Popular baby names in your area?

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Name some actual babies that you know (not just names that you know to be popular)

I am interested in babies who are 12months or younger - I’m wanting to see if name trends are shifting at all yet.

Me personally, I know a:

• Erin
• Daniel
• Cara
• Rosie
• Harry
• Xander
• Emira
• Olive
• Isla

Olivia, Theo, Ava, Myles

Florence
Adaline
Myles
Finlay
Atticus

Boys: Apollo, Atlas, Vincent, Wesley, Alan, Rei, Rey and Ray.
Girls: Cordelia, Hunter, Persephone, Daphne, Gloria, Rae, Rai and Rey.

As you can see, Ray (with the various spellings) is very popular!

Margot x3!
Iris
Annie
Heidi

Noah x2
Ruben
Arlo

I know mostly boys, and they are all duplicate names. I know two Theo's, two Archie's, and three Finley's!!

Babies under 1 in my area:

harper x 3
madeleine
joel
luca
matilda
arlo
finley
aurora
elise
saoirse
roran
freddie
dylan
carlo
lucia
daisy
peter
jasper

Names I know multiples of are:
Annie, Casey (boy), Edward, George, Grace, Henry, Ivy, Lily, Maeve, Oscar, Riley (boy), Rowan (boy), Theo, William and Zachary

Matilda
Isla
Elsie
Olivia

Teddy
Milo
Albert

I’m surprised about Alan!

I don’t know loads of babies as my dc are older but the under 5s I know multiples of are Arlo, Emilia, Margot and Harper.

Babies born this year:
Ava,
Koa,
Juno,
Casper,
Isla,
Jude,
Lydia,
Finn,
Rosie,
Olive,
Zach,
Annie,
Theo,
Evie

Iris
Evelyn
Hazel
Mabel

Alfie
Spencer
Toby

The most popular in my old nursery was Mohammed. The worst name Aiden never met one who wasn't a nightmare. Girls were Olivia or olive

under 1s I know are Lachlan, Arlo, Esme, Harper, Mabel, Skye, Orla, Henry, Jack, Mia, Jude, Alex.

Arlo (for both boys and girls), Olivia and Oliver.

And also still quite a few girls named Beatrice - several in my baby classes and two in my daughter’s reception class.

Ava x3
Iris
Billie
Alberta
Alma x2
Alba x2
Leah
Bridget
Agnes
Finn
Maya
Beau
Mable
Heidi
Cleo
Lucia

Rowan
Jesse
Dillon
Finn
Quinn
James
Billy
Rio
Eli
Max
Theo
Toby
Lennon

Boys: Sonny
Noah
Cian

Girls: Maisie
Annie
Gracie
Mary

Adeline, Audrey, Beatrice, Penelope, Vivienne

George, Joshua, Stanley

Girls:

Mia
Orla
Gia
Rosie
Thea
Maya
Imogen

Boys:

Ralph
Billie
Frankie
Lockie
Arlo

Isla, Darcy, Evie, Willow, Margot and Sophie/Sophia are the main ones for girls where I live.

Then for boys it’s Vinnie (there’s 2 in the baby room my daughter’s in at nursery and another 2 in the preschool room) Arlo, Archie, Albie, Noah, Oliver, and Theo.

I've just had a baby and in my antenatal group we have Ronnie, Albie, Arlo, Louis, Johnnie, Boaz, Millie, Olive, Ella, Lily, Sofia, Arabella.

I’ve noticed loads of names ending in ‘ie’

the ones I know….
Alfie
Elsie
Albie
Bonnie
Masie
Evie
Charlie
Freddie

Girls: Ava, Evelyn, Cora, Olivia x2, Eira

Boys: Xander, Avery, Max, Jonah, Isiah, Beau, Sid x2, Felix, Magnus

Persephone 😂 surprised me more