The Social Security Administration released its annual tally of the most popular baby names and Isabella and Jacobs are tops yet again. The hottest boys' names are Grayson, Kellan, Mason, Easton, and Bentley and the hottest girls' names are Giuliana, Kinley, Khloe, Quinn and Maci—these hot names are fueled by pop culture figures, from Teen Moms to actors, from E! news hosts to E! reality show stars. (Explanation: "Incredibly, this name has made the hottest-rising list three years running on the reality-tv coattails of Khloe Kardashian. Four years ago Khloe was just a fringe "kreative" spelling of the hit traditional name Chloe. Now it's a top-50 hit.")
The SSA has been Tweeting some fun facts on its Twitter (@babynamewizard) and here a few: "The names that rose by the most BABIES last year were Mason & Sophia"; "The name Addison has been officially ceded to the girls -- it fell off the boys' top 1000 altogether"; "Mariah Carey watchers update: Last year 93 American girls were named Monroe, but there's no sign of any little Moroccans." Well, there's always next year for Moroccans.
Check out the list of the top 1000 names here, and, yes, Cullen is on the rise, as it was last year.
