9. Oliver
10. Lily

Top 5 blocked names:
1. Vaughn
2. Lena
3. Julia
4. Jabari
5. Victoria

Top 5 emailed names:
1. Ava
2. Sophie
3. Ella
4. Benjamin
5. Charlotte

February's Most Popular Baby Names

Here are the names that you liked or disliked this past month:

Top 10 favorites:

1. Ava
2. Jack
3. Owen
4. Benjamin
5. Ella
6. Charlotte
7. Lilly
8. Olivia
9. Elizabeth
10. Lila

Top 10 blocked names:

1. Lena
2. Vaughn
3. Anna
4. Hannah
5. Victoria
6. Naomi
7. Ivy
8. Julia
9. Camden
10. Mega

January's Most Popular Baby Names

All right! First day of the month, means it's time to reveal Nymbler's top names for January. Holding your breath yet? Here they are:

Top 10 favorites:

1. Jack
2. Ava
3. Ella
4. Sophie
5. Owen
6. Benjamin
7. Charlotte
8. Anna
9. Elizabeth
10. Julia

Looks familiar? Well, it seems like January 2008 is not so different from 2007!

Top 10 blocked names:

1. Victoria
2. Anna
3. Lena
4. Naomi
5. Rachel
6. Leah
7. Hannah
8. Reid
9. Julia
10. Brayden

Is your favorite name missing from the Top Ten? Time to get to Nymbler right away!

Happy New Year Nymbler! (Part 3)

Last time, we dissected our numbers and broke down Nymbler’s Top Ten names of 2007. But now, we’re turning our eyes on popular baby names outside the US. What we learned is that, when English is the language, some names are truly global.

Worldwide, Jack has a strong showing on a few lists. (Remember, Jack was first in Nymbler’s Top Ten.) In England, Australia and New Zealand Jack took the top spot in the most popular boys’ names of 2007. Scotland made up its own mind though, with Lewis kicking the reigning Jack out of first place.

The girls’ lists are a little more complicated. In England, Grace topped the list and Ava (Nymbler’s #1) was nowhere to be found. Australians chose the name Olivia most for their newborn girls. And the close by New Zealand chose Ella as the top girls’ name. In Scotland, Sophie took the top spot.

In a completely different area of the world, the Japanese top ten list was led by Hiroto (male) and Aoi (female.) Hiroto is made up of two Japanese characters meaning “big” and “flying in the air.” Aoi’s character is representative of the mallow plant, a medicinal plant.

While the global lists don’t match up, one thing’s for sure, families will always be naming their new additions and Nymbler will be there counting the names.

Happy New Year Nymbler!

It’s 2008, and Nymbler is ready to see what baby names will be on top this year. But before we try to forecast what name will earn the #1 spot in 2008, let’s look back at some of the top names of 2007.

And 2007’s top names are… (drumroll, please…) Jack & Ava! Here’s a look at the overall top 10, broken down by gender:

Male
1. Jack
2. Benjamin
3. Owen
4. Noah
5. James
6. Reid
7. Max
8. Nathan
9. Finn
10. Hayden

Female
1. Ava
2. Charlotte
3. Elizabeth
4. Hannah
5. Sophie
6. Ella
7. Anna
8. Lily
9. Olivia
10. Abigail

We had a feeling Jack and Ava would take the top slots on our list. As far as the boys go, we see some trends including some Biblical names ¬– Benjamin, Noah, James – and some good, strong names that have stood the test of time – Jack, James, Reid. The girls also have a trend toward the Biblical – Elizabeth, Hannah, Anna – and some old-fashioned names – Sophie, Olivia and Charlotte.


With each name that’s added to the “Favorites” list, the overall rankings change. We’ve compiled the list of the fastest movers from Nymbler during 2007. These are the names that jumped in the rankings, some by more than 3,000 places!

Male
1. O’Rourke
2. Wright
3. Morton
4. Weaver
5. Milford

Female
1. Shawn
2. Ray
3. Joey
4. Marsha
5. Lois

It sounds like the boys are going more toward surnames and first names. And it looks as though the boys’ names are creeping over to the girl’s list. We’re anticipating some of these trends might hold for 2008.


We’re anxious to see if our names will match up with the US Social Security Data from 2007. Either way, we know our Nymbler statistics represent what you are looking for. And who knows, maybe our 2007 list, will match the 2008 data.

Happy New Year and Happy Nymblering in 2008!