Place Your Bets: it’s the ONS Baby Names 2017 predictions thread!

[ZoyaTheDestroyer]

It’s nearly that time again; the 2017 ONS baby name data for England and Wales will be published in the next few weeks. Chime in here with your predictions for the biggest risers and fallers.

Who is calling their baby Ralph?!

Wow, Leo top 10! Was not expecting that! Even though now I think about it, it has been very popular recently.

I predicted both my DD names would rise. One did but the other had fallen. Also DS fell too.

SoupMode more worryingly, there were 104 Myras born.

Surprised by how low Tabitha and Margot are. Pleased to see Sylvie is only in the top 400, thought it would be much higher - can't believe there were as many Michelles as Sylvies born! Just goes to show, must be the circles we move in.

I had my baby last year so have been waiting for these stats to be published! Our name doubled in popularity between 2016-2017... but that was from 7 to 14! Truth be told although I still love our DS's name and wouldn't have wanted to call him anything else I did wonder if we'd be the only ones and that made me feel a bit nervous so I'm feeling very happy that there are 13 others who share his name. 😊