The most popular baby name of boys in 2013 has been announced to be Noah, ending Jacob's 14-year run at the top, LiveScience reported.
While Sophia managed to hold on to its top spot in the category of female names, Noah was followed by Liam, Jacob, Mason and William, according to the Social Security Administration on Friday.
Emma, Olivia, Isabella and Ave filled the slots after Sophia, UK MailOnline reported.
A trend of moving towards more smooth-sounding names is being reflected in the popularity of American parents naming their children Noah and Liam, said Laura Wattenberg, creator of Babynamewizard.com
"You compare Jacob with all its hard, punchy consonants, versus Noah and Liam, you can really see where style is heading," Wattenberg said.
Today's popular baby names don't seem to hold as much quantity as past ones used to. For instance, James was used for more than 86,000 newborns in 1950. Noah has been taken by a little more than 18,000 babies last year.
"In the past, most parents were picking from a pretty well-defined set of names," Wattenberg said. "Literally for hundreds of years, the English royal names dominated. You had John and Mary and James and Elizabeth."
"Today," she said, "we get names everywhere."
A list of the top 1,000 baby names for each year has been provided on the Social Security Administration's website. Dating back to 1880, John and Mary were the top baby names. While Mary has dropped to number 21, John remains at number 27.
Each year, the fastest-rising names are also charted by Social Security. Jayceon was the fastest rising name for boys and Daleyza, made popular by a Spanish runaway winner, for girls, according to UK MailOnline.
"Reality TV is one of the biggest style makers today because it gives us a constant new stream of names from all over the place," Wattenberg said.
The top 10 names for girls in 2013 were:
1. Sophia
2. Emma
3. Olivia
4. Isabella
5. Ava
6. Mia
7. Emily
8. Abigail
9. Madison
10. Elizabeth
The top 10 names for boys in 2012 were:
1. Noah
2. Liam
3. Jacob
4. Mason
5. William
6. Ethan
7. Michael
8. Alexander
9. Jayden
10. Daniel
