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Where to find where a baby name is currently ranked?

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TimeGoesBySoSlowlyForThoseWhoWait · 27/06/2024 17:40

I can google lists of top 100 baby names, but how to you find out where a name is ranked if it’s out the top 100? I know there is the darker green website but it’s not up to current years.

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IdaGlossop · 27/06/2024 17:49

@TimeGoesBySoSlowlyForThoseWhoWait have a look at behindthename.com, OP

IdaGlossop · 27/06/2024 17:59

IdaGlossop · 27/06/2024 17:49

@TimeGoesBySoSlowlyForThoseWhoWait have a look at behindthename.com, OP

Or ukbabynames.com, which is better for UK rankings. Behindthename.com gives lots of background information on each name - etymology, variants by country etc.

TimeGoesBySoSlowlyForThoseWhoWait · 27/06/2024 18:01

Thanks! I’ll take a look at both

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meetmeatsunset · 27/06/2024 18:34

They haven't released the most recent data set yet.

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/bulletins/babynamesenglandandwales/previousReleases

KirstenBlest · 27/06/2024 19:39

The ONS one is reliable but the data is for 2022. It won't show any massive leaps or drops that might have occurred in 2023 and 2024.
Darkgreener uses ONS data but only goes up to 2021.
The ONS spreadsheet shows the data for Wales only and for England only.
The data for Scotland: Babies' First Names | National Records of Scotland (nrscotland.gov.uk)

Bear in mind that some names might not be popular but might be hugely popular in your area. (e.g. the #11 boy's name in Wales is #767 in England)
Also some names have multiple spellings or might have an overused diminutive or might be very similar to other ones.

Some of the baby sites use data from their own users.

In the row of 6 houses where I am (roughly about 12 males), there are at least 3 people with the same first name that is not even in the top 600 boys' names - a DF and DS, and an unrelated pres-schooler who's family recently moved here.

FirstTimeMumma2021 · 01/07/2024 13:53

Not sure where you are based but in Scotland, they have all of the baby names ranked by popularity and even down to local authority area up until last year.

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