What names have you noticed getting more popular in 2010?

[bytheMoonlight]

What do you think will be the popular names of 2010?

I love Mary and Eileen.
Have also met a coupel of Fionas.
Can't imagine anyone calling a baby Claire though!

I love Mary. But can't ever use it as we have a Joseph.

Fiona - really? It really isn't a name I like.

Claire/Clare is a funny one (it's my middle name) - I know lots of people with the name, too, probably in their 30s - but can't imagine them as babies and I'm not sure I like it on older women either.

There are loads of Amelias around so we went for Amelie as the softer sounding version. I went to a little village toddler group, 15 kids in the room of which 3 were called Amelie!

Lots of Oscars/Olivers (Oscar was one of our boy reserve names, as was Miles - almost a shame she wasn't a boy as I haven't met another Miles!)

Matilda/Tillie is on the up too.

Of course Biblical names date. Jason, Mark, Deborah etc..

The midwife told me this morning that Roxy is becoming quite popular because of Eastenders. She said the same thing happened 10 years ago with Courtney.

All the boys around here seem to be called Finley/Finlay

Is Roxy a boy or girl (sorry, don't watch Easternders..)?

Roxy is a girls name...not so keen myself. Quite like Lexi though which is getting popular.

Evie, Isla, Olivia for girls. Dunno about boys so much

for girls - Esme seems to be getting more popular, know of 3 new ones. Also lots called Lily, Isabella, Isla. And Anna too.

for boys - a fair few Theos are popping up. And Harry, Harrisson and Edward.

Oh yes, Theo or Theodore. Tons of baby Theos here.

HumphreyCobbler - yes, I think so, presumably because one of his daughter was named Judith.

I love Judith. May have to run it past DH again (I deduce from the fact that DD is not named Judith that he wasn't keen last time)

Agree with Esme and Isla - soooo many, you can hardly move for them - they are really going to date I think.

I love Judith too.

oh yes I know three baby Isla's

My friend has just had twins and named them Isla & Esme :)

Lots of babies named Claire in the US, but I don't know any here.

Somebody said Teddy.

We named our DS Teddy, thinking we wouldn't meet any other little Teds... oh how wrong were we!!

If this thread proves anything - it's don't not use your favourite name just because you worry it's too popular. I love the ever-popular Isabelle but don't know a single one! I'd be gutted if I picked a name that was less popular over a popular one I loved only to find my less popular one had indeed become popular....if that makes sense!!

I know loads of Finn's and Isaac's.

I know 3 x Zac and 3 x Robins (All boys) born between Nov 2009 and Jan 2010

When I had my Esme a few years ago, several people asked me if I had made it up! How times change!

Lulu - I am a Claire; afaik it works perfectly fine on adlts - can honestly say that, in my 30s, it is working fine for me :)
I think Claire is still relatively popular in the US as a baby name.

Hi it's Lulu (change of name) - no, I know it's fine on adults and people in their 30s - just find it a bit difficult to see it on an older woman - and I mean 60s/70s, but maybe it's because I'm in my 30s and I know people in their 30s called Claire - maybe when I'm a pensioner - it'll seem OK.

I don't think that made any sense at all did it? It just doesn't seem like an old lady's name to me.

MrsvWoolf Agatha? Really? Rats. I thought DD was the only one in the whole wide world...

YY Clara, we avoided Jack and I haven't met any in 3 1/2 years, not one

Tom / Thomas is v popular here
As are Max, Olivia, Freddie, Arthur, Freya and Ruby. Oh, and Sebastian. And Lily.

I predict a huge revival for Felix, it has already started here.

Does anyone know any Pablos?