May 8, 2009 Patricia Marroquin--HispanicBusiness.com Related Stories Advertisement Little Emma and Jacob, Barack and Miley are gaining on you. In the competition for , the Social Security Administration announced Friday that in 2008 Emma was the No. 1 girls handle and Jacob topped the boys list.
Emma dethroned Emily, who held the apex pick out for 12 years, while Jacob has held the coveted No. 1 blotch for the 10th consecutive year. The peerless five boys names, which are unchanged from 2007, are: Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. On the girls list, Emma was followed by Isabella, Emily, Madison and Ava. According to a multitude manumit from the Social Security Administration, Barack didn't shot the year's head 1,000 boys list, but he set what is believed to be a record, soaring more than 10,000 spots to scope No. 2,409, from 12,535 the above-mentioned year.
Elvis hasn't radical the building, but he slipped from 673 to 713. Like Barack, also movin' on up was Miley, no have reservations on the stylishness of teen chorister and actress Miley Cyrus. She rose 152 spots to No. 127. Alas, her shoot name, Hannah (Hannah Montana) dropped from No. 9 to No. 17. For boys names, top-grade choices are influenced by biblical names, while many of the ace girls' names come from customary culture.
"There's something about naming a infant that's a very existential statement," Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue said in an Associated Press story. "As you understand through this you catch a glimpse of the mastery of just out immigration, religion, liked culture. Sometimes, it's just subjects who are admired." The Social Security Administration began compiling lists of names in 1997.