The 6 Most Popular Girls Names For New England
Here are the most popular names for baby girls born in the New England states. and there are only 3 different names that cover the 6 states.
Data collected by the Social Security Administration (SSA) found that Olivia was the most popular girl name in the US, after it topped the charts in 18 states and 2 of the states being in New England. The SSA began compiling the baby names list in 1997, with names dating back to 1880, and now releases a list of the top 1,000 most popular baby names in May each year.
By the way, Liam came out on top as the most popular boy name, ranking first in 22 states
What’s in a name?
What does this say about the lack of imagination and dare I say, risk taking spirit of thinking out of the box and come up with something totally different? One can only imagine what the classroom will look like with so many girls names one of the 3 most popular names.
Each generation has their own popular names that parents choose from. When I was growing up in the 70’s, there were at least 4 Cheryl’s and Michelle’s in my classroom. Now you would be very hard pressed to find a baby names either of those names.
Popular names come and go. For instance one of the most common names from long ago for baby girls would be Ella. It went out of favor for almost a century but is now one of the most popular names of today.
Here are the top 6 names for baby girls in New England
Connecticut – Olivia
Massachusetts – Olivia
Maine – Charlotte
New Hampshire – Charlotte
Rhode Island – Charlotte
Vermont – Amelia
One has to think about all the girls who have these names when it comes to being called on by their teachers. We assume a lot of hands will shoot up.