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Last year's statistics have just been released [[ http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=184 online]]

Oliver and Olivia still top names.

I'm about to scour the rest of the list for inspiration and to check the names I've chosen aren't too popular

What do we think?

Sorry, link didn't work: here

Ooo Im excited!! Going to have a look now, thanks PrincessJenga.

This is quite interesting too .

Hehe! Three people called their children Timotei last year. Oh I'm going to have a fun judgy day

Yay, dc2's potential name has dropped out of the top 100

Those poor three little Wolfgangs. Fascinating stuff.

Why Lexi & Lexie, Isobel & Isabel, Maisie & Maisy? -- each gets its own spot, which seems misleading to me. They are, essentially, the same names (in their pairs, that is).

I was pleased, and surprised, to see that Ava is still just outside the top 10. Not quite as popular as I thought it was going to be.

Sprink - there are even more spellings of some of those names out there.. Maizie, Mazie, Isabelle, Isobelle....

My favourite name has got more popular... 41 girls called it in 2010 compared to 33 in 2009. Still a long way from the top 100 though. (Will DD hate me for never being able to find pens/mugs/keyrings with her name on in giftshops?!)

All different spellings get their own entry.

If Mohammed wasn't spelt about 18 different ways, it would probably be the number 1 boy's name.

It doesn't make much sense for different spellings to have different entries. It completely skews the results.

greatgoogly- your link is very interesting too!
I am amazed how little change there has been - top 11 boys and top 10 girls, same names, just slightly changed order.

I am also amazed at some of the names- despite the seeming popularity of some, I only know perhaps 1 example in rl (e.g. Jessica, or Alfie) or none at all (eg Emily, Daniel, James). Someone on another thread warlier was saying they knew no Ruby or Avas, but we know at least 6 of each! There is such regional variation...

Yay - not on the list , technically because we have a yoonique spelling but in reality it's medieval English.
The regular spelling is in the top 50 though.

I think it would be difficult to know when to group names together and when not to in certain cases so having each unique spelling counted is probably the clearest way of doing it.

How can I find the names outwith the top 100?

You've just outed yourself to me PrincessJenga. I shall repeat my horror that seven boys were called C (wtf?) so you know who I am

sausages- there are spreadsheet linked to from PJ's link- the end sheet has a full list, down to 3 instances (presumably names with 1 or 2 instances are missed off for privacy reasons?).
There's a separate excel file for boys and for girls.

I love looking at the stats
Is Pheobe a misspelling of Phoebe or is it a different pronounciation?
I was very surprised to see that the shortening of my name is in the top 200 and is almost twice as popular as the long version, which I thought was much more commonly given.

Haha Chutes! I feared that may happen. Hello!

Neither DD's or DS's in there.

A lot of 'cutsie' names are still on the rise I see

Oh joy, oh rapture, I love these stats. Wasn't expecting them to be released before my baby's due date in Sept, which is a bonus

Why do they miss out the names with only 1 or 2 uses? I don't get how that protects privacy as there are no details given other than the name itself

How I pity the three boys called Sylvester who are probably forever going to be asked where Tweety pie is.

The names I chose for mine have all dropped out of the top 100. I'm surprised that they were ever in there TBH as DS is the only one in his school of 500 and DD was the only one when she was there and is now the only one in her school of 1400.