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triplechocbrownie · 2023-04-01T13:47:00+00:00

I'm expecting a baby girl and am interested to know what names are coming up in your child's nursery or class (primary school) a lot at the moment?

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Crunchymum · 02/04/2023 19:34

We are a massive school (double intake)

Oddly there aren't as many duplicates are you'd expect.

x3 Harry's (span over the two classes of that year group. 2 in one class and 1 in the other)
x2 Scarlett's (in one class)
There is a Beatrice and a Beatrix in opposite classes and an Edith / Edie in the same class (Edie is an Edie not an Edith)
There are variations of Isabella / Isabella and the same with Eva / Ava / Evie / Eve in one year group but no actual duplication.
Most popular seems to be George. 5 overall in the same year group, over 2 classes.

WheresTheForum · 02/04/2023 19:36

We’ve got loads of Ellas and Darceys. And Amelias.

Crunchymum · 02/04/2023 19:37

Variations of Isabelle / Isabella / Belle / Bella (throughout the school and not particularly in the same year group)

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 02/04/2023 19:49

Crunchymum · 02/04/2023 19:34

We are a massive school (double intake)

Oddly there aren't as many duplicates are you'd expect.

x3 Harry's (span over the two classes of that year group. 2 in one class and 1 in the other)
x2 Scarlett's (in one class)
There is a Beatrice and a Beatrix in opposite classes and an Edith / Edie in the same class (Edie is an Edie not an Edith)
There are variations of Isabella / Isabella and the same with Eva / Ava / Evie / Eve in one year group but no actual duplication.
Most popular seems to be George. 5 overall in the same year group, over 2 classes.

Where do you live that two-form entry is considered massive?

Aria999 · 02/04/2023 20:25

Funny how it goes, when I picked dd's name it wasn't even top hundred (she is only 3) and now it's all over this thread!

ThewaytoAmarula · 02/04/2023 20:30

Have you downloaded the spreadsheets from the ONS website? That will give you the cold, hard stats you seem to be looking for, also broken down by region. I can tell you from personal experience that most kids round here seem to be called Eva, Ava, Isla and Albie, Alfie, Teddy, but that's just anecdotal. You need to get geeky with the data if you want/ don't want a popular name.

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triplechocbrownie · 02/04/2023 22:23

Aria999 · 02/04/2023 20:25

Funny how it goes, when I picked dd's name it wasn't even top hundred (she is only 3) and now it's all over this thread!

Yes, there are some names coming up a lot that I thought were more usual than they perhaps are!

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triplechocbrownie · 02/04/2023 22:32

OliviaFlaversham · 02/04/2023 11:34

I like dark greener to look at name trends but it doesn’t help for the names which are really similar such as Amelia, Amalia, Amelie, Emily, Emilie, Lily, Millie…etc. For example, Amelie isn’t overly popular yet it feels it amongst these.

Ava, Eva, Evie, Eve, Aria,Mia, Maya, Isla-the e and an ending names are also popular and similar.

Phoebe seems popular here too atm.

Yes, the tweaks to spellings and similar sounding names make it hard to really tell what's popular from the name charts alone

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WorkOfTheDevil · 03/04/2023 00:00

My daughter is at nursery. The multiples in her year are:

Chloe x 2
Jessica x 3
Lilly x 3
Sophia x 2

Somanycats · 03/04/2023 01:12

2x Emily, Charlotte, George and Thomas.

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triplechocbrownie · 03/04/2023 07:22

Tradeup · 02/04/2023 18:17

Olivia is still going strong after 22 years! I loved this for my first dd but suspected it was going to blow up so didn’t use it. Of course 16 yr old DS’s girlfriend is Olivia (Livvy). Still love the name though.

My niece is 16 and called Polly. Her best friends at primary were Holly, Milly and Lily.

If anyone is brave enough to call their daughter Helen or Jacqueline she is unlikely to meet another one for the whole of her school career.

It is a beautiful name! Although it's very popular, I haven't come across one in my neck of the woods actually.

Yes, Jackie would be the only one I'm sure!

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Phoebo · 03/04/2023 07:26

Olivia, Hugo, Emmett

MooseBreath · 03/04/2023 15:58

Arthur
Maeve
Oscar
Amelia/Emilia/Amélie/Emily
Jacob
Alexander

Sodafarl · 03/04/2023 16:13

Mila, Felicitas, Luisa, Luzia, many Lia/Lea/Leah’s, also many Lara’s, Emilia, Olivia

blondie87 · 05/04/2023 12:37

I know multiples of:
Felix
Arthur
Freddie
Edward

Isla
Florence
Ava

miniaturepixieonacid · 05/04/2023 13:11

Currently (across year groups because our class sizes are small. Year groups of 25 to 40 children):
4 year groups with no repeated names
1 year group with 2 X Chloe and 2 X Isla
1 year group with 3 X Thomas, 2 X William, 2 X Alex and 2 X David
1 year group with 2 X Holly
1 year group with 2 X Charlie
1 year group with 3 X Max and 2 X Sofia

Scotskynon · 08/04/2023 08:22

I was thinking the same thing! I had 3 classes to year in primary, 30-35 er class and 9 or 10 classes per year in high, 30ish to a class!

Scotskynon · 08/04/2023 08:23

Scotskynon · 08/04/2023 08:22

I was thinking the same thing! I had 3 classes to year in primary, 30-35 er class and 9 or 10 classes per year in high, 30ish to a class!

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Peccary · 08/04/2023 22:27

In DD's intake (Y1 now) there is only Olivia, the most popular that year plus only one of a couple of other top 10 names. A Couple of variations of Isabelle. There are two Phoebes. DD is the only one in the school, as are a couple of her friends. Not unusual but uncommon names.

Boys have more repetition of George, Jacob, Jackson, Reggie

JamSandle · 08/04/2023 22:28

Lily
Muhammed/different spellings
James
Ava

IsThePopeCatholic · 08/04/2023 22:45

Sienna, harper, Matilda, Eva.

shadowchancesassy · 08/04/2023 22:54

Imogen
Chloe

Alfie
Charlie

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 08/04/2023 23:37

Violet, Lucas, Millie, Sophie, Sofia, Paige, Ethan (2), Zach (2), Jayden, Florence, Aoife, Finley

Sometherusername · 09/04/2023 21:30

Evie, Mae (unhyphenated), Cleo, Alfie, Arlo

newbie202020 · 29/04/2023 22:47

Alexander