What are the most common names your personally know?

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Forget what the statistics tell you, what are the most popular names your know personally.

For me all baby and preschooler boys I know seem to be Harry, Freddie or Leo. There are also a few Henry’s.

Girls I’m surprise I still know a few Isabelle/Izzy’s also surprisingly a couple of Margots! And loads of Ellie’s but all short for different things. Apart from that the girls are more mixed though.

Lucca/Luke, Isabel/Belle, Ellie (and variations), Jack, Immy (and variations), Cian, Billy, Alex, Lily, Holly, Sophie, Ollie and Fionn.

And Isla - how could I forget that name. Its very popular in my kid's groups.

So. Many. Isla's.

See also - Evie

Boys - Freddie, Max, Felix and Otis

Girls more diverse, although there's a couple of Ophelias at nursery.

A woman I know told me she chose the name Isla because she wanted something very different. I thought she was kidding but she wasn't at all. It is a very nice name though.

@Youcansaythatagainandagain it's a beautiful name, but its very confusing when you know 7 of them who were all born within about 3 years of each other!

The most common names of nursery and younger children I know are:
Oliver/Ollie
Riley
Archie

Isabelle/a
Amelia/Emilia

Harri ( Welsh spelling)
Isabelle
Toby
Ella
Maisie

Oliver
Jack
Oakley
Isabelle
Freya
Elodie

Depends on age as through work and kids friends I know lots of kids of various ages. In my oldest two age group (10-12) there seems to be lots of Lily Rose/Lily Mae/Lily Anything, quite a few Henry, Jack, Carter, Jaiden/Kaiden, Isabella/Isabelle/Bella, Gracie, Daisy. In my younger two (8 & 6) not much different except less Jaiden/Kaiden, and for some reason loads of Charlottes!

In preschool and under Roman seems to be really popular despite never having met one till recently. Now I know loads of them. Also Ivy. In my kids age groups there are loads of Islas but I don’t know any baby Islas now but lots of Ivys. I’m not sure if Ivy has sort of ‘replaced’ Isla as a similar sound but seems ‘fresher’ to parents since it’s not used as much. I also know more than one Grayson despite never having heard it before.

Some names (Harry, Charlie, Amelia/Emilia) seem to be popular always. I know teens with those names right down to new babies.

Noah, Evie, Harry

@Youcansaythatagainandagain

I think a lot of parents (especially first time parents) think that because they don’t know many babies. When we were expecting ds my husband kept suggesting names and saying ‘this is quite unusual’ and I had to say ‘that’s the name of every boy born this year.’ But I think parents have this thing of thinking ‘ooh Isla, there weren’t any Islas when I was growing up, that must be quite new.’ But actually it would be more unusual and standout to be a Nicole or Shannon nowadays!

My kids classes (10yo and 7yo) multiples of:
Leo
Alfie
Philip
Evie
Sophie

Under threes I know multiples of:
Austin
Mason
Eva/Ava
Hannah

George, Henry, Olivia, Hattie.

All girls are Islas. And all boys are Brodies.

Funny how little the popular names seem to have changed in the last few years. My two DCs are 10 and 12 and have names listed on here. They were pretty popular when I named them and many of my elder DC's friends names are listed above too.

My girl is Brodie! 😂 Are you Scottish by any chance?

Girls: Lily, Isla, Ellie, Ava
Boys: Harry, Harris, Jack

I know folk who picked popular names, like Jack or Grace, because they were afraid to go against the grain. They actually liked other names more...

Had four Oliver’s at our holiday club the other day but generally the boys don’t have the same names. For girls our most popular names are Mia, Isla, Ava and Emily. (ages 5-12)

Eva / Ava / Evie / Isla
i don't think there is any overlap in our kids class groups though which is so nice! No kids having to be known as 'first name and last initial'

Oscar
oliver
arlo
george
arthur
theodore
joshua

clara
isabelle/a
lily
ava
ella
emilia
sophia
elodie

The only doubles/triples I know of (and some of these I've not met personally) are:

Rory
Beatrice
Maya
Skye
Daphne

Extremely weird list, tbh!

Adults: Steve, Andy, Clare, Sarah

Children: Jack, Alfie, Ellie, Isabel

You know multiple Lily-Mae and Daisy-Maes?