What are the most common names in the baby / toddler groups currentyl?

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Please ladies with those of young children what are the most popular names you are hearing?

Just want to see if some of our top runners are popular :)

Both my DC's names are on here. I'm surprised there's been so little change as my eldest is nearly 10 now and the name was top 10 when she was born!

Think it depends a lot where you live. My ds name is a top 10 and has been listed here by a few people but we've still never met another. We have done a lot of groups, no others in his nursery group and he's the only 1 in my MN antenatal bus of over 100.

I know 3 Reubens and a few Evies and Ivys.

Ruby
Arthur
Rose
Owen
Theo
George
Layla
Mia
Ethan
Elliot
Florence
Harry
William

Ava
Evie
Evelyn
Isla
Sienna
Summer
Isabelle / Isabella
Annabel / Annabelle
Alba (know of three born in the last year or two)

Theo
Teddy
Charlie
Archie
Albert / Albie

Oddly, people seem to be more imaginative with their boys names than girls here (usually it's the other way round).

Eee sound names are popular. Miley, Evie, Ellie, Archie, Ollie, Charlie. Unpopular names are the ones that you probably went to school with in the 80s: Chloe, Rebecca, Lisa, Lauren, James, Matthew, Gary, Paul.

The names i hear at all our baby classes are
Noah
Ethan
Jack
Sophia
Eva
Zoe
Isla

It’s the same boring names everywhere. Give me Shimmer & Sparkle any day. These are common round here:

Girls:
Avery
Isla
Ava.

Boys:
Carter
Jack
Lachlan.

Check out Dark Greener names website. It uses up to date ONS data to show you how many times a name has been used for the last 10 plus years. It's wise you are trying to find out, use a popular name if you wish, but the amount of people who choose a very popular name because it isn't popular, and the later say it wasn't popular until after they chose it is eye rolling.

Reuben
Alfie
Jack
Ayla
Isla
Lily
Olivia
Oliver
Ezra
Theo

Leo
Joshua
Charlie
Noah

Eva

George, Alfie, Freddie, Arthur

Amelie, Rose and Eva

Every second girl here is called Eva. I must know 12, there’s 3 in my daughters nursery class alone.

Felix and Reuben are very common too.
All nice names, but all the parents seem to think they are the most unique people who’ve chosen a rare name 🤷‍♀️

Derek. Bernard. Cuthbert

Doris. Edna. Irene.

Amelia/Amelie/Emilia
Ted/Teddy
Isla
Lottie
Ellie/Eleanor
Harry
Archie

I have an Ivy but she’ll be eight this year and we’ve never personally met another Ivy. We’re in Yorkshire though, not South London .

I agree with 'Go with whatever you want and don't worry about how common it is'. I picked a name for DS2 that wasn't even top 100 at the time of his birth. It's a classic English name, but not fashionable currently, and when he went to school he was one of two in his class of 12!

Oscar, Harry, William

Girls ard more varied, I can't think of any multiples of the same name

Go with whatever you want and don't worry about how common it is

Unfortunately it's not you but your child that has to live with the name. A very common name can be a real pain in my experience. So DO think about how common a name already is. There are thousands of great names to choose from!

Noah
Arlo

Ariana
Aria
Orla

tammy surely it’s more important to give your child a name you love (you’ll be using it 1647 times a day) than worry about popularity.
I’ve met quite a few little Olivias, Islas and Darcys. Boys names there seems to be more variation but they all seem to end in ‘ie’

Of course you've got to love the name! But I'm much more likely to love a beautiful interesting underused name than a very trendy common overused one!

Edith
Charlie
Poppy
Evie
Freddy
Arthur
Nancy

To all the people who mentioned Reuben as being popular - what area do you live in? I work with children in east London and have only met one child with the name. I love it, but don’t want to use it if it’s going to be the next Noah or Jacob

Linny it’s the name my friend is currently considering picking but we know of three born in the last few months! Before that I hadn’t only known of one.