The most popular baby name of 2018 has been revealed

Ah, baby names.

They're handy for lots of reasons.

One of those things is naming your baby. Another one of those things is differentiating your child from the other, potentially similar, children around.

And another one of those things is creating shareable lists concerning the top baby names in the world for the purpose of audience engagement.

Anything for the content, you know.

And as we ever so slowly crawl towards the end of 2018, it would make sense then that the world's most popular baby names of the year would finally be revealed.

The names come curtesy of Baby Centre and they've compiled the top 10 lists of the most common baby names according to country and region.

Here's the top 10 for the US:

Girls' names

1. Sophia
2. Olivia
3. Emma
4. Ava
5. Isabella
6. Aria
7. Riley
8. Amelia
9. Mia
10. Layla

Boys' names

1. Jackson
2. Liam
3. Noah
4. Aiden
5. Caden
6. Grayson
7. Lucas
8. Mason
9. Oliver
10. Elijah

Here's the top 10 for the UK:

Girls' names

1. Olivia
2. Sophia
3. Amelia
4. Lily
5. Ava
6. Emily
7. Ella
8. Isla
9. Mia
10. Aria

Boys' names

1. Muhammad
2. Oliver
3. Noah
4. Harry
5. Leo
6. George
7. Jack
8. Charlie
9. Freddie
10. Arthur

Here's the top 100 for Canada:

Girls' names

Boys' names

1. Liam
2. Jackson
3. Noah
4. Lucas
5. Logan
6. Oliver
7. William
8. Benjamin
9. Mason
10. Grayson

You can find the full list here. 

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