ONS Baby Names released Monday - your predictions

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The England and Wales Stats for 2014 are out on Monday.

Gather here your name nerds and statistic fiends.

What are your predictions?

What will be the top girl/boy name for 2014
What has finally jumped the shark and is dropping like a stone
What will be the biggest riser
What is your prediction for the biggest surprise (riser or faller)
What do you think the new trend will be
What will be the daftest name on the list (remember there have to three children with the name to make the list)

As you say thankful for small mercies

Best have a chat with dh...

The Thea spotters were right - second biggest climber, up 42 places, and second only to Harper, up 71.

I need a chat with mine too henry 15 but the numbers are a lot! Compared with numbers at 40 and further down.
My dd's name has gone up 12 places this year but still we've only met one other child with that name so not popular.

Darcey and Darcie both appearing separately in the top 100. Will be interested to see the 'combined spellings' analysis.

My name isn't on the list!

There were 3 in 2013, 8 I think the year before that.

DD has the same number as 2013, 23 girls with her name.

I was hoping to get more popular, not less :(

Ooh, ds didn't make the top 100. Do I get some sort of mn badge for that?

The Top 10 Boys:
1 OLIVER
2 JACK
3 HARRY
4 JACOB
5 CHARLIE
6 THOMAS
7 GEORGE
8 OSCAR
9 JAMES
10 WILLIAM

The big risers in the top 100

20 Freddie up 15 places
53 Elijah up 16 places
54 Kian up 41 places
59 Theodore up 19 places
60 Stanley up 10 places
66 Teddy up 20 places
68 Louis up 9 places
72 Elliott up 12 places
84 Albert up 15 places
94 Ellis up 9 places

35 Riley down 14 places
47 Tyler down 10 places
69 Ryan down 18 places
71 Bobby down 12 places
73 Dexter down 10 places
75 Alex down 10 places
76 Liam down 9 places
77 Kai down 13 places
79 Connor down 13 places
82 Callum down 9 places
85 Leon down 10 places
99 Finlay down 12 places

The following have moved more than a hundred places up in the last 10 years so are probably the most '2014' names on the list; Hugo, Jenson, Seth, Arthur, Elijah, Theodore, Jackson, Albert, Austin, Ollie, Teddy, Joey, Dexter

The following have moved between 50 and 100 places in the last 10 years so are also pretty 2010s; Jayden, Rory, Oscar, Sebastian, Riley, Caleb, Elliott, Felix, Logan, Harley, Noah, Tommy, Reuben, Zachary, Ronnie, Freddie, Theo, Blake, Stanley, Frankie

Most past their prime having fallen more than 20 places in the last ten years are; Luke, Alex, Louis, Nathan, Lewis, Robert, Finlay, Matthew, Aaron, Liam, Ryan, Connor, Jamie, Owen, Callum

Will there be a combined names release would be interested in Edwards, teds, teddy combined it must be up there we know loads.

If you combine all the Edwards, Teds, Teddys, Teddies, Teddy-hyphens it comes to 3955 which puts it just outside the Top 10.

(Disclaimer: I know not all Edwards go by Ted/Teddy but a sizeable chunk probably do)

DD2 around 150 born last year compared to around 200 mark in 2013, fairly static. (She was born early 2015)

DD1 less than 20 with her name - I'm amazed it's so unpopular! (She was born in 2012 and one of about 30 babies with her name that year)

It's so weird how many people name their children by an abbreviation

Top Ten Girls:
1 AMELIA
2 OLIVIA
3 ISLA
4 EMILY
5 POPPY
6 AVA
7 ISABELLA
8 JESSICA
9 LILY
10 SOPHIE

The big risers in the top 100
31 EVELYN +14

32 ELSIE +15

47 ELIZA +12

48 GEORGIA +12

53 ANNABELLE +10
54 IVY +12

55 AMBER +10
72 DARCEY +12

73 MARIA +10
76 AISHA +18

84 HEIDI +15
100 ROBYN +19
84 LOTTIE 662 +20*
90 NANCY 615 +21*
80 DARCIE 677 +23*
79 THEA 678 +42*
89 HARPER 623 +71*

The big fallers in the top 100
64 LEXI 972 -22
86 BETHANY 648 -9
58 SUMMER 1,067 -10
98 VICTORIA 584 -10
63 AMELIE 988 -11
83 MOLLIE 663 -12
88 FAITH 642 -14
59 HANNAH 1,061 -15
68 LACEY 829 -15
97 JULIA 593 -15
65 MEGAN 879 -16

