2010 stats released today

[PrincessJenga]

Last year's statistics have just been released http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=184 online

Oliver and Olivia still top names.

I'm about to scour the rest of the list for inspiration and to check the names I've chosen aren't too popular

What do we think?

Joes-v?
Am lurking hoping no one mocks my ds's name considering only 5 of them registered last year, though the shortened version is at 132

41 sets of parents used Pheobe which made me think it might be pronounced differently or be a different name than a misspelling of Phoebe

I think it more likely to be a misspelling! ...unfortunately!

My SIL will be very put out that there are over 500 girls out there with her daughters very unusual name .

Orla is up to 175. Wasn't in top 500 when we named DD! Must have spread out of the Irish community.

VivianDarkbloom I know, I couldn't believe how high up it was for a misspelling

I wonder if as a registrar you could ever point out to people that it may be spelt wrong?

I've an unusual name, (even more unusual than Pheobe) people spell it wrong all the time and I've had the odd person insist that it's spelt differently. I generally point them towards a dictionary seeing as it's in any half decent one.

It is addictive reading is it not ladies?!

The amount of 'creatively' spelt names is infuriating ...or is that just me?!!!

Surely they research their potential name and find out the correct spelling? ..non?!

Very addictive reading!

Apparently a fair amount of people don't, worryingly

Some of the names questioned on here are perfectly legitimate:

Chavah/Chavi - Yiddish form of Eve, shame it has been ruined by the C word!

Ila - gaelic spelling of Islay, also a Sanskrit name meaning Earth/Speech

Hurrah. Dd3's name is still out of the top 100 and dd1 and dd2's names are well down the list. That's the way I like it

3 Avelines last year as well, which just reminds me of Bread :) That's the only place I've heard that name. I'm making myself seem older than I am here! :o

Umm very worrying indeed, it just goes to highlight the state this country is in!

My DDs are at number one - but when I chose it over 20 years ago I was worried it might be too obscure, and was reassured by the existence of Olivia Newton-John! - with the others at 613 and 862. But Olivia has now added a forename and calls herself Lily. Not that that is much less popular!

ElephantsAndMiasmas Thu 28-Jul-11 17:11:56
3 Messiahs. That's going to get nasty later.

pmsl

Wow in 2010 there were 3 girls named Xi, 3 named Qi, 7 named Chavi and I also found some 'unique' spellings of Maisie - Mazy, Mayzi, Maezie, and Maisi.

Just checked, and in the year Olivia was born, it wasn't in the top 100 - shows how things change.