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Ahead of tomorrow ONS release

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Cbeebiesrehab · 10/10/2021 15:45

Predictions? (Not sure if this thread has been done yet?)

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PinkWaferBiscuit · 18/10/2021 12:26

I genuinely can't believe there are STILL so many Olivers and Olivias - I've not taught an Oliver for around 7 years and whilst there has been an Olivia in my class most years, never more than one and I don't know any personally.

Im so glad it's not just me that was thinking similar. The last Olivia I taught was almost 5 years ago now and whilst I've come across a few Olives I've not met a tiny Olivia once whilst being on mat leave and attending groups. I've also only come across a handful of Oliver's in the past couple of years whilst teaching in multiple schools and nursery classes as a supply.

I am genuinely surprised to see it is still so popular and would be very interested to see a regional breakdown of where names were used as there must be areas practically drowning in baby Ollie's and Livi's.

Classica · 18/10/2021 12:25

Olivia seems to have had that top spot for ages now. I don't see the appeal.

IneedSocks · 18/10/2021 12:13

Archie & Violet

bloominglovelyorange · 18/10/2021 12:11

Roman has exploded
Crikey. That name will date (not that it's necessarily a bad thing but still!)

AliasGrape · 18/10/2021 12:03

I'm quite relieved, DDs name has stayed towards the bottom of the top 100. I didn't think I was that fussed about popularity, but after we gave her the name last year I suddenly started hearing it a lot more, and then there were some made up unofficial things on social media that seemed to imply it had shot up to top 10 or something.

Not that it matters really, we chose the name because we loved it and because it had a particular meaning for us, but it was bothering me for some reason Grin

I genuinely can't believe there are STILL so many Olivers and Olivias - I've not taught an Oliver for around 7 years and whilst there has been an Olivia in my class most years, never more than one and I don't know any personally.

thewhatsit · 18/10/2021 11:36

@KirstenBlest

I wonder how many of the top 100 in 1970 are in the 2020 top 100.

James, Oliver, Michael ...

I'm obviously very old fashioned but a lot of the names seem awful

The boys list starts fine for me but towards second half of the top 100 the names are just really, really not my cup of tea.

The girls list .. I don’t know. Individually I don’t mind a fair number of the names but when you see them all written down in a list, all together.. all so vowel heavy and frilly.

thewhatsit · 18/10/2021 11:32

@TataMamma

They've released the top 100, but no info on the top 1000. I know my DD (born in 2020), would never be in the former, but I'd like to know her actual "ranking" lol. Can anyone help?
The excel sheets are there too.

Shock at Roman and Arabella, both up about 31 places each. I knew they were the fast rising ones to watch but that’s a huge increase.

35andThriving · 18/10/2021 11:07

TataMamma
On this thread here there is a link to download the girls' name statistics. If you go into Table 6 of the data you should be able to find your dd's name (As long as it was registered at least 3 times).

Hope that helps.

KirstenBlest · 18/10/2021 10:24

I love James and Michael, Oliver is nice but I don't like Olly

KirstenBlest · 18/10/2021 10:23

I wonder how many of the top 100 in 1970 are in the 2020 top 100.

James, Oliver, Michael ...

I'm obviously very old fashioned but a lot of the names seem awful

KirstenBlest · 18/10/2021 10:19

It woudn't take a huge amount of time, but where would you draw the line. Some Theodore's might be Teddy, some Theo. Some Teddys would be Edward on bc. etc

Louie is more popular than Louis, and Jaxon more popular than Jackson - those surprised me.

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 18/10/2021 10:14

“Oliver and Olivia remained the most popular names for boys and girls in England and Wales in 2020 for the fifth consecutive year.

Ivy and Rosie replaced Grace and Freya in the top 10 girls’ names, while Archie replaced Charlie in the top 10 boys’ names.”

The British Baby Names blog used to do a combined spellings list but hasn’t for a while - it is a bit of a nightmare. Half of the Theodores will go by Teddy rather than Theo, as will many of the Edwards - do you put them together? The BBN rationale was to limit their combinations to homophonous spellings, eg Catherine / Katherine, Mohammed / Muhammad etc.

TataMamma · 18/10/2021 10:14

They've released the top 100, but no info on the top 1000. I know my DD (born in 2020), would never be in the former, but I'd like to know her actual "ranking" lol. Can anyone help?

BeKindBeYou · 18/10/2021 10:09

@KirstenBlest

No big surprises. I wonder what the top names if tey combined some of the results e,g, Theo & Theodore, Muhammad & Mohammed, Alfie & Alfred etc
That would be very interesting. You could do it as they do give how many babies were born with each name, but it would take time haha
KirstenBlest · 18/10/2021 09:59

No big surprises.
I wonder what the top names if tey combined some of the results e,g, Theo & Theodore, Muhammad & Mohammed, Alfie & Alfred etc

bloominglovelyorange · 18/10/2021 09:42

@BeKindBeYou can anyone send a link of the spreadsheet for all the results. I get on the ONS page and can never get further than the overview summary page of the results. I'm already on the correct page

BeKindBeYou · 18/10/2021 09:39

THEY ARE OUT GUYS!!!!!

2lsinllama · 18/10/2021 08:20

Nursery seams to be full of Amelie, Emily, Esme, and then flower names like Poppy, Violet, Daisy.
Boys are a bit more spread out (so we tend to have only one of each iyswim) but names like Thomas, Harry, Henry, Oliver and William appear every year.

CareerConcerns1999 · 18/10/2021 08:10

Amelia, Olivia and Emily will stay top ten (poss top 5). Heidi will climb on last year. Sophie will fall on last year.

Igneo · 18/10/2021 08:07

Might George be dropping?

BeHappyAndSmile · 18/10/2021 07:41

Oh I love name stats. I'm going to say Henry is going to be top 5, everyone is having a Henry!

toadstool32 · 18/10/2021 07:39

Oo interesting!! We're down to two names to give this bump so keen to see. I think one will have gone into top 5 and one 15-20

BeKindBeYou · 18/10/2021 07:32

@bloominglovelyorange

Love that others are interested in this too *@BeKindBeYou*
I have become a real name stats nerd recently lol.
bloominglovelyorange · 18/10/2021 07:29

Love that others are interested in this too @BeKindBeYou

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