2016's most popular baby names revealed

Parents loved the name Sophia more than any other for their baby girls - and Jackson was the most popular for boys this year, according to an annual ranking.

More than 400,000 parents shared their children's name with Baby Center, enabling the website to publish its list of top baby names for 2016.

Emma and Olivia were second and third picks for girls, and Aiden and Lucas were ranked in the same positions for boys.

But another ranking challenges these findings and says Olivia is actually first for girls, followed by Emma and Ava. Sophia, in this list, isn't even in the top three but ends in fourth position.

Noah, Liam and Mason lead the pack for boys in the second ranking. Jackson doesn't even make an appearance in the top 10 and is placed in 23rd position.

Baby Center's ranking takes into account various spellings of the same name and groups them together, so as to reflect popularity more accurately. This means Sophia and Sofia are ranked together.

TOP BABY NAMES IN 2016 ACCORDING TO BABY CENTER

Girls
1. Sophia
2. Emma
3. Olivia
4. Ava
5. Mia
6. Isabella
7. Riley
8. Aria
9. Zoe
10. Charlotte

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

Source: Baby Center

TOP BABY NAMES IN 2016 ACCORDING TO MOM 365

Girls
1. Olivia
2. Emma
3. Ava
4. Sophia
5. Isabella
6. Mia
7. Abigail
8. Charlotte
9. Emily
10. Amelia

Boys
1. Noah
2. Liam
3. Mason
4. Michael
5. Elijah
6. Jacob
7. Ethan
8. James
9. Aiden
10. Benjamin

Source: Mom 365 for girls and boys

- Daily Mail