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The top five boys' and girls' names
for 2011 in Illinois were:
Boys:
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Alexander
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Michael
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Jacob
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Noah
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Daniel
Girls:
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Sophia
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Olivia
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Isabella
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Emma
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Emily
Earlier last week the federal government's top official for baby
names, Michael J. Astrue, commissioner of Social Security, announced
that Sophia and Jacob were the most popular baby names in the U.S.
How does Illinois compare with the rest of the country in name
choices? Check out Social Security's website --
www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/babynames -- to see the top baby
names for 2011.
In addition to each state's top 100 baby names, Social Security's
website has a list of the 1,000 most popular boys' and girls' names
for 2011 and a list of the top 50 names for twins born in 2011. The
website also offers lists of baby names for each year since 1880.
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To read about this year's winner for biggest jump in popularity and
to see how pop culture affects baby names, go to
www.socialsecurity.gov/pressoffice/pr/
babynames2011-pr.html.
While having fun with baby names, remember that Social Security's
website has the top-rated online services in the U.S., including
Extra Help to pay Medicare prescription drug costs, which provides
an average of almost $4,000 toward prescription drug costs for
qualified applicants. Help someone you care about by taking him or
her to
www.socialsecurity.gov to apply for retirement, disability,
Medicare, and this year, for the first time, you can help someone
obtain a benefit estimate using the online Social Security
statement.
[Text from file received from
the
Social Security office in
Springfield] |
