Baby Names
These Are The Most Popular Baby Names By State
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Mississippi- Ava & John
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We’ve covered Ava, but John’s a first for this list. Nameberry says about this steady sounding name, “John reigned as the most popular of all boys’ Christian names for 400 years, from the time the first Crusaders carried it back to Britain until the 1950s, at which point American baby namers finally seemed to be tiring of this most straight-arrow, almost anonymous John Doe of names and started to replace it with fancier forms like Jonathan and the imported Sean and Ian. John was a key name in early Christianity, borne by John the Baptist, John the Apostle and John the Evangelist, plus 84 saints and 23 popes, as well as kings and countless other illustrious notables.”
