TOP 100 BOYS and GIRLS baby names 2010
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jul/28/top-100-baby-names-oliver-olivia?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487
I love these kind of statistics.
For girls we see the rise of Lacey and Florence.
For boys we see the continuing popularity of Alfie and Harry and also climbing is Jayden:):)
I love these kind of statistics.
For girls we see the rise of Lacey and Florence.
For boys we see the continuing popularity of Alfie and Harry and also climbing is Jayden:):)
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I am fascinated that lots of really old popular names of the past are very low down or have dropped out of the top 100 altogether.
Eg Paul,Susan,Steven,David,John,Margaret,Mary while at the sametime names that were very common in the early 20th century like Florence,Alfie,Ruby,Lily are are having a renaissance.:):)
You added together both derivatives of that name to get to that conclusion, right?
Just thought I'd mention it cos it confused me and I'm sure I won't be alone.
Many traditional good names are moving lower down the list.
How many of these kids will even be able to spell their own names, while drinking alcopops is another story.
I like some of the newer names like Summer,Kai, Brandon,Tyler,Evie Taylor-I dont see any that are tricky to spell when intoxicated!
Well, I was joking obviously about the spelling.
Anyway.
Oliver, Alfie, Ethan, Dylan, Noah, Lucas, Oscar.
Evie, Ava, Isla, Maisie, Summer, Lola.
Just a few.
American names don't seem to be that popular either. Instead the old names of 100 years ago have resurfaced.
Nice names but to me Alfie, Archie, Harry, Florence, Daisy,Alice and Lily remind me of the little old ladies and men in the nursing home my aunt used to run when I was a kid.
In the school my granddaughter attends there are 5 boys called Lewis in the same year (7 year olds) and 4 girls called Chloe in the same class.
But in my class at school in the 60s there were 6 Susan's with a few others having Susan as their middle name.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1324194/Mohammed-popular-baby-boys-ahead-Jack-Harry.html
Oliver always conjures up the picture of Dicken's poor little waif holding up a bowl asking for more or memories of drunken Oliver Reed staggering all over a TV chat show set.
I have a Top 30 name (although according to the newspapers, boys with my name are more likely to be mummy's boys with behavoural issues!)
The boys aren't much better. Too many names are just shortened versions of ones traditionally associated with elderly men (Alfie, Archie, Charlie etc).
It's an interesting comparison looking at 2000 vs 2010 and seeing some of the popular names of 2000 totally drop out of the list in the space of 10 years.
According to one of the comments on the page.
What country do we live in again?
Dear me.
I have a Daniel and an Andrew. I'm sure in 2007 when Andrew was born, his name was somewhere in the 70s, but it's dropped off the list entirely now though.
Looking at the historical data though made me smile ... in 1924 my two boys were next to each other in the rankings, 72 an 73.
Yes, apologies for not wanting my country to be changed beyond all recognition.
My bad.
It is ridiculous, that in England, the 4th most popular named combined is 'Mohammed'.
Ridiculous. This is not the middle east.
Amelia is 5th - isn't that a French name - OH MY GOD WE'RE GETTING OVER RUN!!!
ETA - turns out it's German - even worse :rolleyes::eek:
Still I suppose that's better than deliberately calling your child something mad just to show how different and bohemian you are.
Where I live there are two Emily's and an Emma. But even at school there were 5 Emily's in my year, I was never the only Emily. It was a popular name back in the 70's it has never really lost it's popularity. I walk round supermarkets and hear someone call Emily and I instantly look round. Thank god for nicknames though.