By Linda Rosenkrantz

　　Now that Social Security has released the top names for every state, we can move beyond the broad nationwide picture and delve into the more regional patterns.  As you’ll see below, far from every state was on board with newly crowned Noah—in fact he topped the lists of only three states. Also it’s interesting to see how various favorites spill over shared borders, such as which names were common primarily in New England (Benjamin!), the South (Brooklyn!) and the West (Harper!), as well as such idiosyncrasies as Paisley being a Top 5 name in Wyoming, Lincoln in the Utah Top 10 and Aria a top name in Hawaii.

　　TOP 5 GIRLS

　　Though Sophia, Emma, Olivia, Isabella and Ava were the Top 5 nationwide, Sophia was at the top of the list in only 11 states, while Emma ruled in 27, Olivia in seven, Ava in three and Isabella in two.  The one outlier? Charlotte was in the lead in the District of Columbia.

　　Other more individualistic choices among the girls:

　　Aubrey (#17 nationally) came in at Number 4 in Mississippi, #5 in Louisiana

　　Avery ((#12) was #5 in Nebraska

　　Evelyn (#20) was #5 in Wisconsin

　　Genesis—(#55) was the fourth most popular name in DC.

　　Harper (#16)—is definitely on the way up, especially in middle and western America—she ranked # 2 In Iowa and South Dakota, #3 in Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota, #5 in Kansas: a pretty sure bet for the Top 10 next year

　　Paisley (#80 nationally!) ranked at #5 in Wyoming.

　　Moving on to include the Top 10, we find some other anomalies:

　　Addison—#7 in Arkansas and Mississippi, 8 in Missouri, 6 in Idaho and Kentucky, 9 in North Carolina and North Dakota, 10 in Indiana and Ohio

　　Alexis–#9 in SD

　　Amelia–#6 in Vermont, 7 in Oregon and DC, 9 in Minnesota, 10 in Alaska and Illinois

　　Aria—(#40 nationally) #7 in Hawaii

　　Brooklyn—#6 in Mississippi, 8 in Alabama and Arkansas, 10 in Louisiana, 7 in Montana, 9 in Utah

　　Camila—(39 nationally) #8 in California

　　Eleanor—#10 in DC

　　Grace—#9 in New Hampshire, 8 in SD

　　Lillian—#6 in Indiana, 7 in Ohio, 9 in WV, 10 in Wyoming

　　Lucy—8 in Utah

　　Nevaeh—#9 in New Mexico

　　Serenity (53)—#10 in New Mexico

　　Taylor—#8 in Mississippi

　　Victoria—#10 in Texas

　　Zoe—#6 in DC

　　Zoey–#10 in Iowa

　　BOYS TOP 5

　　There was quite a bit more diversity on the blue side.  The Top 5 on the national list were Noah, Liam, Jacob, Mason and William, but Noah was Number 1 in only three states: Arizona, Illinois and New Mexico. Liam, on the other hand, ranked highest in 18, Jacob in the populous states of California, New York and Texas; Mason in nine states and William in fourteen, while Michael still ruled at the top in Delaware and New Jersey, and Jayden was first in Florida, Benjamin in Massachusetts, and Ethan in Nevada.

　　Other top-5 names:

　　Aiden—#4 in Delaware, 5 in Louisiana and Mississippi

　　Alexander—#4 in Arizona and Colorado, 2 in Washington State, Washington DC and Illinois

　　Benjamin—#1 in Massachusetts, 2 in Maine, 3 in Rhode Island, 4 in Oregon and 5 in New Hampshire

　　Bentley (81 nationally!)-–#5 in West Virginia

　　Carter–# 5 in Idaho and Michigan, 3 in Iowa, Wyoming and South Dakota, 4 in Maine and Nebraska

　　Daniel—#5 in Arkansas, and Texas 3 in California

　　Easton (88!)—5 in North Dakota

　　Elijah—#2 in New Mexico, 3 in North Carolina, Tennessee and Oregon, 4 in Georgia and Louisiana, 5 in Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina and Arkansas

　　Henry—#3 in DC, 4 in Minnesota

　　Hunter—#4 in West Virginia and Wyoming, 5 in Montana

　　Jack—#4 in North Dakota

　　Jackson–#3 in Colorado and Maine, 5 in Kansas, 4 in Missouri and NH

　　James—#3 in Alabama, Utah and South Carolina, 4 in Arkansas and Tennessee, 5 in Georgia, 4 in Kentucky

　　Jaxon–#5 in Oklahoma

　　John—#4 in Alabama, Mississippi and DC,

　　Joseph—Number 4 in New Jersey

　　Josiah (69)—#5 in New Mexico

　　Logan—#4 in Pennsylvania, 5 in Hawaii, Wisconsin and Minnesota

　　Matthew—#5 in California, 2 in New Jersey

　　Owen—#4 in Iowa and Wisconsin, 2 in Vermont

　　Ryan—#4 in Massachusetts

　　Samuel—#4 in Idaho, 5 in Maine and Utah

　　Wyatt—#4 in Alaska and Montana, 2 in Idaho and Wyoming

　　And again moving on to the Top 10 lists, some standouts:

　　Anthony—#10 in Florida, 6 in Nevada and New Jersey

　　Brayden (48)—#7 in West Virginia

　　Brody (94!)—#10 in Wyoming

　　Christopher—#8 in Mississippi

　　David—#8 in Texas

　　Dylan—#10 in Connecticut

　　Eli—#6 in North Dakota

　　Gabriel—#16 in New Mexico, 10 in Montana

　　Gavin (49)—#9 in South Dakota

　　Isaac—#9 in Kansas, 6 in Nebraska

　　Jace (66)–#7 in Wyoming

　　Jose—#6 in Texas

　　Joshua—#8 in South Carolina

　　Landon—#10 in West Virginia

　　Lincoln (95!)—#9 in Utah

　　Lucas—#6 in Michigan, 8 in Indiana, 10 in Maine and Massachusetts

　　Oliver—#10 in Vermont