For almost 20 years, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has been the authority on the most popular baby names based on requests for Social Security numbers for newborns. The SSA reveals the top names for boys and girls each year, and their records date back to the 1880s!
What makes a baby name popular? Trends in new baby names often follow popular culture, influenced by favorite characters in books or movies, as well as religious meanings. The top names of 2015, Noah and Emma, keeping their top spots from 2014! Other top ten for 2015, and for the first time ever, were Benjamin and Harper.
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