Names that are enormously popular in your child's year or with peers.

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My dd is 15 there are 8 girls called Grace in her year. Also popular: Lauren and Bella/Issy/Ella, Abbie/Addy

Boys: Jacob

Harry, Jack, Olivia, Grace and Eva/Evie.

Why so many?? 4 Harrys in one class alone!

We know loads of

Harry (4 in class of 19!), Oliver, Jack, Archie, Sam, Ben

Ella, Ellie, Evie, Sophie, Issy/Isabel/Isabella, Olivia

There are so so many lovely names to choose from, why do so many choose such popular names....!?

DSs 15 and 14. Thomas and Euan - loads and loads of them. There were 5 Thomas' and 3 Euans in a group of 24 scouts!

We also have a local glut of Keirs

age 3

girls; Evie, Esme, Isabella, Isla, Sophie, Jessica, Olivia, Amelia, Mia

boys; Luke, Hugo, Oliver, Rufus, Zach

Sophia, Isabella, summer

William, Oscar

Year 5: Jessica, Isabella, Millie and Poppy.

Year 2: Zachary/Zach, Grace.

YR: Harriet.

Generally in the school: Harry, Jessica, Lily, Evie/Eva, Toby, Tom, Grace, Jacob, Millie, Chloe and Monty.

There are lots of Joshs, Sams and Bens in my DS's year (Year 8). Not sure about girls.

When he started primary in a different city, Daniel and Ruby were the most popular names in his school year.

DS 16 has 5 Alexes in his class so they're all known by their surnames.

I know about 6 Ethans who are either 4 or 5 now. The popularity of that name seemed to come out of nowhere. Was it because the mums had Ethan Hawke in their teenage wall and some sort of name osmosis imprint?
I know Danni Minogue used it too, but she seemed to decide on it during the deluge, not at the start of it.

Preschool : baby & toddler rooms.
Boys: Isaac, Noah, Archie, Theo, Jacob
Girls: Lilly, Amelie/a, Sophie/ia

William - all 3 DS's (age 16, 14 and 5) have best mates called William!

The teenagers also seem to know lots of Jamess,Jacks, Daniels, Bens, Adam, and Charlies. Girls - Maddie, Mia, Ellie/Ella/Elle, Beth, Abbie, Emily.

5 year old - Zac, Louis, Oscar, Oliver, Noah, Molly, Emmie/Emily

In the primary school where I work:

Boys: Noah, Oscar, Isaac/Zach/Zak/Zachary
Girls: Innumerable variations of Sophie/Sophia/Sofia, Eva/Ava/Eabha, Isabel/Isabelle/Isobel.

Sophie
Evie

Callum
Harry
Jamie

Dd year 7 - repeats of Jessica, Chloe and Maddison, Connor and joe/joey/Joseph.

Ds year 6 - Callums and Harrisons.

My daughter's in preschool here in Canada:

Girls-Olivia, Emma, Isla.

Boys-Henry, Jack, Theo and Jasper. You can't say Jasper without 4 kids turning around.

DS, now 22, had iirc four Emilys and one Emilie in his year of 40 children in elementary school. DS was going to be Emily or Grace if he had been a girl -- dodged that one.
DD1(25) had four Katies, all of whom spelled their BC name Kathryn.
DD4(14) had duplicate Rachels, Graces and Sarahs.

For boys, there were lots of Michaels, Henrys, Lukes, Jameses(sp) and Liams.

Alexander and Alexandra (Alex and Allie) were the single most popular names for boys and girls in high school for many years.

DS is at a small pre-prep, where year groups are very small, so these are the most popular names throughout the school.

Boys - Oliver, Oscar, Freddie, Edward and Theo.

Girls - Emily, Grace, Freya, Molly and Evelyn

My son is 2, the most popular names here are definitely Oscar and Mia.

first DC due in January but my sister said there's 6 girls (out of a class of 29) with either May/Mae/Rose as a double-barrel!

Age 5-6 in my boys class is:

Jack
Scarlett

Xx

Year 12 James, William, Henry, Matthew, Sophie, Lucy, Georgina.

Oh and Thomas.

I can't understand why anyone would choose the name Isabella or its permutations. It reached a saturation point long ago.

I am guessing because they like it?

DS (7) - Niamh, Oliver, Jack, Isaac
DD (4) - Noah, George, Isaac, Amelia