2009 baby names are out!!

[emmylou30]

Hope the link works :)
www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=15282

[Biscuitbreaker]

Yay!

[candyflossbaby]

They only have the top 100 though?? Im glad I saved the 2008 database onto my comp as its now gone, and I liked seeing ALL the names.

[RockBat]

Glad to see DD's name is moving down the list, not up. Am amazed there are so many horrible names between her and number 1 though

[BridesheadRegardless]

Well we're at No. 25 down one place and No 44 down 2 places.

I'm satisfied with that.

[smother]

Do you think they are going to release all the names and not just the top 100?

I love the new comparison tool, it's fab! .

[RockBat]

We're heading out of the top 100. I'm delighted!

[runningrach]

candyfloss the complete lists are still there for 2008 and new for 2009 - they have just aggregated all the separate sheets into one spreadsheet. The full list is the last tab on the right on both the boys and girls names sheets for all years.

[runningrach]

The comparison tool is just a fancier version of the analysis spreadsheet they had last year - looks nice but no additional info, do you think developing this was the reason it took them so much longer to release them this year?! (I'm a spreadsheet geek so I prefer just a sheet anyway!).

[candyflossbaby]

Im trying to find it runningrach! I thnk Im being really silly.

[candyflossbaby]

I still cant find it??

[runningrach]

Direct link to spreadsheet here:
www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_population/2009-girls.xls

'Table 6 - Girls names - E&W' (final tab at the bottom)

If no joy PM me your email address and I'll mail it to you as I have it open in front of me!

(finally a useful purpose for my spreadsheet habit )

[CuppaMouldyBatBallsBrothJanice]

Jack's been knocked off number 1!!!!!

[hshock]

[smother]

ooh thanks Runningrach, have got it... now to do a bit of analysis!

[juneybean]

I can't believe 3 Philbert's were born...I mean really?

[runningrach]

This should go in 'confessions'... I really like to sort these name lists alphabetically and then aggregate all the same sounding names with different spellings, e.g. Isabel/Isobel/Izabelle, so you get a sense of the true popularity of a name.

[candyflossbaby]

I still cant open it boohoo

[candyflossbaby]

www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=15282

where do I go after this page?

[runningrach]

candy - just thought you may mean a list with all boys and girls names on one sheet (I am a bit single minded as expecting a dd) - don't think thats there but the full lists for both could be combined.

[ValiumSkeleton]

I can't see a LIST in there though, only top ten!

[candyflossbaby]

I was looking for the one were I can type in a name, and then see ow many girls were called a certain name, even the ones outside of the top 100

[pickledbabe]

so all the children this year are Oliver or Olivia?
That sounds complicated.....

[runningrach]

If you click on the link Emmylou posted above, then click on '2009 Baby Names Statistics Boys' or '... Girls' (4th or 5th one down the list), open up in excel or open office (or whatever you use) and look at the bottom of the spreadsheet and there should be a number of different tabs/sheets in the same workbook.

It opens up to 'Table 1 - Top 100' but there are other tables in there on separate sheets. The full list is 'Table 6' - you can use the find function to look for any name.

If using windows I think ctrl-PgDn is the shortcut to scroll through work sheets.

[candyflossbaby]

ohhhhhh I found it.....sorry everyone for annoying you with my dumbness, I get what you mean now by the tabs!!

[runningrach]

Great! Sorry for spreadsheet jargon I'm not very good at explaining things in 'normal' words!

[candyflossbaby]

No you explained it fine. It was just me, unable to understand what the 'tab' function of a spreadsheet was (even though I use them every day at work ah ha!)