Top baby names for 2017
A hundred years ago, according to weddingvendors.com, the top female names in 1917 were: Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret, Ruth, Mildred, Anna, Elizabeth, Frances and Virginia.
That year, the top male names were: John, William, James, Robert, Joseph, George, Charles, Edward, Frank and Thomas.
What a difference a century makes.
The most popular baby names of 2017, found on the babycenter.com website, are:
Girls
1. Sophia
2. Olivia
3. Emma
4. Ava
5. Isabella
6. Mia
7. Aria
8. Riley
9. Zoe
10. Amelia
Boys
1. Jackson
2. Liam
3. Noah
4. Aiden
5. Lucas
6. Caden
7. Grayson
8. Mason
9. Elijah
10. Logan
Lehigh Valley Hospital composed its own list of this year’s most popular names given to the 4,500 babies born at the Cedar Crest and Mulhlenberg campuses this year.
Girls
1. Emma, Olivia (tie)
2. Ava, Isabella (tie)
3. Sophia
4. Charlotte, Madison (tie)
5. Avery
6. Mia
7. Ella
Boys
1. Liam
2. Benjamin
3. Noah
4. Mason
5. Ethan, Jacob (tie)
6. Joseph, Logan, Lucas (tie)
7. Michael
The most popular names given to the 1,000 babies born so far this year at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono are:
Girls
1. Mia
2. Layla, Charlotte (tie)
3. McKenna, Olivia, Amelia, Gianna, Savannah, Ava, Emma (tie)
4. Eliana, Isabella, Skylar, Delilah, Victoria (tie)
Boys
1. Mason, Michael (tie)
2. Noah
3. Ethan, Gabriel (tie)
4. Josiah, Joseph, Grayson (tie)
5. Chase, Christopher, Logan, Bentley, Daniel, Owen, Kayden, Jace, Lucas, Xavier, Colton, Jeremiah, Aiden, Brandon, Jacob (tie)