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Boys names popular at nursery atm

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babybean19 · 26/01/2019 18:46

All you parents/teachers out there...

Tell me what are the popular boys names in nursery and reception class atm? Is there a few of the same you notice?

Want to avoid a popular name for our little boy ❤️

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katy1111 · 27/01/2019 11:54

Charlie, George, Harry, Oliver and Dylan are the boys names there are more than one of at DS nursery. However, there is also a Theo, a Teddy and a Theodore, which I suppose are all variations on a theme.

tammytoby · 27/01/2019 11:40

Oscar and Archie have been very popular and I know several of each.

Jesse is much nicer and more interesting!

sunflowerxo · 27/01/2019 11:07

I'm a teacher- and seem to come across a lot more Olivers, Freddie, Alfie, Arlo.

stellarfox · 27/01/2019 09:24

If you search ONS baby names they organise the popularity of names by regions, so you can check the most popular names in your area at least!

BloodyWorried · 27/01/2019 09:24

We have four Logan’s in our reception class currently.

watsmyname · 26/01/2019 23:26

Micah has become popular in my area

ChimpyChops · 26/01/2019 23:22

Oscar. 2 of them in my son's foundation class. Thats it.

Dinosaursdontgrowontrees · 26/01/2019 23:19

Sorry ‘Teddys’ bad autocorrect

Dinosaursdontgrowontrees · 26/01/2019 23:18

There are 4 Teddy’s in my daughters reception class!

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babybean19 · 26/01/2019 23:13

Thank you so much everyone 😊 me and my husband like really opposite names...but the ones we agreed we both like but I don't love are
Jesse
Archie
Oscar

My husband loves Oscar and I thought I don't hear it often (but I'm not around loads of small children) but it appears it may be more popular than I thought!!
I'm off work now too so can't run them through the data base for popularity comparison 🙈
Archie we only had 8 out of 10,900 which I thought was pretty good!! But I'm not loving it

Arlo has become really popular around us for boys and girls and loadsssssss of Teddy's, Charlie's etc

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Ploppymoodypants · 26/01/2019 22:44

Oh yep Theo and Ethan’s too !

spidermantimetravel · 26/01/2019 22:34

And alfred

spidermantimetravel · 26/01/2019 22:34

Charlie
Albert
Theo
Finn

Mumoftwoyoungkids · 26/01/2019 22:21

Ds is Year 1 and there are more than one

Oliver
Matthew
Oscar
William
Thomas

mikado1 · 26/01/2019 22:16

I was at a music group with my ds1, say 6 years ago, where we all sang hello to each baby and we had Kayden, Jayden and Aidan in a row!

cookielove · 26/01/2019 22:15

I work in a nursery, there are two Joseph's and two Dylan's in my room. In the nursery as a whole there are 4 William's, 2 Emma's, 2 Oliver's, 2 Zoe's that's all i can remember off the top of my head.

Other popular names we have had are Amelia, George, Harry, Joshua, Benjamin, Anna.

Ploppymoodypants · 26/01/2019 22:04

Alfie
Archie
Freddie
(And loads of what I call little old man names)

Oscar (I know 5x )
Noah
Harry
George

There are also a few named Thomas but this doesn’t date as badly as there are Thomas’s of all ages (like Alice or Anna for a girl)

SunsetOverEasterIsland · 26/01/2019 22:04

Lucas, Noah, Oliver, Troy, Charlie

Jorgezaunders · 26/01/2019 21:59

We are a mixed demographic!

Jorgezaunders · 26/01/2019 21:59

2x Tristan
Multiple Hassans
A pair of Muhammads

ZebraKid71 · 26/01/2019 21:56

Teddy, Freddie, Theo are the duplicates in dds toddler room at nursery. The number of Teddys and Freddies we know in general under the age of 3 is crazy!

brownmoose · 26/01/2019 21:53

4 Max's
2 Jacksons
2 Louis
3 Beau's

SnowBambino · 26/01/2019 21:46

I know five boys called Dylan who are all between 7-12 months, and a couple who are older.
Also, I have come across loads of babies called Teddy. Some are Edward and some Theodore, but the other day there were three in a class of 15 babies!
Alex and William always very popular. Bertie has been a surprisingly popular name amongst people I have met on mat leave. Several Finns too.

GrumpyGoose · 26/01/2019 21:44

I think it varies by area a great deal. We were strongly advised not to call our son Arlo because there would be so many and I'm still yet to meet another in person 🤷🏻‍♀️

mikado1 · 26/01/2019 21:39

Cian is the Irish name! Caoin sounds like a shirt version of caoineadh which means crying! Never saw it as a name, but it's the duplicate I'm surprised at!

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