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The top names of 2012

Sophia led the girls and Jacob the boys, out of 3,657,999 babies in the public record for that year.

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Girls, 2012

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Sophia	22,336	1.27%
2	Emma	20,976	1.19%
3	Isabella	19,138	1.09%
4	Olivia	17,333	0.98%
5	Ava	15,549	0.88%
6	Emily	13,666	0.78%
7	Abigail	12,730	0.72%
8	Mia	12,039	0.68%
9	Madison	11,417	0.65%
10	Elizabeth	9,730	0.55%
11	Chloe	9,672	0.55%
12	Ella	9,210	0.52%
13	Avery	8,319	0.47%
14	Addison	8,183	0.46%
15	Aubrey	8,061	0.46%
16	Lily	7,970	0.45%
17	Natalie	7,908	0.45%
18	Sofia	7,837	0.45%
19	Charlotte	7,483	0.42%
20	Zoey	7,482	0.42%
21	Grace	7,393	0.42%
22	Hannah	7,293	0.41%
23	Amelia	7,249	0.41%
24	Harper	7,199	0.41%
25	Lillian	7,171	0.41%
26	Samantha	6,938	0.39%
27	Evelyn	6,880	0.39%
28	Victoria	6,871	0.39%
29	Brooklyn	6,796	0.39%
30	Zoe	6,466	0.37%
31	Layla	6,279	0.36%
32	Hailey	5,917	0.34%
33	Leah	5,781	0.33%
34	Anna	5,630	0.32%
35	Kaylee	5,629	0.32%
36	Aaliyah	5,523	0.31%
37	Gabriella	5,512	0.31%
38	Allison	5,428	0.31%
39	Nevaeh	5,412	0.31%
40	Alexis	5,375	0.31%
41	Audrey	5,300	0.30%
42	Sarah	5,207	0.30%
43	Savannah	5,203	0.30%
44	Alyssa	5,091	0.29%
45	Claire	4,944	0.28%
46	Taylor	4,873	0.28%
47	Riley	4,833	0.27%
48	Camila	4,791	0.27%
49	Arianna	4,735	0.27%
50	Ashley	4,701	0.27%

Boys, 2012

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Jacob	19,110	1.01%
2	Mason	18,994	1.00%
3	Ethan	17,697	0.93%
4	Noah	17,385	0.92%
5	William	16,917	0.89%
6	Liam	16,824	0.89%
7	Michael	16,211	0.85%
8	Jayden	16,152	0.85%
9	Alexander	15,259	0.80%
10	Aiden	14,924	0.79%
11	Daniel	14,304	0.75%
12	Matthew	13,993	0.74%
13	Elijah	13,914	0.73%
14	James	13,458	0.71%
15	Anthony	13,228	0.70%
16	Benjamin	12,835	0.68%
17	Joshua	12,681	0.67%
18	Andrew	12,643	0.67%
19	Joseph	12,594	0.66%
20	David	12,565	0.66%
21	Jackson	12,498	0.66%
22	Logan	12,488	0.66%
23	Christopher	11,921	0.63%
24	Gabriel	11,580	0.61%
25	Samuel	11,470	0.60%
26	Ryan	10,944	0.58%
27	Lucas	10,718	0.57%
28	John	10,638	0.56%
29	Nathan	10,431	0.55%
30	Isaac	10,065	0.53%
31	Dylan	10,001	0.53%
32	Caleb	9,977	0.53%
33	Christian	9,640	0.51%
34	Jonathan	9,372	0.49%
35	Landon	9,356	0.49%
36	Carter	9,274	0.49%
37	Luke	9,022	0.48%
38	Owen	8,695	0.46%
39	Brayden	8,513	0.45%
40	Gavin	8,260	0.44%
41	Wyatt	8,233	0.43%
42	Isaiah	8,190	0.43%
43	Eli	8,079	0.43%
44	Henry	8,075	0.43%
45	Hunter	8,053	0.42%
46	Jack	7,941	0.42%
47	Evan	7,912	0.42%
48	Jordan	7,828	0.41%
49	Nicholas	7,742	0.41%
50	Tyler	7,706	0.41%

United States national data, Social Security Administration. The file counts Social Security applications, so its early decades undercount; the share column is a name's part of the names recorded for that sex that year, not of all births. How we use it.

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