Czech parents remain somewhat conservative in their choice of baby names. In January 2004 the most popular boys' names were "Jan" (John), "Jakub" (Jacob or James) and "Tomáš" (Thomas). The most popular girls' names were "Tereza" (Theresa), "Kateřina" (Katherine) and "Eliška" (Liz or Elise). For the first nine years since then he name Tereza has consistently been popular for girls born in January. There are many more girls with that name than the next most popular. For six years the second most popular name was Kateřina, which was supplanted by Eliška, then by Adéla, and most recently by Karolína. Eliška slowly moved upwards into the ranks of the most popular names, while Adéla kept near the top more steadily (during the last five years it hovered between the second to fourth positions and only in 2007 fell to the sixth). Quick jump in popularity belongs to Natálie, who remains for six years between the third and seventh position. Anna is celebrating her comeback to the fourth position (her fame was overshadowed only in 2002). Top positions were gradually cleaned out by Nikola (from the previous fourth position she left the first fifteen completely and later came back to around the tenth position). Kristýna holds tight among the top ten for eight years (the trend is, however, decreasing in the long term). Jumper of the last three years is probably Karolína (on the turn of the decades she kept right below the top ten, later her fame was waning, however, during recent years she jumped