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?

It just shows how ignorant these people are I think Maryz, there's no excuse for misspelling Niamh! ..it's not that unusual is it!!!

How did Princess get to number 324??? ...ah yes, Katie Price!!!!

My son is called Oliver, it was only after I had named him that I found out how popular it was. I don't know any other Olivers, and nobody I know knows any other Olivers, people always comment on what a nice name it is and how they don't hear of many kids called Oliver, even the nursery said they haven't had an Oliver for a while, he is still the only one.... So where the hell are all these Olivers?

I'm in Scotland so it isn't the top boy name here, but it is still in the top 10 (8 I think) so apparently still pretty popular.

It is lovely that the top ten in GB are almost all classics (with a few diminutives thrown in). The exception is 'Evie'. Can anyone explain where that comes from as it keeps cropping up?
DH being a teacher we were concerned to avoid the current favourites - many are lovely names we might well have chosen but it is annoying to find lots of others with the same name in your class/year group. Unfairly even a lovely classic name can be regarded as literally 'common'. It is only first impressions of course then the name becomes synonymous with the individual but children at school and university and starting careers are repeatedly subject to those first impressions.

We chose more unusual classics - DD is Elizabeth which can turn its hand to anything and she currently styles herself Libby (which I would never have chosen but DH started it when she was a baby and it just suited her!) Go with the flow/against it/whatever but perhaps don't land DC with anything too onerous...or if you do give them a middle name to opt for.

Aw, only 9 little girls with the same name as DD. Does this make me uber cool....or uber cruel???

^We're going to need the name

How can I find out how many were born with the name I'm using? I think Font said early on only 9 born with her name...how can you find that out? Thanks

I can't write it on here....I'd be outted not that anyone will care

The instructions to find the name are a few pages earlier, I would cut and paste for you but my iPhone is stupid!

Oh no that's fine Font - no intention of sharing mine either as DD is overdue and don't want to start a trend (because obviously everyone would love my name) Will go back and have a look...

