Spring has sprung, and the year 2016 is well underway. So, the baby name website Nameberry has taken a tally of the most popular baby names of this year ... thus far.
These rankings are based on the most-visited baby name pages on the Nameberry website in 2016 -- from a total of nearly 20 million views as of April.
At this point, it appears Olivia has overtaken last year's girl name winner, Charlotte. The traditionally male counterpart, Oliver, also reached the top 10.
For other boys' names, Ezra takes the top spot, with the other top 10 names looking nearly identical to 2015's results. However, Levi and Wyatt are rising in popularity and replaced Jude and Jasper.
Without further ado, here are the top 10 baby names of 2016 so far.
For Girls:
- Olivia
- Amelia
- Charlotte
- Ava
- Isla
- Arabella
- Aurora
- Adeline
- Penelope
- Eleanor
For Boys:
- Ezra
- Asher
- Atticus
- Declan
- Oliver
- Silas
- Milo
- Levi
- Henry
- Wyatt
Nameberry also calculated the "furthest-rising names," based on which names have jumped the most spots on the rankings list so far this year. Here they are, along with how many places they jumped up the list:
Girls:
Astrid, +55
Sadie, +49
Elise, +47
Isabella, +33
Julia, +27
Thea, +26
Eloise, +24
Maya, +20
Aria, +18
Audrey, +16
Boys:
John, +44
Tobias, +43
Elijah, +39
Daniel, +38
Maxwell, +35
Xavier, +34
Julian, +30
Gabriel, +26
Samuel, +26
Finally, Nameberry identified the baby names new to the top 100 rankings thus far in 2016. Here are those newcomers:
Girls:
Amara
Annabelle
Anouk
Freya
Jade
Juliet
Lily
Madeline
Molly
Ophelia
Phoebe
Willow
Zara
Zoe
Boys:
Abel
Augustine
Charles
Elias
Gideon
Hugo
Isaiah
Lewis
Lucian
Nathan
Nolan
Simon
Wesley