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Place Your Bets: it’s the ONS Baby Names 2017 predictions thread!

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ZoyaTheDestroyer · 23/08/2018 21:36

It’s nearly that time again; the 2017 ONS baby name data for England and Wales will be published in the next few weeks. Chime in here with your predictions for the biggest risers and fallers.

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Cbeebiesrehab · 24/08/2018 08:09

Ok so, boys names:
Teddy (as a stand alone name)
Arthur
Possibly Jasper?

Girls:
Luna
Aria
‘Belle/Bella’ type names

I don’t feel it’s as obvious as previous years though.

AnyaMoondial · 24/08/2018 07:15

Yay!!! It’s like when the red cups come out at Starbucks at Christmas!

Honeybee79 · 23/08/2018 21:55

Soooo looking forward to this Grin

Cbeebiesrehab · 23/08/2018 21:49

Love this thread already! I actually get excited to read these statsBlush
Going to have a think and get back to youGrinGrin

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ZoyaTheDestroyer · 23/08/2018 21:37

For the list lovers, for context:

England & Wales Girls 2016 top 10:

  1. Olivia
  2. Amelia
  3. Emily
  4. Isla
  5. Ava
  6. Isabella
  7. Lily
  8. Jessica
  9. Ella
10. Mia

E & W Boys 2016 top 10:

  1. Oliver
  2. Harry
  3. George
  4. Jack
  5. Jacob
  6. Noah
  7. Charlie
  8. Muhammad
  9. Thomas
10. Oscar

Albie, Arlo, Ezra, Finn, Jasper and Jesse entered the top 100 for boys, replacing Callum, Connor, Jamie, Kian, Seth and Sonny.

Felicity, Iris, Luna and Lydia replaced Bethany, Hollie, Katie and Lacey in the girls' top 100.

The Scottish and Northern Irish 2017 data is already available, and the top tens were:

Scottish Girls
1 Olivia
2 Emily
3 Isla
4 Sophie
5 Jessica
6 Amelia
7 Ava
8 Ella
9 Charlotte
10 Aria

Scottish Boys
1 Jack
2 Oliver
3 James
4 Lewis
5 Noah
6 Logan
7 Harris
8 Alexander
9 Leo
10 Harry

NI Girls

  1. Emily
  2. Grace
  3. Olivia
  4. Isla
  5. Anna
  6. Sophie
  7. Ella
  8. Amelia
  9. Charlotte
10. Sophia

NI Boys

  1. James
  2. Jack
  3. Noah
  4. Charlie
  5. Jacob
  6. Harry
  7. Thomas
  8. Daniel
  9. Oliver
10. Logan
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