2589 A'ISHAH 9
2589 AAFIA 9
2589 AAIMA 9
2589 AASHI 9
2589 ABRAR 9
2589 ADEEBA 9
2589 AIESHA 9
2589 AIMEN 9
2589 ALA 9
2589 ALIS 9
2589 ALISHAH 9
2589 ALMAS 9
2589 ALVINA 9
2589 AMAIYA 9
2589 AMARIS 9
2589 AMATULLAH 9
2589 AMELIA-JANE 9
2589 AMELIA-MAE 9
2589 AMILAH 9
2589 AMMAARAH 9
2589 AMNAH 9
2589 AMY-LEE 9
2589 AMY-MAY 9
2589 ANASTASIJA 9
2589 ANEEKA 9
2589 ANH 9
2589 ANISSA 9
2589 ANNE-MARIE 9
2589 ANNIE-MAY 9
2589 AREEJ 9
2589 ARFA 9
2589 ARSHIA 9
2589 ARZOO 9
2589 ASMITHA 9
2589 ATLANTA 9
2589 AYZA 9
2589 AZKA 9
2589 BELA 9
2589 BETSI 9
2589 BETTIE 9
2589 BLIMI 9
2589 BRODY 9
2589 CADY 9
2589 CAILYN 9
2589 CHIOMA 9
2589 CHRISTIE 9
2589 CLARICE 9
2589 CLEOPATRA 9
2589 CODI 9
2589 CORALIE 9
2589 COSIMA 9
2589 DAIANA 9
2589 DEENA 9
2589 DELPHI 9
2589 DORCAS 9
2589 DUAA 9
2589 EBUNOLUWA 9
2589 EKAM 9
2589 EKATERINA 9
2589 ELESHA 9
2589 ELIKA 9
2589 ELIZAH 9
2589 ELLE-MAY 9
2589 ELLIOT 9
2589 ELLORA 9
2589 EMANUELA 9
2589 EMILLIE 9
2589 EMINE 9
2589 EMMANUELA 9
2589 EMMANUELLE 9
2589 ENA 9
2589 ERINN 9
2589 ETIENNE 9
2589 EVA-MAY 9
2589 EVIE-MARIE 9
2589 EVIEE 9
2589 FAJR 9
2589 FATOUMATA 9
2589 FFLUR 9
2589 FIZZA 9
2589 GWENAN 9
2589 HANAH 9
2589 HARINI 9
2589 HARMONIE 9
2589 HAYLEIGH 9
2589 HIFZA 9
2589 HOLLIE-MAI 9
2589 HOLLIE-MAY 9
2589 HOLLY-MAY 9
2589 HOORIYA 9
2589 HUSNAA 9
2589 ILARIA 9
2589 IMARA 9
2589 INDIYA 9
2589 INSHA 9
2589 ISHRAT 9
2589 ISLA-MAE 9
2589 ISMAH 9
2589 ISOLDE 9
2589 JAEL 9
2589 JANNATH 9
2589 JANNATUL 9
2589 JASKIRAN 9
2589 JAYNA 9
2589 JODY 9
2589 JOELY 9
2589 JULITA 9
2589 JUWAYRIYAH 9
2589 KACEY-MAY 9
2589 KACI-LEIGH 9
2589 KADEY 9
2589 KAELYN 9
2589 KAILYN 9
2589 KAIRI 9
2589 KALEIGH 9
2589 KARISHMA 9
2589 KARMEN 9
2589 KASSIE 9
2589 KATRIN 9
2589 KETSIA 9
2589 KHALISAH 9
2589 KHATIJA 9
2589 KIERRA 9
2589 KIMAYA 9
2589 KITTIE 9
2589 KLOE 9
2589 KYANA 9
2589 LAICEE 9
2589 LAICEY 9
2589 LAILA-MAI 9
2589 LALITA 9
2589 LAYLA-GRACE 9
2589 LEANA 9
2589 LEJA 9
2589 LESLEY 9
2589 LETITIA 9
2589 LIBA 9
2589 LILEE 9
2589 LILI-MAE 9
2589 LILIEN 9
2589 LILIYA 9
2589 LILLI-MAE 9
2589 LILLYANN 9
2589 LINDSAY 9
2589 LISA-MARIE 9
2589 LIVI 9
2589 LOLITA 9
2589 LOTTA 9
2589 MABELLE 9
2589 MADALENA 9
2589 MADALINE 9
2589 MAHAM 9
2589 MAHUM 9
2589 MAIREAD 9
2589 MAISEE 9
2589 MAISIE-MAE 9
2589 MALIKAH 9
2589 MALWINA 9
2589 MANAAL 9
2589 MANREET 9
2589 MARAM 9
2589 MARGAUX 9
2589 MARY-ANN 9
2589 MARY-KATE 9
2589 MARYANN 9
2589 MASAL 9
2589 MAUD 9
2589 MAYMUNAH 9
2589 MEA 9
2589 MEENA 9
2589 MEGAN-ROSE 9
2589 MENA 9
2589 MIIA 9
2589 MISHAL 9
2589 MISSIE 9
2589 MONA 9
2589 MYLEIGH 9
2589 MYRAH 9
2589 NABILAH 9
2589 NAFISAH 9
2589 NAIA 9
2589 NANDINI 9
2589 NARIN 9
2589 NEVEAH 9
2589 NOREEN 9
2589 NURA 9
2589 NURIA 9
2589 OLUWADEMILADE 9
2589 OLUWATENIOLA 9
2589 OLUWATOBI 9
2589 OLUWATOSIN 9
2589 OMOTOLA 9
2589 PAULINE 9
2589 PEIGHTON 9
2589 PEONY 9
2589 PERLA 9
2589 RACHEAL 9
2589 RAFAELA 9
2589 RAFIA 9
2589 RAMEEN 9
2589 RAVEENA 9
2589 RAWAN 9
2589 REA 9
2589 RHIANA 9
2589 ROJIN 9
2589 RONA 9
2589 ROSEY 9
2589 ROSY 9
2589 ROWEN 9
2589 ROZALIA 9
2589 RUBY-ANN 9
2589 RUBY-LOU 9
2589 RUGILE 9
2589 RUQAYA 9
2589 RUTENDO 9
2589 RUWAYDA 9
2589 SABINE 9
2589 SAFFAH 9
2589 SAFFIA 9
2589 SAFINA 9
2589 SAINA 9
2589 SALOME 9
2589 SANDY 9
2589 SARAI 9
2589 SARIYAH 9
2589 SERENE 9
2589 SHAAN 9
2589 SHAH 9
2589 SHAHANA 9
2589 SHAI 9
2589 SHANIAH 9
2589 SHEENA 9
2589 SIONED 9
2589 SMILTE 9
2589 SOMA 9
2589 SOPHIE-MAE 9
2589 TANIYA 9
2589 TAYLOR-MAE 9
2589 TAYYIBA 9
2589 THEIA 9
2589 TIA-ROSE 9
2589 TIGERLILY 9
2589 TILLIE-MAE 9
2589 UMAIMA 9
2589 VENUS 9
2589 VICTORY 9
2589 VILTE 9
2589 VIOLETTA 9
2589 WENDY 9
2589 WREN 9
2589 XENIA 9
2589 YING 9
2589 YUKI 9
2589 YVETTE 9

