The real 'Top Names'

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Found an article on America's top names which showed counting spellings changed the order of the top baby names, for example: Isabella at #3 is #2 including other spellings and #20 Zoe is now #7 and #67 Madeleine is #13, biggest in the boys include Aiden at #1 to #10 and Jackson to #20

Here is 2010 Britain's, WDYT?

www.namenerds.com/uucn/pop/UK2010/UK2010xx01.html

V interesting. Link doesn't work for me though so I can't see the list!

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I'm surprised my name's not in the top 500 - I didn't think it was that uncommon... Just isn't in fashion for today's parents I guess.

I hate creative spellings.

Some of them spellings just make me . And a poor 95 children were given my name on 2010, didn't realise it was in the top 500!

95 poor children even.

Kc? Tiia? Cortney? I think a little bit of my soul just died.

Chole? Ysobel?! Domonic??!! And surely there aren't really eight little Roarys out there having the Roary the Racing Car theme sung at them fifty times a day?

We have a Kc at our school. Kc-Mai, to be precise. Capitalised like that.

Our top 50 Girl names for 2011 (I don?t have the boy list) I think it's quite a bit different to the official top 50:

Lily/Lilly/Lillie/Lili
Amelia/Emilia/Emelia
Olivia/Oliwia
Isabel/Isabelle/Isobel/Isobelle
Emily/Emilie
Sophia/Sofia
Jessica
Sophie
Ruby/Rubie
Isabella/Izabella/Isobella
Grace
Ava
Chloe/Khloe
Mia/Miya
Evie
Maisie/Maisy/Maisey/Maizie
Poppy/Poppie
Ella/Ela
Layla/Laila/Leila/Leyla
Isla
Holly/Hollie
Freya
Lucy/Lucie
Daisy
Charlotte
Scarlette/Scarlet
Lexi/Lexie
Phoebe
Ellie
Millie/Milly
Hannah/Hanna/Hana
Molly/Mollie
Megan
Lola
Imogen
Amy/Aimee
Maya/Maja/Maia
Lacey/Lacie
Eva
Summer
Sienna/Siena
Jasmine/Jasmin
Alice
Alisha/Alicia/Alesha/Aleisha/Alicja/Alyssia
Abigail
Erin
Madison/Maddison
Caitlyn/Caitlin/Katelyn/Kaitlyn, Kaitlin
Florence
Elizabeth

Gosh, there are children called Hunni. And Hunnie. Goodness.

spiderlight, Ysobel isn't that strange. I think it is a Spanish version of Isobel.

I read through the list and find the methodology a bit strange. It seems to be quite subjective which names they put together e.g. they put Zara, Zaara, Zarah, Zarrah, Zhara and Xara together (no.78), but they were separate from Zahra, Zahraa and Zahrah (no. 145). And surely 'Zhara' should be pronounced, um, 'Zhara'?

Also, it seems that some of the names under 'Mia' (no.15) might actually belong with Maya (no.34).

I don't know how they decided what went where.

Jesus. 8 kids called Roary. Are they all racing cars?