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?

I feel really sorry for the parents of these 37 wee girls called Harper! They must be gutted. I would be.

Ha Ha Lets all laugh at the funny foreign names

Oh and my ladies in the years they were born have only 135 and 6 prople named the same as them - I see that as a success actually

There were a few Chardonnays in the year one of my dd's was born, how very very unfortunate

That's right King. Turn this into yet another racist thread. Yawn.

Why is it you can't say anything on MN at the moment without some fuckwit screaming racist??? Jeeez. It's so tiresome.

I think you'll find that Pheobe isn't foreign my love. It's a spelling mistake.

Nobody's lauging at names just because they are foreign - only the names that don't translate into English very well and sound rude, ridiculous or silly.

I'd expect the same reaction on the Greek version of Mumsnet if I'd named a child the ordinary British name 'Pippa', because I know it's slang for masturbation over there!

mogandthecat, I wasn't sure if 'Chava' / 'Chavi' were legit names, as you said though, the 'chav' word has kind of trashed it - they will always be teased, surely the parents knew that?

King, no one is laughing at the foreign names & screaming racism is beyond pathetic, we are simply pointing out that they probably don't work here very well due to unfortunate connotations such as the above 'Chava' / 'Chavi' being close to 'Chav'

dapperflapper I lurve Daphne and any future DD will probably be called that. Though I was once at a party discussing baby names and this woman there said her niece was called Daphne and everyone in the family had reacted like (I hadn't even mentioned the name so it was completely coincidental that she brought it up). Weird, though - people call their DDs things like Matilda, Beatrice and Violet, so not sure why Daphne isn't as popular.

Don't forget that some of the "wacky" names are most probably foreign. Xi, Qi and You are all common Chinese names.

"and Rogue???? Oh dear, pity them when they go to school"

I know a Rogue Ember, a little girl. All the children in the family are named after Xmen

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I can open the link but can't find the list anywhere - help.

I love Daphne. My imaginary twins are called Fergus and Daphne

Top right. Under link to survey. Just says Baby Names. Took me about 12 attempts

Thanks that just gives the top 10.

Only three girls were given my name in 2010. My DD's name on the other hand has moved up dramatically in the top 10. Guess she'll never have any trouble getting objects with her name on them. I never had the pleasure.

Feeling slightly guilty for sticking her with such a popular name. Least my choice for a second DD is in the mid-300s.

WiiUnfit Chava/Chavi aren't pronounced with a /ch/ sound, it's a chet so it's like the ch in loch or Channukah. And those who give their children that name most likely live in communities where it is as common a name as it's Latinized Eve/Eva/Evie is in most of England.

I was starting to get worried that most of the names I like are in the top 20, but then a friend pointed out "that's because they're lovely". Fair point!

I just wish there was some way of knowing the names really locally for the school year your child's born in to. I'm a teacher & last year I had five Laurens, three Thomases and three Jades in one class. All lovely names, but it must be annoying for the pupils (& confusing for staff!)

Thanks Maryz

My DD is at number 32, but in RL I've only met 4 other kids with her name and I'm a teacher so meet far too many lots of kids.

Wasn't my intention to accuse anyone of racism. Just rather amused as the posts seem to boil down to three types:

DC's names are so original;
Have you seen how they've spelt Ford-Capree
and OMG I can't believe someone's called their child Wolfgang/Xi

My DS's name is still fairly popular (top 25) but has gone down a bit on a ten year view which I'm glad about as thought it was too popular when we picked it. My daughter's name was not very popular when we chose it (well I think was at about no 30 in the list) but it has really shot up and is now one of the top names. Feel a bit irrationally disappointed as a number of friends said they thought it was a lovely unusual name when we chose it :( Also there we a few names that I preferred that DH didn't and those have not shot up in the same way. Wish we'd gone for one of them...

But there is no way of telling how popular a name will become. We choose our ds's name which is a traditional name but didn't know any more boys with the same name. then eveywhere we went people seemed to be calling their sons the same name. I am relieved that his name is falling in popularity now.

There was me thinking I gave my DS a fairly unique name. In 2009, there were 4 boys with his name, last year, there were 71 including him.

Must have started a trend.

The Mumsnet obsession with finding unusual names and being gutted if your dc's names get into the top 100 is bizarre and I never come across it in real life . . . Just pick a name you like!

king - I think you're getting surprise/shock/interest confused with racism.

Fuck. I can't believe three other the people in the world have called their baby Obi Wan Kenobi

I'm White and live in Tunbrige Well. Surely I own the name??????