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Every year around Mother's
Day the US Social Security Administration reports on
the most popular baby names for the previous year. The
list of 1000 Popular Baby Names accounts for 75% of
the babies named in the United States in any given year.
These graphs represent popularity of these names from 1990 to 2006.
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 Origin of Selene: French - Moon
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Zero values represent names not in the top 1000 |
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Most Popular Girl Names - 2006
| Emily
| (21,118)
| Emma
| (18,838)
| Madison
| (18,395)
| Isabella
| (17,954)
| Ava
| (16,741)
| Abigail
| (15,429)
| Olivia
| (15,244)
| Hannah
| (14,294)
| Sophia
| (13,313)
| Samantha
| (12,316)
| More Girl's Names...
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