Ha ha, yup, one of those!

Fontsnob I'm assuming you didn't go for the very 80's sounding Fizza?
You know when you've been Tangoed!

Mine is in the early 70's but sad to note other ones I liked were in 50's and one in the 3's! Then again she's hardly going to bump into one of the other 70 odd born in the same year in her lifetime, is she? I think I am fine with that :)

Evie is a diminutive of Evaleen/Evaline or Evelyn. Twas how my granny was always known (born Evaleen).

Hmmm. If DC2 is a girl, her name isn't on the list at ALL with our planned spelling. But it is on the list with a different spelling (way down there. There were 4 or 5 of them last year). Now I'm slightly worried that we're being accidentally cre8tiv.

I have one very popular name and four highly unfashionable.

One of my boys choices is top 20, and even top 10 in London... Not surprised as it is always popular (Samuel). The other is way down the list at 792 (Alastair). My girls are in the 100s (Lara) and 200s (Carys) and I think they have the perfect level of popularity, heard of but there are not loads in every school.

Just checked my nephews as well - rare names but actually more of them around than I thought! One of the names being considered for DN3 is not even on there though.

Thanks for posting this - I love these statistics!

We met a child called Fizz once, around 8 years ago now. My son (the same age, around 3/4) heard the parents talking to her and turned to me and said "Why has that girl got the same name as Fizz from the Tweenies, how silly!" in a lovely stage whisper.
Ooops.

ooohhhh 7 Amethysts and 8 Lilacs

Strange there are no Sybils - I rather like it - spesh since Downton Abbey has glamorised it somewhat. Forget Fawlty Towers.

BTW check out this wiccan baby names link - interesting?
bewitchingnames.blogspot.com/2011/03/sybil.html

My name rolls in at joint 896. It's a variant spelling and it's never anywhere near the top. DS and DD are both in the top hundred for their years. I got fed up with always having to correct people as they wrote my name out and vowed that they would never have that problem!

Still, didn't anticipate their names being that popular. We thought we were being slightly different with DS, and since then we've met loads of people who either have or know someone with that name. DD's name we just liked, and it happened to be a family name too.

There are 39 little Daphnes too. Has this gone up since last year?

Oh yes it has - there were only 30 Daphnes last year

Yay

And there were 7 Sybils last year - now 0?

Well My oldest Ds only had 59 boys named the same and my younger ds only 18 the same - I see that as a success to be honest as I can genuinely not see the appeal of everyine calling children the same things time and time ago. And don't even get me started on double-barrelled or urchin type names. Bleurgh!

Not that important really but I'd like to see middle names too, I think they're even more trend led. Rose 5ish years ago, then May, now Violet very popular.