Lifestyle | baby names 10 Most Popular Names for Girls, Boys Sophia and Jackson take the No. 1 spots for their respective genders By Jenn Gidman Posted Dec 7, 2016 10:03 AM CST Copied Sophia and Jackson are the top baby names of 2016. (Getty Images) Lots of monikers ending in "a" and "n" top BabyCenter's 2016 list of top baby names, with Sophia taking the top spot for girls, while Jackson ascends to No. 1 for the little guys. Almost 400,000 parents sent in their picks for the year, which People notes included a 64% rise in popularity for Hillary but just 5% for Donald. The top 10 for each gender: Females Sophia Emma Olivia Ava Mia Isabella Riley Aria Zoe Charlotte Males Jackson Aiden Lucas Liam Noah Ethan Mason Caden Oliver Elijah Check out BabyCenter's complete list of top names. (You can buy your baby a name—if you've got $30,000 lying around.) Read These Next President Trump writes a snippy letter to Norway. Elon Musk just made a big donation to a pro-Trump candidate. Meet the Oscar winner who says the award injured her career. Researchers jumped in car to investigate cow tools. Report an error