The following have moved more than a hundred places up in the last 10 years so are probably the most '2014' names on the list; Layla, Heidi, Esme, Annabelle, Florence, Lola, Evelyn, Eliza, Darcy, Beatrice, Siena, Ava, Willow, Lottie, Julia, Isla, Nancy, Thea, Lacey, Darcey, Darcie, Harper, Elsie, Bella,Violet, Ivy, Lexi, Eva, Rose, Sofia, Emilia

The following have moved between 50 and 100 places in the last 10 years so are also pretty 2010s; Scarlett, Sophia, Sara, Lilly, Martha, Robyn, Matilda, Gracie, Maryam

Most past their prime having fallen more than 20 places in the last ten years are; Anna, Molly, Holly, Lucy, Lydia, Abigail, Eleanor, Emma, Sarah, Ellie, Zoe, Isabel, Hannah, Leah, Megan, Bethany, Katie, Amy. Georgia also has fallen over 20 places, but has had something of a revival in 2014

Harper is the one that stands out most as having skyrocketed out of all the names on the boys and girls names. Can't think why...

If you are looking for what will be top 100 in 10 years time, look around the 250 - 350 mark for both boys and girls, though the girls are far more fashion influenced than the boys.

Is this the thread where we can smirk at some of the creative spellings. If so, can I offer Channel, Charliee and Cydnee for starters?

Wishful the British Baby Names blog does a combined spellings table. Here are the 2013 girls and boys. It wouldn’t pick up the Edward / Teddy / Ted combinations, however, as it groups homophones and near-homophones, and hyphenated names.

And so all three of my DCs have names in the top 6. Although none were even top 20 when they were born!

Trend setter, me

Where is the full list please? I can only see top 100?

You need to click along to the 6th tab on the spreadsheet.

Is it possible to search for a name rather than scroll through them all?

Ctrl+F works as a search function on a pc or laptop. Not sure about ipads.

Thanks!

Feeling quite smug that DD's name didn't make it into the top 100 despite every thread about her name insisting it's "on the up".

I think there must be names that get mentioned a lot on MN but not actually used very often, which makes people think it's all over the place when really it's just a notion.

Mabel for example.

That's not DD's name but you do hear it mentioned a lot. I assumed it was much more popular than it is.

Thank you Mitzy

The tab with the top ten in each region is interesting too - I know the numbers are small, but there is a difference between London and the rest of the country

The boys list you've really been waiting for

The sublime, the ridiculous, the culturally 'possibly not great growing up in the UK', Oh No Daddy named me, Ok Magazine Readers Anonymous and MN favourites...

Amadeus 3
Anis 12
Apollo 10
Archimedes 3
Arnie 32
Arsen 6
Atlas 9
Atticus 51
Attila 9
Auberon 3
Aubrey 34
Aurelius 3
Balthazar 6
Bane 6
Barnabas 20
Bear 19
Blaze 3
Blue 26
Bowie 5
Caesar 3
Castiel 22
Cloud 3
Coast 3
Digby 23
Diggory 3
Ebenezer 14
Elmer 3
Elvis 20
Eros 3
Fox 32
Gideon 45
Gulliver 10
Harrington 3
Heathcliff 3
Huxley 43
Indiana 23
Indy 19
Jagger 6
Jarvis 22
Jett 35
Juke 5
King 23
Koa 22
Legend 3
Loki 74
Lovelle 3
Loxley 6
Lucky 3
Lyric 6
Lysander 8
Marvellous 12
Matisse 3
Maverick 33
Merrick 3
Montague 17
Mordecai 3
Nelson 36
Nimrod 6
Nixon 9
Nova 3
Ocean 12
Odin 36
Orion 48
Orpheus 3
Osama 8
Phinnaeus 3
Prince 78
Princewill 3
Ptolemy 9
Quentin 26
Rafferty 114
Rain 3
Raven 3
Red 6
Redd 3
Reign 3
Remington 3
Rudyard 3
Rune 3
Shepherd 3
Simba 3
Sixten 3
Stanleigh 3
Storm 12
Success 3
Sultan 33
Talon 3
Tennyson 5
Thaddeus 11
Theoden 3
Thor 13
Tiger 14
Timofey 3
Timothee 3
Torren 3
Tudor 24
Willoughby 10
Wolf 9
Zebedee 13
Zeus 4

Girls to follow in a bit.