here in Bromley every one is called either Ella, Joshua or Grace.

I hardly ever meet any Jacks- why is that?!!

I agree about having an a different name- or more unusual. My name is no 31/ 32 of popularity on the boys list- and I'm a girl!! I seriously HATE my name- Alexandra. I do like Alexandra but NOT Alex. Even Alexandra is too close in sound to Alexander for me!It has become more popular for boys over the years and most people think I'm a man until they meet me!

No one calls me Alexandra, except my mum and sister. I hate having a unisex name/ ambiguous name so much that I'm actually changing it by Deed Poll soon to something more feminine. I used to get teased a child for having a boys name and I used to try and get people to call me other names like Catherine, Emma or Sarah to get away from the harsh 'Alex'.

So beware of giving you child a name that shortens to something too male or too female! They may grow up to hate it. My mum said she wanted a boy, but was disappointed. I still ended up with Alex though!

Oh that's pissed me off no end. I was finally happy with Olivia, I accepted it was popular but not too much round here (Edinburgh). I know tons of mums and kids and don't know one single Olivia so maybe it's more English.
Do you think maybe it matters more where you are than a national, even scottish or English poll. Here, every second boy is called Fin or Finlay, my DS has 4 friends called Fin and he is only 2! Girls are a bit more random but I have to say I have heard alot of Ava's lately along with Eve, eva, Erin, Ellie, Ella.
Im demented with it. It's so important and I hate the thought of overly used names and yet I seem to keep choosing them!

Summer came from EastEnders - Bethany from Cornation Street.

I predict Noah will shoot up on the 2009 list. Seems wildly popular round my way.

Thanks, jellybeans.

Yay, neither dd's nor ds's names are in the top 100!

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=184

The official ones are out now.

Neither on list... DD1 Keeva and DD2 Louie

all 3 girls on the list - was aware dd1's name was popular when she was born, but I don't know any other girls with dd2 or dd3 names.

Here's the list in Scotland.
www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/popular-names/popular-forenames-babies-firs t-names-2008/birth-forenames-in-2008.html

Neither of my DC's names are on either list (DD Georgina, DS Nathaniel). Name picked for the bump is at 28 on boy list though so may need to re-think!!