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National Statistic on names...2008

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Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 10-May-09 14:39:59
That's good
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 10-May-09 14:35:38
Thanks mrswoolf - is good news for me as my DD was born in 2008. Thought it was pretty typical that would be the year they didn't publish.
ONS are going to release the 2008 stats after all. Will be July/August this year.

Good news, I think!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 05-Jan-09 14:19:26
Scottish most popular names 2008 wink
As I understand it, it would appear that the data source is one that ONS no longer has access to and that it is for the Dept of Health to decide whether or not to produce the stats. Whilst i like to use the list for inspiration, I guess there are other priorities in DoH at the moment.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 05-Jan-09 12:41:57
MrsWoolf I understand totally. I use ONS social stats for my job, in which I make decisions on how to spend significant sums of public funding. I fully understand the social and political need for these kind of stats, the importance of recording them, trend analysis etc. What I was saying was that, possibly, in the current economic climate, the top 100 baby names for 2008 may not necessarily be priority public expenditure. I work in the public sector in an area that has suffered chronic underfunding over the last decade, with catastrophic results and prioritisation of public expenditure is very close to my heart.
Bikerunski - It isn't just about the top 100 baby names. Onomastics is a serious business and not just of interest to expectant parents. The ONS provide more than the top 100, they also provide the top 2000, plus associated figures and percentages. They also study changing social trends in nomenclature and contrast over the decades etc etc
It is as worthy a topic for publication as for e.g. How we spend our time survey, or household chores and gender etc etc
I think non-publication this year has as much (if not more) to do with the necessitation of using alternative data source and associated extra time and resources than just a matter of cutting public funding.
The Scottish stats have been published and as a pp has said the English and Welsh stats should be made available also.

MrsWeasley - oops, sorry wasn't correcting you (those are the only stats we do have after all) just activating my link second time around.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 04-Jan-09 18:47:19
I agree BikeRunSki was just surprised!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 03-Jan-09 17:05:58
If costs need to be cut in public spending, I'd rather it was done by not doing the ONS baby name top 100, than taking any money from hospitals, emergency services, flood defence, schooling etc
oh ok sorry blush
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/675214-Inaccuracy-of-Bounty-list
Any use? hmm
They have no plans to publish them this year(mentioned here):
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/675214-Inaccuracy-of-Bounty-list
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 03-Jan-09 11:02:54
Just googled 'national statistics baby names 2008' and there is a Daily Telegraph article that says they are not being published due to cost cutting shock.

Please someone tell me this is not true...

Although there have been lists compiled based on the DT's births column - so a nice cross section then!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Tue 16-Dec-08 16:01:29
looks like the new info was released on the 19th december last year.

Don't they wait for the last week's babies then???
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Tue 16-Dec-08 15:02:21
I bet Scarlett is right up there as well - seem to be loads of those. Don't think there will be much movement with the boys
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Tue 16-Dec-08 12:29:27
So what do you reckon will be top 10?

Jacob/Jake has to be up there, although I haven't met many baby Jacks recently. Wouldn't be surprised if Blake, Charlie & Max were there.

For girls, loads of Eva/Evies around, Milly, Freya, Grace. Paris might get a look in judging by our local baby groups!!!!!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Tue 16-Dec-08 11:17:09
Should be the 20th or 21st December
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 12-Dec-08 21:04:38
P.S. Let us know if you do find out!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 12-Dec-08 21:00:46
I guess it might be pretty soon. Last year's were published on 19 December 2007 at www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=184&Pos=2&ColRank=1&Rank=208

If you really want to know, why not ask them? I've dealt with them before and found them to be very helpful.
Probably best to ring if you want a quick answer. Their contact details are at www.ons.gov.uk/contact-us/index.html
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 11-Dec-08 21:05:09
this site might help?
http://www.bounty.com/babynames/
Does anyone know how long it takes the National Statistics Office to compile the Top 100 names list?

Was just wondering how far into 2009 we'll have to wait for the 2008 list to be published...

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