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Top US baby names 2007: Top 20 girls' names

1) Emily (no.5 in UK)
Latin: Trying to equal, rival others

2) Isabella (No. 19 in UK)
Hebrew: My God is a vow

3) Emma(No. 27 in UK)
From the German word ermen meaning 'whole' or 'universal'

4) Ava(No. 64 in UK)
Possibly from the Hebrew name Chava meaning 'life' or 'serpent' or the Latin avis meaning 'bird'

5) Madison (No. 39 in UK)
'Son of Maud', wasn't widely used as a girl's name until the film Splash (1984)

6) Sophia (No. 49 in UK)
Greek: Wisdom

7) Olivia (No.1 in UK)
Created by Shakespeare but likely to be taken from Oliver which means 'Elf Army'

8) Abigail (No. 22 in UK)
Hebrew: My father is Joy

9) Hannah (No. 15 in UK)
Hebrew: derived from the name Channah, meaning 'favour' or 'grace'

10) Elizabeth (No. 41 in UK)
Hebrew: My God is a vow

11) Addison
English: Son of Adam

12) Samantha
Aramaic: Listener

13) Ashley
English: Ash wood

14) Alyssa
Germanic: Of noble kind

15) Mia (No. 14 in UK)
Japanese: Beautiful red

16) Chloe (No. 7 in UK)
Greek: Young shoot

17) Natalie
Italian: Christ's birthday

18) Sarah (No. 58 in UK)
Hebrew: Princess

19) Alexis
Greek: Defender

20) Grace (No. 2 in UK)
Latin: Good will

Other high scorers...

A lot of the top ten US baby names are also featured in the UK's top 100 but further down the list there were some more interesting choices that you might not have heard of.

Nevaeh - heaven spelt backwards - has been rising in popularity in the States with it coming in at number 31.

Some similarly themed names that also appeared in the top 100 were:

Trinity (no. 72)

Destiny (no. 41)

Angelina ( no. 58)

Faith (no.74)

More on baby names

- Baby name generator quiz
- Boys names through history
- Girls' names through history

By Charlotte Gunn

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