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What are the most common names your personally know?

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BiscuitLover3678 · 26/07/2022 22:03

Forget what the statistics tell you, what are the most popular names your know personally.

For me all baby and preschooler boys I know seem to be Harry, Freddie or Leo. There are also a few Henry’s.

Girls I’m surprise I still know a few Isabelle/Izzy’s also surprisingly a couple of Margots! And loads of Ellie’s but all short for different things. Apart from that the girls are more mixed though.

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Leeloo1233 · 27/07/2022 20:44

So so many Olivia's and Oliver's

Eve, Isla, Freya

**Henry, Harry, Felix, Reggie

Whitewolf2 · 27/07/2022 20:32

Lots of Harry/Harrison, Jack and Oliver’s at our school.
Olivia, Amelia, Florence for girls

redhearts · 27/07/2022 19:43

Girls: Alba, Scarlett, Lucy

Boys: Freddie, Harry, Theo

LadyCatStark · 27/07/2022 19:40

Oliver (DS is one and was one of 3 at primary school and one of 2 in his form at high school until another boy joined… called Oliver) and Jacob.
Ellie/ Ella/ Ruby for girls.

Saucery · 27/07/2022 19:40

Harry, Sam, Oliver, Ava, Ella, Isabelle/a/Izzy, Oscar, William.

drpet49 · 27/07/2022 19:38

Zach
Jack
Emma

Cotswoldmama · 27/07/2022 19:35

Lyra, Amelia, Jack, ted/ teddy, Olivia, Charlie, Arthur/ art

HahahaBoomBoom · 27/07/2022 19:17

I think at the moment the most popular names (knowing/knowing of 3 or more) for under 5s are…

boys -
Hunter, Leo, Albie, Henry, Rowan, Rory, Mason, Reuben, Alfie, Archie, Luca

girls
Ivy, Ava, Maeve/Maeva, Evie, Evelyn, Ellie, Zara, Ella, Etta, Lyra, Rhea, Harper, Robyn, Aubrey

ariesalien · 27/07/2022 19:13

Boys - Alfie, Archie, Oliver, Arthur, Jacob, Noah, Charlie

Girls - Ava, Isla, Luna, Emily, Rosie

Dreamingof3 · 27/07/2022 19:09

Olivia, lily, arlo, Leo, aria

MooseBreath · 27/07/2022 19:02

For girls, names starting with E: Eden, Edith, Esther, Elsie, Ellie
Daisy
Phoebe

For boys:
Arthur
Alfie
Edward/Teddy
Theo

Anjo2011 · 27/07/2022 17:37

Ava, Mia, Evie

Ava is the name that many parents thought was unique when they chose it. No one of my age group has this name but the last five years are so it’s extremely popular and there are lots of them in infant and junior schools!

Forgothowmuchlhatehomeschoolin · 27/07/2022 17:37

Freddie, Oscar, Oliver & Henry

Alice, Ruby, Eva, Ava, Evie

RooniIWazlib · 27/07/2022 17:34

Thefruitbatdancer · 27/07/2022 09:35

Oh I forgot to include our street because they don't all go to the same schools, the names above are from dc school.

Teddy, Danny-Ray, Sammy-Ray (siblings), Lexi, Mia, Yasmin, Olivia, Lily, Maya, Savanna, Havana (siblings)

As you can see they're very different to the names from my dc school list.

Danny-Ray and Sammy-Ray? Savanna and Havana?
What are the odds 2 families on the 1 street like cringey matchy-matchy names?

soggydigestives · 27/07/2022 17:33

Evie/Eva- Grace, Amelia, Lilly, Isobel

George, Teddy, Oliver, Jack

RedWingBoots · 27/07/2022 17:19

Florence
Isabelle/Isabella
Amelia/Emilia

Noah
Alex
Jack

My 3 year old DD has to give them prefixes or suffixes to distinguish them.

AliceMcK · 27/07/2022 17:14

Most common, probably

freya
ivy
hazel
violet
olivia
sophie/Sophia
Pheobe
emily
lilly

Harry
harvey
ted/teddy
zachary
sam
leo
noah

oliver and Arthur are also creeping in there.

Jemimapuddleduk · 27/07/2022 17:07

Harry, Freddie, Charlie
Eva/Evie/Evelyn

Aspidistra1 · 27/07/2022 17:07

Isla, Aria, Imogen, Molly

Dylan, Osian, Oscar, Robin, Thomas

FoofOfTheWalkingDead · 27/07/2022 17:05

Boys - Jack, Oliver(Ollie), Michael, Harry, Alfie, Archie - lots of 'ie' ending names.
Girls - Eva/Ava/Evie, Sophie/a, Lily, Freya

MintyGreenDreams · 27/07/2022 16:59

And Mia

MintyGreenDreams · 27/07/2022 16:58

Jaden,Kaden,Layla,Molly

Clairewentoverthemountain · 27/07/2022 16:57

Oh and Rowan and Florence

Clairewentoverthemountain · 27/07/2022 16:57

Evie, Lily, Finley, Jude

SE13Mummy · 27/07/2022 12:41

Mine are teenagers now but the most popular names across the two age groups seem to be Izzy, Beatrice, Olivia, Ebony, Maya, Phoebe, Lyra, Klara and Amelia/Emilia.

Boys are Harry, Louis, Oscar, Felix, Henry, Jake, George... and lots of three letter names i.e. Sam, Tom, Dan, Joe etc.