Continuing with tradition on Mother’s Day, the federal government has released the most popular baby names for 2007

Rank
Male name
Female name

1
Jacob
Emily

2
Michael
Isabella

3
Ethan
Emma

4
Joshua
Ava

5
Daniel
Madison

6
Christopher
Sophia

7
Anthony
Olivia

8
William
Abigail

9
Matthew
Hannah

10
Andrew
Elizabeth

Note: Rank 1 is the most popular, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth.

Clint sent us a unique name : Pheiress.
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We received an email from Seva Lara regarding her granddaughter’s name: Calisandra. Calisandra – origin Greek – Cali (most beautiful) and Sandra (helper and defender of mankind). Cali is the diminutive of Calista, the mythological arcadian who was transformed by Zeus into a bear and thrown into Heaven to become the Great Bear Constellation and […]

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Names submitted by our visitors on May 2007 :
Loki, by Annie (May 4)
Lundy, by Annie (May 4)
Deyone, by Christy (May 9)
Seantai, by Sammia (May 14)
Sammia, by Sammia (May 14)
Shylah, by Heather (May 16)
Shayla, by Heather (May 16)
Shloka, by Anushri (May 18)
Sanghamitra, by Anushri (May 18)
Shambhavi, by Anushri (May 18)
Ellie, by Ellie (May 23)
Remani, by LaShaunda […]

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The most popular names for baby boys in Britain […]