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The big news is that the most popular baby names for boys and girls from 2005 continue to dominate in 2006. The top three names for both genders remain completely unchanged, and even remain in the same order.
For both boys and girls, only one name new name appeared in the top ten of 2006 compared to 2005. William moved from # 11 to the # 10 spot, switching places with Joseph. Sophia jumped from # 11 to # 9, bumping Ashley out of the top ten girls list, down to # 12. Here's the top 10 (2005 ranking in parenthesis)
Jacob (1) Emily (1)
Michael (2) Emma (2)
Joshua (3) Madison (3)
Ethan (5) Isabella (6)
Matthew(4) Ava (9)
Daniel (7) Abigail (4)
Christopher(9) Olivia (5)
Andrew (6) Hannah (7)
Anthony (8) Sophia (11)
William (11) Samantha (8)