Top baby names for 2017

A hundred years ago, according to weddingvendors.com, the top female names in 1917 were: Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret, Ruth, Mildred, Anna, Elizabeth, Frances and Virginia.

That year, the top male names were: John, William, James, Robert, Joseph, George, Charles, Edward, Frank and Thomas.

What a difference a century makes.

The most popular baby names of 2017, found on the babycenter.com website, are:

Girls

1. Sophia

2. Olivia

3. Emma

4. Ava

5. Isabella

6. Mia

7. Aria

8. Riley

9. Zoe

10. Amelia

Boys

1. Jackson

2. Liam

3. Noah

4. Aiden

5. Lucas

6. Caden

7. Grayson

8. Mason

9. Elijah

10. Logan

Lehigh Valley Hospital composed its own list of this year’s most popular names given to the 4,500 babies born at the Cedar Crest and Mulhlenberg campuses this year.

Girls

1. Emma, Olivia (tie)

2. Ava, Isabella (tie)

3. Sophia

4. Charlotte, Madison (tie)

5. Avery

6. Mia

7. Ella

Boys

1. Liam

2. Benjamin

3. Noah

4. Mason

5. Ethan, Jacob (tie)

6. Joseph, Logan, Lucas (tie)

7. Michael

The most popular names given to the 1,000 babies born so far this year at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono are:

Girls

1. Mia

2. Layla, Charlotte (tie)

3. McKenna, Olivia, Amelia, Gianna, Savannah, Ava, Emma (tie)

4. Eliana, Isabella, Skylar, Delilah, Victoria (tie)

Boys

1. Mason, Michael (tie)

2. Noah

3. Ethan, Gabriel (tie)

4. Josiah, Joseph, Grayson (tie)

5. Chase, Christopher, Logan, Bentley, Daniel, Owen, Kayden, Jace, Lucas, Xavier, Colton, Jeremiah, Aiden, Brandon, Jacob (tie)