Which names are popular in your area?

[mummysmagicmedicine]

I’d be interested to see which names you are repeatedly hearing and then whether your area is considered affluent or not. Just for a bit of lighthearted fun as I find it interesting how names can vary so much depending on the area. I have recently moved from a not very affluent area to an affluent area and these were the names I came across the most plus some that were popular in both!

Affluent:
Hugo
Otto
Lenny
Edward

Felicity
Maya
Ruby
Olive
Marley

Less affluent:
Alfie
Dylan
Josh
Louis
Jensen

Autumn
Jessica
Chloe
Willow
Matilda

Both:
Albie/ Albert
James
Jack
Henry
Max
Sebastian

Ottilie
Tilly
Poppy
Violet
Lucy

Interesting list!

For how long has the name Ottilie been popular?

I moved from my old area in February and it was popular there for a solid year I’d say

Any made up name beginning with K 😃

Affluent.

Ava
Thea
Matilda
Isobel/Isabella
Alice

Theo
Henry
Charlie
Jack
James
Max

Fairly affluent here:

elodie
oscar
lily
Freddie
Olive
florence
oliver
amelia
alexander
theodore

Not affluent

Archie
Oscar
Teddy
Noah
Arlo
Roman
Jude
Caleb
Oliver
David

Olivia
Isla
Harper
Sienna
Mila
Aria
Sophia/Sofia
Luna
Ivy
Maya

Not affluent

Albie
Theo
Oli/oliver
Arlo

Isla
Ivy

Ah another shitty post…. I’m surprised MN dare go into the ‘non affluent’ areas ….you probably disinfect yourselves afterwards 🤣
what a stuck up post and replies

Only if you choose to interpret it like that. Personally I find it fascinating to hear about different name trends in different areas. There's a reason I know of no children with certain names which rank very highly in the ONS official data, and likewise I bet there are people in other areas who know of no children with names which are very popular around me.

People's perceptions of popular can be dramatically different, depending on where they live. We see it all the time on here, with people surprised by how popular a name is nationally, because they don't hear it at all around them.

Personally I find it interesting. The only person who has made a 'shitty' comment so far is you.

One of the ‘affluent’ names a pp listed was used recently by someone I know and they are certainly, ahem, not affluent.
(edited as outing😬)

Clara, Katie, Catherine, James, Ralph, Holly, Nick, Tom

Ava
Isla
Luna
Laila

Very middle England, middle of the road
Rory and William are popular for boys, and then Eva, Ava and Charlotte for girls

Mixed area here.

I find the more affluent areas are over-run with Henry and Oliver; Isabella and Olivia

The less affluent areas have a much more varied range of names (which I like, personally).

Roman as well was so common in my less affluent area too

Classed as more affluent-

Most popular - Max, Oliver
Lily, Olivia

Other names in the school - Alice, Annabelle, Beatrice, Clara, Daisy, Elisabeth, Francesca, Gwen, Harriet, Layla, Lottie, Maisie, Mia, Penelope, Rosa
Alexander, Arlo, David, Dylan, Douglas, Ethan, Freddie, Gabriel, Hugo, James, Joseph, Leo, Myles, Oscar, Reuben, Theodore, Thomas, William

It’s quite a mix where I am. Split into the likes of:
Hunter
River
Arden
Jackson
and:
Henry
George
Albert type names.

Similarly girls:
Agatha
Aurora
Averly
Emery
and:
Sophie
Olivia
Eleanor type.

Oh plus lots of double barrelled first names.

Fairly affluent area.

Boys- seem to be dozens of:
Teddy
Louie
Theo
Reggie

Girls, tons of
Violet
Ivy
Evie
Ottilie
Elsie

Hunter
Louis
Noah
Danny

Girls there is
Lily
Ava
Olivia
Winter, there seems to be a huge increase in this name where I am recently.

Quite affluent area:

Freddie
Rueben
Eddie
James
Noah
Harry
Theo
Seb

Emily
Freya
Alice
Isabella
Nancy
Phoebe
Arabella
Harper

That was my last area with Autumn! So many babies and little girls called Autumn

I don’t see any of the names mentioned being associated with affluent areas as such they are just very popular names right now and I’ve heard them used across classes.

Mixed area. Not that many duplicates actually but ones I have seen:

Sienna
Sophia
Isabella
Amelia
Edie

Jude
Oliver
Freddie
George

Not a particularly affluent area.

popular boys names are Jack, Jesse, Tom, Edward

girls are Ava, Olivia, Sophie.

These kids are early/mid teens, not sure what the younger trends are.