did your baby make the baby names list?

[worldgonemad72]

Hi

just for fun, did your baby make the list in 2009 or 2010? if so where did they come?

My ds hasn't made the list at all in the last 2 years but then it is quite an old name.

Me neither

My little boy's name was 3227th most popular name in 2009.

Can't find the 2010 link on that page, but I'm sure it will have risen in popularity.

DS isn't on the list. I feel a bit sad.

Not at all? You mean it's even more unusual than Siddhartha?

Apparently! They don't list names with fewer than 3 though.

please someone explain how to find names that aren't in the top 100.........I just keep finding lists of top 100 and I know my DS's names won't be any of them.

Do you see the tabs at the bottom? Work along them til you reach tab 6

I haven't got any tabs at the bottom

It's kendodd's link, then you need 2009 B N S in excel format. Then there should be tables, it's table 6

tabs at the bottom of where???? which link - the ONS or the American list one??

ONS

aha - found it now - I couodn't see tables 4, 5 and 6 when I opened it

DS1 was used 7 times (position 2254) (I know one of those and it's not DS1 )

DS2 - not on there

DS3 - used 3 times - position 4527

DS 1568 (used 14 times)
DD 123 (used over 400 times)

Interesting lists. The Americans are indeed more adventurous when it comes to naming their children, wheras a lot of English seem to be more conservative .

Both mine are still outside of the top 100 - hope it stays that way.

None of my 5 are above top 30, 4 being outside the top 100.

Only 48 others with dd's name that year.

My son was on the list in the first five decades of last century, and my daughter was on the list for the last five decades lol!

Did you accidentally misspell their names? Most of the names towards the bottom seem to be misspelt.

Nope - my DS's names are definitely spelled correctly. I had a look at the other years - DS2 doesn't appear to be on any of the other years lists they have either !

No, both my childrens' names are correct spellings of their names - both very old names that are easy to spell and pronounce. They're just not 'trendy' at the moment .

And don't forget that some 'misspellings' are actually correct foreign spellings of a name.

nope mine are just the correct spellings

Mine are also the correct, traditional spellings.

Nope, spelt correctly both names also traditional but not in fashion.