“How popular is your name?” (Name searching tool from BBC”

[DoTheMaccaroni]

Here’s the link for the name search tool that the bbc have published on their article. They did it in 2018 for the 2017 list and it was so handy and fun to use so I thought I’d share!

www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-51673123

Actually... it doesn’t seem to be working for me 🙈 keeps saying “there were no babies with this name in 2018”

No babies with my name in England & Wales since 2018. Dont blame them

@DoTheMaccaroni

Actually... it doesn’t seem to be working for me 🙈 keeps saying “there were no babies with this name in 2018”

I thought that but there were babies in Scotland and Northern Ireland so changed depending on nations

None of my name either!!

None of mine either!

Maybe it's just too 100 names?

Mmmmm yeah ignore me then... it’s bust! Only works for Scotland and Northern Ireland 🙈

As you were!

It was the same tool a few years ago and it worked perfectly!

Here’s the article from that year (released 2018 but 2017 list)

I don’t understand why they have bothered when names.darkgreener already does this perfectly well (it hasn’t yet been updated for 2019 but it’s usually pretty soon after the ONS release).

Doesn’t work for England and Wales for me either

Tried all the names like grace, Ava, Oliver etc. Nothing. Bumsy

I don’t think it is working actually- I tested it with my daughter’s (very popular) name and it said there was no babies called that in England in 2018...

Sorry - should have refreshed the thread before posting!

So many names seem to have dropped off the radar. I'm not sure one name from my my class has survived. Joanne, Emma, Helen, Karen, Jennifer, Nicola, Lisa, Georgina - not one showing of any of them over the whole of 2018 - like a Thanos click.

Oh, is it broken?

I am getting England & Wales results (no idea if they are accurate) for trad boys' names:

Oliver (no 1)
Noah (no 4)
James (no 21)
Ewan (no 311)

But it claims there were no babies called Emily, Sophie, Charlotte, Evelyn, Lily, Elizabeth, or Anna in E/W in 2018. Seems unlikely.

Dark greener usually updates his/her website pretty soon after the statistics are released. I expect it'll update this week, maybe even today or tomorrow

Darkgreener will be updated this evening.

I’ve always found that darker greener doesn’t show how many there are by number. Am I doing something wrong? Clearly I am 🙈

You need to tap or click on the graph. It’s tricky on a phone but easier on a monitor.

I can only find where the names rank on darker greener. Whereas I liked being able to see how many there are with each name, not their position on the list..

Obviously I can just scroll through the spreadsheet but that takes a while when looking for rare names

@ZoyaTheDestroyer aah thank you!!!! Been looking at that site for years and never knew 🤣🤣 I wondered why you all loved it so much hahaha! What a dope

No babies with my name born in 2018, i dont know whether to be pleased or upset...whats wrong with my name

@Jenasaurus sorry.. the link is broken! My bad 🙈

I find it hard to believe there were NO babies given my name in 2018 but I really, really do not believe that there were no babies given my daughter's name in 2018!

[quote DoTheMaccaroni]@Jenasaurus sorry.. the link is broken! My bad 🙈[/quote]
Its odd though as it worked for my sons names just not mine, so I assumed my sons names were more popuar than mine, there were a few of me in Scotland though :)

The tool doesn't work. It say there are no babies with my DD name in 2018 and I know from the actual ONS figures for that year there were over 100.