Top Baby Names

Twilight has inspired some of the top baby names.

Michael Jackson, 'Twilight' influence popular baby names

For the fifth consecutive year, the name Aiden is topping the BabyCenter's listfor Most Popular Baby Names for boys.

And for girls? Isabella takes the number one spot away from Emma. 

BabyCenter has just released its list of most popular names for the decade and for the year. The 2009 list reveals the influence of pop culture and the affinity for gender neutral names, particularly for girls.

BabyCenter's survey also shows an increase in the popularity of iconic celebrity names, inspired by stars who died. The name Jackson jumped three spots  on the 2009 list and is now the third most popular boys name, and the name Heath (Heath Ledger) has also climbed the charts.

(BabyCenter's Top 100 Baby Names list is derived from over 400,000 names submitted by BabyCenter parents of newborns in 2009.)

Here are the Top 10 names for boys and girls of the decade:

Girls                Boys
Emma            Aiden
Emily             Jacob
Madison         Ethan
Sophia            Matthew
Isabella          Nicholas
Kaitlyn          Jack
Ava                 Joshua
Hailey            Ryan
Hannah         Michael
Olivia             Andrew

But Twilight had a big impact this last year. To see the Top 10 names for boys and girls of 2009, hit Read more.

As a result of Twilight's record breaking success at the box office, several names of the characters have risen on this year's list, including Bella (an impressive #67 after not appearing at all in the 2008 Top 100 list) Alice, Jacob (in the top ten names for boys) and Jasper.

Did Private Practiceperhaps influence some moms? Note Addison - the name of Kate Walsh's character - has made the list. Here's Baby Center's 2009 line-up:

Girls             Boys
Isabella         Aiden
Sophia           Ethan
Emma           Jackson
Olivia            Jayden
Ava               Jacob
Madison        Noah
Madelyn       Caden
Chloe             Logan
Lily                Lucas
Addison        Jack

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Carrie