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50 times or fewer in 2017 (Girls)

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ABCFamily · 21/09/2018 17:29

Last year I pulled a small selection of names that were used for 50 or fewer babies in 2016, which people seemed to enjoy, so I thought I'd do the same this year now the 2017 stats have been released. I'm not fond of all of them, but found it interesting.

Adela
Alaska
Alethea
Allegra
Althea
Ann/Anne
Anisa
Anoushka/Anushka
Antonella
Amandine
Aphra
Araminta
Artemis
Asia
Aster
Barbara
Bernadette
Beryl
Bessie
Beverley
Blair
Bluebell
Blythe
Briar
Bridget
Bronte
Bronwen
Cadence
Calliope
Callista
Camille
Candice
Caroline
Cassandra
Catriona
Cecile
Celia
Charmaine
Cindy
Clarissa
Colette
Coral
Cordelia
Corinne
Cosima
Cressida
Cynthia
Dahlia
Damaris
Danae
Danielle
Dawn
Delphine
Demelza
Denise
Desiree
Diane
Dinah
Dolores
Dorothea
Elaina
Elle (I was surprised by this one)
Elke
Eloisa
Emerald
Enid
Estelle
Eunice
Fiona
Francine
Gia
Gladys
Gretchen
Heather
Heloise
Hephzibar
Hester
Hilary
Ianthe
Imelda
Ingrid
Isolde
Irene
Jaime
Jane
Jess
Jewel
Jocelyn
Jodie
Joyce
Judith
Juliana
June
Juniper
Justine
Katya
Kimberley
Laurie
Leona
Leticia/Letitia/Latisha
Lorelei
Lorna
Loveday
Lucille
Lucinda
Lux
Lyric
Magdalena
Mariella
Marilyn
Maris
Maud/Maude
Meera
Meg
Mercedes
Mercy
Miranda
Monica
Morven
Nadine
Odelia
Odette
Olympia
Opal
Paloma
Pamela
Pascale
Petra
Phaedra
Philomena
Pia
Portia
Posy
Priscilla
Prudence
Prunella
Raine
Regina
Rhiannon
Roberta
Romilly
Rosalia
Rosamund
Roxana
Roxy/Roxie
Sadie
Sage
Salome
Sally
Samara
Seraphina
Severine
Shae
Shayla
Simone
Sorrel
Storm
Suki
Sunny
Susan
Susannah
Sybil
Talitha
Tamika/Tameka
Tamsin/Tamzin
Tanisha
Tansy
Tegan/Teagan
Tessa
Thora
Ursula
Valerie
Venus
Vera
Vesper
Virginia
Winifred
Xanthe
Yasmina
Yolande
Yvette
Zadie
Zelda
Zia
Zinnia
Zipporah
Zosia

Stats can be found here. Boys names to follow.

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Agustarella · 22/09/2018 17:31

Some surprisingly well known and nice names in there! I'm not sad to see the demise of Tegan and Shayla though.

mummabubs · 22/09/2018 17:30

Thanks @ABCFamily! X

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ABCFamily · 22/09/2018 17:25

Boys' name thead is here

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mummabubs · 22/09/2018 17:23

Also looking forward to seeing the boys list (selfishly as I know our son who was born last year is in the

Crunchymum · 22/09/2018 17:14

Love, love, love Winifred

RedDwarves · 21/09/2018 23:13

Love the following:
Aster
Blythe
Dahlia
Estelle
Juniper
Lucinda
Magdalena
Portia
Sadie
Seraphina
Zia

AliceRR · 21/09/2018 21:39

Some good ones on there - thanks OP

Looking forward to seeing the boys list

TamiTayorismyparentingguru · 21/09/2018 21:34

ABC that’s what I did - clicked the link and read table 6. It only went down to 5 on my phone - maybe there’s a problem with viewing it on a mobile

Smoliver · 21/09/2018 21:03

I've just seen some more that I like Grin There are too many great names!

Smoliver · 21/09/2018 21:02

I love Bridget and Ingrid. I also really like Xanthe, Romilly, Heather, Hester, Jodie and Dorothea. There are some really great names here.

MyNewBearTotoro · 21/09/2018 21:01

One of my DDs is Juniper.

Other names I like on the list are Calliope, Dinah, Posy, Susannah and Lorelei.

Will be interested to see the boys names.

GorgonLondon · 21/09/2018 20:52

Danielle? Caroline? Anne? Really?

CallMePea · 21/09/2018 20:48

I love Blair and Cadence!

EthelThePiratesDaughter · 21/09/2018 20:42

Oh yeah, I forgot about Delphine. That's a gorgeous name but I don't want French names for my children.

BertieBotts · 21/09/2018 20:34

Delphine as well.

I loved Orphan Black.

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ABCFamily · 21/09/2018 20:30

TamiTayorismyparentingguru - The English & Welsh list goes down to 3 or more, but my opening post is not an exhaustive list by any means!

If you're curious, you can have a look at the link I posted at the bottom of the opening post. From there you'll be able to download the full stats (Table 6 will give you the long list) and do a search for your daughter's name. Alternatively, you can type it in to names.darkgreener.com/, and it'll show you the results between 1996-2016.

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TamiTayorismyparentingguru · 21/09/2018 20:23

Ooh - just looked through the whole list and DD2’s name doesn’t appear at all, so I guess less than 5 (if any) last year. She was the only one born in Scotland the year she was born and the name has only appeared on the Scottish list 4 times since - each year just 1 of them, and spelled a different way than DD’s is spelled. I’ve never seen it on an English/Welsh list, but I wonder if that’s because they only go down to 5 or more.

EthelThePiratesDaughter · 21/09/2018 20:18

Cosima and Katya are both Orphan Black names.

My friend called her baby one of the names on this list but in 2016.

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ABCFamily · 21/09/2018 20:15

BertieBotts which ones? I've never watched Orphan Black (it's been on my Netflix list for ages!).

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SwayingInTime · 21/09/2018 20:15

I know a Zia, Zipporah and a Zosia! I know lots of the others too and am surprised at some, Camille, Heather and Bridget seem pretty normal but still current for example.

BertieBotts · 21/09/2018 20:09

I noticed some Orphan Black names in there!

ZebraKid71 · 21/09/2018 20:08

Some surprises for me... I know a significant percentage of the Seraphinas and Jocelyns! 😂

EthelThePiratesDaughter · 21/09/2018 20:05

Really surprised some of those are on the list!

DappledThings · 21/09/2018 19:58

I'm on there! And two names we considered for DD.

MrsReader · 21/09/2018 18:32

Bronte and Xanthe 💖