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2010 stats released today

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PrincessJenga · 28/07/2011 09:48

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?

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JanMorrow · 28/07/2011 16:25

Lainey go to this link -
www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=15282

and click on the links that say -
2010 Baby Names Statistics Boys (1.3MB - Xls)
2010 Baby Names Statistics Girls (629KB - Xls)

And then look at the tabs at the bottom on those excel documents, the full lists are on the 7th tabe "table 6".

Nancy66 · 28/07/2011 16:22

Dexter must be due to One Day I guess - film out soon so will make it even more popular

nappyaddict · 28/07/2011 16:22

I like Ace and Merlin Blush

Lainey1981 · 28/07/2011 16:20

How do I see the list which tells you how many of each name were registered/list of all names?

nappyaddict · 28/07/2011 16:18

I'm surprised Dexter, Eliza and Maryam are in the top 100 as I haven't heard of any in RL - only on MN :)

scarlettlips · 28/07/2011 16:15

Where are these babies being born...???? I've not meant any children with names in the top (boys or girls) 10 all year. Confused

DD is 5 months and we live in London.

ilovesprouts · 28/07/2011 16:12

dd1 name is on the list but shes 19,none of my ds or gs are on the list im so glad too

PelvicFloorOfSteel · 28/07/2011 16:05

No weird format - it's just microsoft excel.

Glad to see DS2's name is still skulking around outside the top 300, I thought it was about to go through a popularity boom.
DS1's name well outside the top 1000, despite being a great name with hundreds of years of history it's surrounded by misspellings and double barrels.

Nancy66 · 28/07/2011 16:05

got it now - thanks. My only prediction was a big leap for Noah - which I see has happened - they seem to be everywhere

theDudesmummy · 28/07/2011 16:02

Just go to Edit and then Find.

My DS's name was used 101 times. That's good for me, not an odd or unheard of name (well a very traditional name actually) but not too common

muminthemiddle · 28/07/2011 16:00

I'm glad my names are falling down the poularity ladder!
All 3 out of the top 30 and one not even top 100-good.

JanMorrow · 28/07/2011 16:00

Six of my daughter's name born last year, so she's not alone!

4 baby boys called Sirius, aww I like that.

EdithWeston · 28/07/2011 16:00

I've been trying to see what the "real" top name for girls is, if you group the obvious variants.

First place would go to Evie/Eva/Ava, but if you this that's stretching a it bit far to include the last one, then it's Sophie/Sophia/Sofia followed by Isabelle/Isabella/Isabel. All three of these are more numerous than Olivia.

PelvicFloorOfSteel · 28/07/2011 15:54

Press Ctrl and F to search - you need to be in edit mode (I think)

Nancy66 · 28/07/2011 15:52

i can't open the full list of 100 names - is it in some weird format?

Cattleprod · 28/07/2011 15:47

Is there an easy way of searching for a particular name to find out it's rank, without having to scroll down and look through the entire list?

Quenelle · 28/07/2011 15:44

Agree the spellings shouldn't matter, they all sound the same when yelled in Asda called in the playground.

Cattleprod · 28/07/2011 15:43

It all gets much more interesting towards the bottom of the list, doesn't it?!! Seems to be all kre8tiv spellings, Asian names (the Asian cultures must have a much bigger variety of names to choose from, or maybe more confidence to pick something different) or double barrelled names. There's the odd name right down the bottom that seems pretty 'normal' - Sandy, Timmy, Wallace etc., so they must just be out of fashion at the moment.

I do feel a bit sorry for the 7 little Manmeets - I hope they weren't named after their fathers', .........erm,..........manmeat!

NotJustKangaskhan · 28/07/2011 15:19

I believe 'Baby' is what is listed in the stats if the child isn't registered within the 6 weeks.

There seems to be a lot of growth in short form names and double first names, particularly among boys. I'm surprised that a classic like Alexandra look close to dropping out of the top 100, I thought it would be much higher.

I'm mostly just happy, as a pregnant woman, that none of my short list names have become really popular Grin though I'm surprised at where they rank. The ones I thought were 'odd/unusual' ranks far higher than the one I thought was 'normal'.

princessdave · 28/07/2011 15:08

WiiUnfit - where are you seeing those?! I hadn't spotted the t-jay's etc!!

Cherrypi · 28/07/2011 15:07

Jack-Daniel is fairly terrible. Also Ace, Merlin and Lancelot?

CaptainNancy · 28/07/2011 15:06

No- Daniyaal is valid Asian name! (same root as Daniel, different name)

WiiUnfit · 28/07/2011 15:02

Oh & my favourite variant: Daniyaal Shock

WiiUnfit · 28/07/2011 15:01

Grin PMSL...

'A-Jay', 'C-Jay', 'T-Jay'

'Osama', 'Ferdinand', 'Barack', 'Beckham'

'Precious', 'Goodluck', 'Gift'

'Tiaamii'

'A', 'C'

'KC', 'TJ', 'MD'

'Baby'

[facepalm]

princessdave · 28/07/2011 14:52

Oh dear, our favoured boys name is number 3 and girls number 6! We picked them when we found out I was pg and never really gave a thought to looking at the stats, just double checked if any of our friends/relatives had used the names in recent years (they hadn't!). Ah well, if we like them that's all that matters, esp with Smith as a surname, I wasn't keen on going for anything obscure! :)

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