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VolAuVent · 05/08/2012 13:47

Title: Baby Names, England and Wales - 2011
Release date: 13 August 2012 at 9:30am

Title: Babies First Names Bulletin (Northern Ireland) - 2011
Release date: 31 August 2012 at 9:30am

Title: Babies First Names, Scotland - 2012
Provisional release date: December 2012

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ceeveebee · 16/08/2012 00:28

I know someone with twins called Harry and Amelia!!

Pleasingly my DS1 (born in 2011) name has only been used by 6 other people

RubyFakeNails · 15/08/2012 19:25

My friend is a Sookie and she's 37. The constant True Blood references have driven her to distraction.

Nothing on Renesmee though, foul name.

mindthestep · 15/08/2012 19:16

Re: names that are just initials - I wonder how long before some over-zealous Mumsnet fan actually names her child 'DD' or DS'?

OneLittleToddlingTerror · 15/08/2012 18:14

And obviously the books the tv series is based on. Renesmee is from twilight. I think it's Bella and Edward's child.

OneLittleToddlingTerror · 15/08/2012 18:05

It's Sookie Stackhouse of true blood.

5madthings · 15/08/2012 17:51

is sookie an alternative spelling of sukey/suki? as in suki put the kettle on? it was a name we always had on our list for a girl but spelt suikhi, which is the indian spelling i think?

MegBusset · 15/08/2012 17:20

One of the names I wanted for DS1 (Thurston) is at the very bottom!

MegBusset · 15/08/2012 17:15

DS2's name is in the top 30. DS1's is 2,194th (9 babies), alongside Bence, Olliver, Kiyaan, Jesse-James, Tiger, Tommylee, Vlad and (my personal favourite) Dave Grin

CheerfulYank · 15/08/2012 16:56

The regional stuff is fun!

The top 5 names in America for boys are Jacob, Mason, William, Jayden, Noah.
But in our state we have Benjamin and Liam and no Jayden or Noah.

rachel1970 · 15/08/2012 14:55

myboots, we have a Quentin as well and get complimented on his name. I'm happy it isn't that popular but it did rise from 8 boys in 2010 I think, to 17 last year.

DD's name, however, is rising up the top 100s rapidly whereas it was much rarer when she was born 10 years ago....

RillaBlythe · 15/08/2012 13:56

My DD played croquet with an Agatha the other day - I really like it too.

redpanda13 · 15/08/2012 13:45

It is very interesting to look at the regional differences. I am in Scotland and I have not met one Amelia or Harry. Other names discussed on this board as being common like Oliver or Poppy are rarely heard up here. Every little girl I meet seems to be an Eilidh, Niamh or Abigail and boys Lewis, Cameron or Callum.
Oh and I really like the name Agatha. It was on the maybe list for DD.

CakeBump · 15/08/2012 11:25

Toddling they will be Generation Twee... Sad

LaurieBlueBell · 15/08/2012 10:31

DD is 5 now and her name has never appeared on the lists. Grin

DontmindifIdo · 15/08/2012 10:24

Kimjoy - no, it's a list of all live births registered in England & Wales, so it is the most popular - it's the government stats.

DS's name has gone up the ranks since we had him, although that doesnt bother me too much, it's still unusual enough that there won't be 6 in his class.

OneLittleToddlingTerror · 15/08/2012 10:24

Same can't be said about Renesmee and Sookie Grin

OneLittleToddlingTerror · 15/08/2012 10:24

CakeBump ofc it'll be ok for little Alfies, Charlies, Archies, Poppies and Daisies when they get to 35/45. There will be many others with similarly cutesy names in the office.

kimjoy · 15/08/2012 10:16

the AMELIA name is not populist. Is this the Times list?

blonderthanred · 15/08/2012 09:56

18 boys called Cullen.... ahahaha

CakeBump · 15/08/2012 09:26

Oh great our new favourite for the bump is number 48 (Matilda) although we're abroad so will be spelling it Mathilda... :)

I'm flabbergasted Alfie is so popular, its a cutesy baby name!! I simply cannot imagine a 35/45 year old professional "Alfie" - it's too twee for words....

Same with Charlie - it's a nickname ffs!

NellyBluth · 15/08/2012 07:37

Luxy - Shock. Just... Shock

Luxy · 15/08/2012 04:34

7 girls named Sookie, and 5 named Renesmee Shock

CheerfulYank · 15/08/2012 04:33

Plokahontas the twin names crack me up! I am a bit Confused at Isabella and Gabriella though...they could both be called Ellie/Ella!

I do know two sets of m/f twins called Madison and Mason, so I wasn't surprised to see it's the most popular.

oldwomanwholivesinashoe · 15/08/2012 03:59

So many names to choose from and still some parents choose initials for their children!! KC was my personal favourite...
I think it's difficult enough choosing a name without the additional worry that it may rank highly on future lists! I have 5 children and have a mix of popular and unusual names now. DD1 is 19 and her name was so unusual at the time that people always commented on it and it was often mis spelled. Now it's fairly high up the list! DD2 is Lily which everyone said at the time was too old fashioned and my own mother mentioned "Li-Low Lil" from Bread! And now look at Lily - number 3...
I love these lists, love sounding out names. My own name was unusual when I was at school (many years ago!) and still not popular. Sometimes I like that - other times I worry it must be a terrible name! Now when I see that one of my children's names are creeping up the popularity lists, I try to think of it as a compliment!
I have worked in labour suite and there are some real crackers out there though. My personal favourites? Gaz (not short for Gary, just Gaz); CalypsoButterfly; Diesel (I like to think it was after the Thomas the Tank Engine character rather than the designer label) and Tie (like Kai, but Tai, but with a different spelling - that's what she said!)

Devora · 14/08/2012 23:11

Not the same one, then. So it must be a growing trend Smile