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Names that are enormously popular in your child's year or with peers.

104 replies

FrancisdeSales · 29/11/2015 02:02

My dd is 15 there are 8 girls called Grace in her year. Also popular: Lauren and Bella/Issy/Ella, Abbie/Addy

Boys: Jacob

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BoboChic · 03/12/2015 13:11

Manon, Toscane, Lucas, Max, David

Shockers · 02/12/2015 18:47

In DS's primary class of 19 (he's now 15), there were 5 Sams!

Nadienoo1990 · 02/12/2015 18:44

Boys*

Nadienoo1990 · 02/12/2015 18:43

Dd1 (8) Ellie, Ella, other variations on this, Patrick, David and Jayden for boys

Dd2 (6) Olivia, and variations on this such as and not sure on boys, a few Noah's, though, and in my area Kaiden and Kai are popular Bois names for boys about dd's age.

BikeRunSki · 02/12/2015 18:38

DS (7) - Niamh, Oliver, Jack, Isaac
DD (4) - Noah, George, Isaac, Amelia

Sirzy · 02/12/2015 18:33

I am guessing because they like it?

SarahSavesTheDay · 02/12/2015 18:32

I can't understand why anyone would choose the name Isabella or its permutations. It reached a saturation point long ago.

SheGotAllDaMoves · 02/12/2015 16:58

Oh and Thomas.

SheGotAllDaMoves · 02/12/2015 16:57

Year 12 James, William, Henry, Matthew, Sophie, Lucy, Georgina.

GeorgiaT2468 · 02/12/2015 16:50

Age 5-6 in my boys class is:

Jack
Scarlett

Xx

bkay19 · 02/12/2015 15:42

first DC due in January but my sister said there's 6 girls (out of a class of 29) with either May/Mae/Rose as a double-barrel!

TheLittleLion · 01/12/2015 15:24

My son is 2, the most popular names here are definitely Oscar and Mia.

CordeliaFrost · 01/12/2015 10:53

DS is at a small pre-prep, where year groups are very small, so these are the most popular names throughout the school.

Boys - Oliver, Oscar, Freddie, Edward and Theo.

Girls - Emily, Grace, Freya, Molly and Evelyn

mathanxiety · 01/12/2015 00:58

DS, now 22, had iirc four Emilys and one Emilie in his year of 40 children in elementary school. DS was going to be Emily or Grace if he had been a girl Smile -- dodged that one.
DD1(25) had four Katies, all of whom spelled their BC name Kathryn.
DD4(14) had duplicate Rachels, Graces and Sarahs.

For boys, there were lots of Michaels, Henrys, Lukes, Jameses(sp) and Liams.

Alexander and Alexandra (Alex and Allie) were the single most popular names for boys and girls in high school for many years.

ExBallerina · 01/12/2015 00:39

My daughter's in preschool here in Canada:

Girls-Olivia, Emma, Isla.

Boys-Henry, Jack, Theo and Jasper. You can't say Jasper without 4 kids turning around.

Clueing4looks · 30/11/2015 23:28

Dd year 7 - repeats of Jessica, Chloe and Maddison, Connor and joe/joey/Joseph.

Ds year 6 - Callums and Harrisons.

doceodocere · 30/11/2015 23:14

Sophie
Evie

Callum
Harry
Jamie

twinjocks · 30/11/2015 23:13

In the primary school where I work:

Boys: Noah, Oscar, Isaac/Zach/Zak/Zachary
Girls: Innumerable variations of Sophie/Sophia/Sofia, Eva/Ava/Eabha, Isabel/Isabelle/Isobel.

froggyjump · 30/11/2015 23:11

William - all 3 DS's (age 16, 14 and 5) have best mates called William!

The teenagers also seem to know lots of Jamess,Jacks, Daniels, Bens, Adam, and Charlies. Girls - Maddie, Mia, Ellie/Ella/Elle, Beth, Abbie, Emily.

5 year old - Zac, Louis, Oscar, Oliver, Noah, Molly, Emmie/Emily

applecatchers36 · 30/11/2015 22:45

Preschool : baby & toddler rooms.
Boys: Isaac, Noah, Archie, Theo, Jacob
Girls: Lilly, Amelie/a, Sophie/ia

Notanangryone · 30/11/2015 22:42

I know about 6 Ethans who are either 4 or 5 now. The popularity of that name seemed to come out of nowhere. Was it because the mums had Ethan Hawke in their teenage wall and some sort of name osmosis imprint?
I know Danni Minogue used it too, but she seemed to decide on it during the deluge, not at the start of it.

Twowrongsdontmakearight · 30/11/2015 22:32

DS 16 has 5 Alexes in his class so they're all known by their surnames.

CremeEggThief · 30/11/2015 22:28

There are lots of Joshs, Sams and Bens in my DS's year (Year 8). Not sure about girls.

When he started primary in a different city, Daniel and Ruby were the most popular names in his school year.

siscaza · 30/11/2015 22:24

Year 5: Jessica, Isabella, Millie and Poppy.

Year 2: Zachary/Zach, Grace.

YR: Harriet.

Generally in the school: Harry, Jessica, Lily, Evie/Eva, Toby, Tom, Grace, Jacob, Millie, Chloe and Monty.

Suzietwo · 30/11/2015 22:15

Sophia, Isabella, summer

William, Oscar