
The latest list of top US baby names has a few surprises
CNN
There’s a new arrival on the Social Security Administration’s list of the most popular baby names in the United States.
There’s a new arrival on the list of the most popular baby names in the US. Mateo made it into the boys’ top 10 list for the first time, becoming the sixth-most popular boys’ name in 2023 and edging Benjamin off the list, according to recently released data from the Social Security Administration. “Mateo had a huge jump. … The fact that Mateo went from No. 11 in 2022 to No. 6 in 2023 is insane. We don’t see that very often at the top of the charts,” says Sophie Kihm, editor-in-chief of the baby name website Nameberry. Names leading the list don’t tend to shift quickly, Kihm says. Liam and Olivia are topping the rankings for the fifth consecutive year. And Mateo is the only new name to reach the highest tier. The name’s inclusion on the boys’ top 10 list also marks a milestone, Kihm says. “It’s pretty much the first identifiably Latino name, too, at least on the boys’ side,” she says.

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The House Judiciary Committee is demanding interviews with four current and former Department of Justice officials who were involved in subpoenaing phone records for several members of Congress around the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, the day before Republicans interview former special counsel Jack Smith.










