Noah sailed past Jacob to become the most popular US baby name for boys in 2013, ending Jacob’s 14-year run at the top. Sophia was the most popular baby name for girls for the third straight year.
The Social Security Administration announced the most popular baby names on May 9. Noah was followed by Liam, Jacob, Mason and William. Sophia was followed by Emma, Olivia, Isabella and Ava.
The rise of Noah and Liam highlights a trend toward more smooth-sounding baby names, said Laura Wattenberg, creator of Babynamewizard.com.
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She also noted that the most popular baby names are not nearly as popular as they used to be. For example, a little more than 18,000 babies born last year were named Noah. In 1950, when James was number one, there were more than 86,000 newborns with that name.
(Liberty Times)
諾亞輕鬆擠下雅各,成為美國二0一三年最受歡迎的寶寶名字,結束雅各十四年來宰制榜首的局面;而女寶寶的名字,則是由索菲雅三度蟬聯。
社會安全局五月九日宣布最受歡迎的寶寶名,排在諾亞之後的依序是連恩、雅各、馬森、威廉;索菲雅之後則是艾瑪、奧麗維亞、伊莎貝拉、艾娃。
Babynamewizard.com.網站創辦人韋騰伯格說,諾亞與連恩的崛起,凸顯寶寶名字傾向較平音的趨勢。
她也指出,最受歡迎的寶寶名字,受歡迎度不如過往,比方說,去年有略多於一萬八千多個新生寶寶叫諾亞,而在一九五0年,詹姆士是第一名,有八萬六千名新生兒以此命。
(自由時報/翻譯:國際新聞中心)
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