Enter your picks for the top ten names for each gender and, if you’re the first person to get them all right, win an advance copy of the nameberry experts’ newest, not-yet-published book Beyond Ava & Aiden plus three other signed baby name guides by Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz. (Note: We love them here at The Cradle! Visit our baby name search and you’ll see why!)

Mother’s Day is when the Social Security Administration releases the 2008 most popular name figures.   Last year’s top names were Emily for girls and Jacob for boys.  To see a full list of the 2007 Top Ten and more details about the contest visit Nameberry.

THE PRIZES

The winner will get the very first look–six weeks ahead of publication–of Beyond Ava & Aiden: The Enlightened Guide To Naming Your Baby, with the latest assessments of what’s hot, what’s cool, and what’s new for the coming years, with all-new, up-to-date lists and trends.  In addition, you will receive autographed editions of three of Satran and Rosenkrantz’s classic name guides: The Baby Name Bible, Cool Names For Babies, and Cool Irish Names For Babies.

THE RULES

The contest closes at midnight, May 7, 2009 PST.  All entries should be sent to contest@nameberry.com.  Only one entry per person.

What baby names have gained the most attention this year? Authors of The Baby Name Bible Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz have their fingers on the pulse of what’s hot and what’s not.

Politics, money, precious stones and boroughs have all made an impression in 2008.

Curious?

Get in the know with the Top Ten Names of 2008.