Where are all the baby Chloes?

[christabell]

Like lots of others from reading these threads, I gave my dd a name I did not realise was popular until we started attending baby groups (it is in the top 50). Now I hear it everywhere, and I have read comments on here about how popular it is. However, looking at the baby name statistics I am struck by names which are supposedly way more popular in terms of numbers of babies with these names, yet I have never met any - for example Chloe is at number 3 but have never encountered a baby Chloe. And there are names which are apparently more common than my dd's which would not strike me as such (Harrison eg). Am I just primed to hear her name everywhere and filter out other names? Or are there massive regional variations? Has anyone else experienced this?

[MrsSchadenfreude]

You probably don't mix with people who call their daughter Chloe? It could be a class thing and also regional?

[flopsy1974]

Where I live all baby girls seem to be called Maddison, Lexi, Lily or Olivia usually with May/mae/Mai on the end. Boys seem to be given names which are really surnames. It does seem to be a regional this as to which names are popular. For example, I have never met a Ruby and only know of 1 Jack.

[vmcd28]

it's probably partly a regional thing. I dont know any Chloes either - but I know lots of Myas and Mias and Olivias. Any Jacks I know are older kids.

[NinkyNonker]

I know 2.

[wigglesrock]

I think it's regional, I know 2 Olivias, one is mine, no Jacks, any Chloes are 10-13 years old, no Rubys. But I know 4 Eves/Evies, 6 Kates/ Katies, a multitude of Ciaras, Niamhs and Ruairis.

[marriednotdead]

Chloe is 15 months old and lives in Essex. Does that help?

[mrsden]

I have always wondered where all the Jacks are. I don't know any children called Jack and yet it was no. 1 name for years. I know two baby Chloes and one Olivia. And lots of Lilys, Lexis, Eves/Evies and Sophies.

[Hedwig3]

I know what you mean, all the Chloes I know are 7+

In reverse, I was amazed to see Edward so low - there are so many under 2 where I live that it has become a joke!

[Pernickety]

I've never met a Chloe in my life! The only one I know of is in Canada. I help run a Rainbows group so I hear a lot of girls names. I only ever met one Ruby. My DD1 has a top ten name but luckily, in the region where we live, we've not encountered many. But I also think parents are primed to hear their child's name.

[Komondor]

Just had a look at the girls top 20, I know babies with all the names but:

Sophie
Grace
Lily
Evie
Mia
Ava
Charlotte
Lucy
Daisy

I live in North Wales, I know lots of baby/todlers with the non-top 20 names Maisie, Georgia, and Elizabeth.

Friends who have recently had children have used the names Gwendolyn, Matilda, Summer, Phoebe, Elen and Carys.

I know a baby Jack.