What names are popular in the playground?

[Piggysmalls22]

I’m just curious really to see what names people have heard on the playground recently or what they have chosen recently for their kids.

Wanted to see if my preferred baby name is popular 😊

Definitely Isla is everywhere, that's first thing that sprung to mind!

Also Isabelle, Freya, Lily

For boys, I know several of the following:

Oscar
Alfie
George

Leo is having a moment and seems to be taking off.

For girls, I know a lot of Eva/Ava/Evies. Sophia, Emily and Amelia are also very popular where I live.

I wouldn’t put a huge amount of stock in popularity of names per se. Both my DCs have names that were around 20 in the name charts when they were born. So very recognisable, mainstream names. With one, I know of others but we’ve only ever met one once. With the other, I’ve never met another one. The only duplicates in my DC1’s class were boys Louie (not the most common name).

Oh, and Isabella/Isabelle/Isobel is very popular!

I’ve noticed Lily a lot lately! And Isla Amelia Sophie/ Sophia. Boys Arlo is suddenly everywhere, Finley and Oliver.

Interesting. Lots of the names mentioned here - Oscar, Harry, Freddie, Alfie, Leo, Noah / Lily, Olivia, Isabel/ella, Amelia, Grace - were popular where I am (London suburb) when my 18 year old was little!

Where I am, for boys - lots of ‘ee’ and ‘oh’ ending names- Theo, Arlo, Milo / Teddy, Albie, Louis, Archie, Toby etc

fmFor girls, Isla by far - but granny chic babes still going strong - Margot, Mabel, Ivy etc

Interesting graphics there are lots of Olivia’s and Oliver’s it seems. I don’t get the emergence of Isla, it’s not a new name but in the past ten years or it has popped up everywhere.

4 Isabella's in my son's class. Known as Izzy, Bella, Isabelle and Isabella.
It's totally taken the shine off the name for me.

Oh and boys, Olivers are everywhere

Isla
Isabel/la
Sophie/ia

Arthur
Alfie

Isla definitely the most common, but dd is 9 so I'm not on the pulse with younger kids. Oliver, Sophia and Isabella also very common.

There are 4 Lucas' in my son's nursery, 3 Freyas and Phoebes and a couple of Toms.

My son's name (Cameron) is really uncommon for SE England, although even in Scotland it's not as common as it used to be - unlike Hamish, Callum, Angus and Finlay which seem to be everywhere.