ONS top names 2020 - predictions!

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The top names of 2020 by ONS should be coming out any-day now! Do we have any predictions of big improvers or fallers? :D

Not a specific prediction, but I predict that all the names we like will have shot up so much in popularity we won’t want to use them anymore and will have to go back to the drawing board! It just feels inevitable!

I am hearing Charlie for boys so I predict that has shot higher, the normal Albie, Arthur, Jude, Reuben

For girls, Ava, Olivia, Isla

My predictions for the girls:

Short (somewhat trendy?) girls names up: Sienna, Aria, Luna, Lyra, Zara, Erin, Erica, Zoe, Naomi

Short Irish names up: Erin, Orla, Maeve, Niamh, Aoife

Shorter less frilly vintage names up: Mabel, Margot, Edith, Esther, Audrey, Hazel, Nancy, Nell, Martha, Etta

Nature names up: Willow, Iris, Fern, Rowan, Robin, Wren, Pearl, Sky(e), Summer, Autumn, Winter

Longer frillier names down: Amelia, Isabella, Isabelle, Arabella, Aurora, Annabelle

Classics relatively steady: Emily, Charlotte, Sophie/Sophia, Alice

I hope Olivia isn't still number 1 I don't know any young Olivias, where are they hiding them all??

@IVflytrap I don't know any young Olivia's either

Seems like the statistics are a bit delayed this year @LiveSimply - there's still no specific release date listed on the ONS website and they've moved the estimate time slot from "August- September 2021" to "September -October 2022"

Not that I'm interested or checking or anything. Obviously.

The ones I have heard multiples of this year:

Arthur
Archie
Felix
Hugo
Elsie
Paisley
Ada
Luna

I wonder if the delays in parents registering births last year due to covid has caused a delay in the statistics at the ONS?

My predictions are:

Arthur will be new number one for boys.
Olivia will remain number one for girls.

Ada, Maeve, Hazel, Ottilie will be up for girls.

Arlo and Otis will be up for boys and Theodore will be well within the top ten.

Agree with Arlo & Otis rising.
I think Oliver will still be number 1.
Arthur in the top 10.

Still lots of Eva/ Ava/Evie.
Rise in Ada, Ida, Iris, Elsie, Evelyn.
Falls for Elsa & Alexa.

Lots of my friends who have had sons in the last year or two have named them Harry or Henry.

Boys names ending in 'o' seem popular in the last year as well - Leo, Arlo, Milo, Jago etc.

I think Theodore will be a high riser this years. Seems really popular at present. Not sure on girls everyone I know seems to have boys.

Predictions for boys

Rudi
Isaac
Rueben
Sebastian
Xander

Girls

Mabel
Nellie
Ophelia
Lois

I think Sienna will be a riser for girls, I know loads!

In my area the names on the rise seem to be

Boys
Arlo
Ralph / Ralphie
Robin
Rupert

Girls
Ophelia
Lyra
Nina

I think Penelope and Phoebe will have shot up the charts. Also Aria, Theodore etc

Lara for girls will shoot up (I know 3 born this year)
Also Ophelia, Ava, Ada and Maeve will go up

@IVflytrap

My predictions for the girls:

Short (somewhat trendy?) girls names up: Sienna, Aria, Luna, Lyra, Zara, Erin, Erica, Zoe, Naomi

Short Irish names up: Erin, Orla, Maeve, Niamh, Aoife

Shorter less frilly vintage names up: Mabel, Margot, Edith, Esther, Audrey, Hazel, Nancy, Nell, Martha, Etta

Nature names up: Willow, Iris, Fern, Rowan, Robin, Wren, Pearl, Sky(e), Summer, Autumn, Winter

Longer frillier names down: Amelia, Isabella, Isabelle, Arabella, Aurora, Annabelle

Classics relatively steady: Emily, Charlotte, Sophie/Sophia, Alice

I hope Olivia isn't still number 1 I don't know any young Olivias, where are they hiding them all??

What do you think of Penelope?

I don't know any young Penelopes but there's definitely been more interest in the name online recently, possibly since a Kardashian used it. I'd guess it's going up though not sure how far or fast. Ancient Greek names seem to be gradually gaining in popularity, anyway. I know of a Persephone born a few months ago, and someone else considering Athena.

I know a few little Rosas.

Also agree with a rise in the less frilly nature names e.g. Hazel, Iris

Isabel / Isabelle continues to be popular around here. Plus short girls names beginning with a vowel - Ada, Erin, Eden etc.

I wonder how much the name statistics actually influence people's name choices, and how if the information wasn't available they might make different choices....just pondering.

I think Guy, Charlie, Naomi and perhaps Penelope and Rose will all be on the up. Frilly probably dropping down the charts.

Loads more Margots and Teds.

I hope Olivia isn't still number
I think Charlotte might take the top spot. But agree, where are all these Olivias?!

I know of a fair few naturey names, so wren and Rose and Robyns/Robins.

I think A names for boys are incredibly popular. Arthur, Albie, Archie, Arlo.

Otis seems to have shot up in popularity too.

Agree loads of Sienna's too, not sure which girls name will be number 1 though

I'm wondering how many Ethans there will be. I know a couple of people who had it on their list but went for an A name instead