Noah sailed past Jacob to become the most popular U.S. baby name for boys in 2013, ending Jacob’s 14-year run at the top. Sophia was the most popular baby name for girls for the third straight year.
諾亞輕鬆擠下雅各，成為美國2013年最受歡迎的寶寶名字，結束雅各14年來宰制榜首的局面；而女寶寶的名字，則是由索菲雅三度蟬聯。
The Social Security Administration announced the most popular baby names Friday. Noah was followed by Liam, Jacob, Mason and William. Sophia was followed by Emma, Olivia, Isabella and Ava.
社會安全局週五宣布最受歡迎的寶寶名，排在諾亞之後的依序是連恩、雅各、馬森、威廉；索菲雅之後則是艾瑪、奧麗維亞、伊莎貝拉、艾娃。
The rise of Noah and Liam highlights a trend toward more smooth-sounding baby names, said Laura Wattenberg, creator of Babynamewizard.com.
Babynamewizard.com網站創辦人韋騰伯格說，諾亞與連恩的崛起，凸顯寶寶名字傾向較平音的趨勢。
She also noted that the most popular baby names aren’t nearly as popular as they used to be. For example, a little more than 18,000 babies born last year were named Noah. In 1950, when James was No. 1, there were more than 86,000 newborns with that name.
她也指出，最受歡迎的寶寶名字，受歡迎度不如過往，比方說，去年有略多於1萬8000多個新生寶寶叫諾亞，而在1950年，詹姆士是第一名，有8萬6000名新生兒叫那個名字。
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beat sb out：片語，戰勝，打敗（某人）。例句：They beat out several other rivals for the contract.（他們打敗幾個對手後，取得了合約。）
straight：形容詞，連續的。例句：They’re the only team to have won ten straight games this season.（他們是本賽季唯一一支十連勝的球隊。）
newborn：名詞，新生兒，形容詞也為newborn。例句：Breast-feeding is extremely beneficial to the health of newborn babies.（餵母乳對新生寶寶的健康非常好。）
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