Coming up with a good name for a baby is surprisingly difficult. Deciding on a name that not only both you and your partner agree on, but that also doesn’t make your child the laughing stock of the school yard is a lot harder than you would think. This struggle to find just the right name results in a group of kids that all have the same name in every class. In my generation there were a lot of Jennifers and Michaels in my class.

Babycenter is out with their list of the top names of 2006. Here are the top ten names for girls and boys.

Girls:

1. Emma
2. Madison
3. Ava
4. Emily
5. Isabella
6. Kaitlyn
7. Sophia
8. Olivia
9. Abigail
10. Hailey

Boys:

1. Aiden
2. Jacob
3. Ethan
4. Ryan
5. Matthew
6. Jack
7. Noah
8. Nicholas
9. Joshua
10. Logan

Babycenter uses information gathered from their more than 370,000 members to develop their list. It is always interesting to see what names remain popular and what names fall by the way side. I wonder what names will be on top next year?