Top 100 names 2008

[jellybeans]

Just read this here Scroll to bottom for lists. Thought may help some.

But DD is nearly 3,000th in the Bounty names, and DS is - shock - in the 300s. What's more, both names are increasing in popularity (according to Bounty) - though I am not too concerned about DD's name becoming popular...

(That said, one of my aunts, now in her 70s, is an Olivia - and she used to lie about her name as a child as it was regarded as so outlandish!!)

My dd is a Grace Olivia - so clearly as common as muck! In my defence she is 7 which was at the start of the boom of such names

none of my dds' names are on the list, despite the veritable rash of dd2's-middle-names i've noticed on mn recently. it's one of those revival names, from an ancient relative. ditto dd1's middle name which is one of those that many consider beyond the pale irredemably old lady.

not surprised their first names aren't there, since they're ethnic

all four of my names (including my surname) are on there though, two of them top 10, does that make me ahead of my time?

lolianja - he's a Peter - it was right at the bottom of the top 100 tables in 2003 but has fallen off since then. I wonder if it might have gone up this year though, which is why I think it's a shame we seem unlikely to see the ONS lists.
It was not on our list of boy's names at all (we were considering Thomas among others, and we didn't know the sex anyway), but several times from the moment he was born, my DP had this weird impulse to call him Peter - he waited a few hours to tell me about it, but it felt right to me too, so we went with that.

What I don't get is if the list in the link is from bounty, why is the list on bounty slightly different?

dD1 is no2 but wasnt that popular 5 years ago and dd2 is no 96!

DD1 and DD2 are not on the list - which surprised me as they are names that seem to crop up on MN all the time. I thought they were bound to be flying high in the chart. Perhaps 2009 will see them shoot up the list like Summer!

My names aren't on there either - then again I can't see my name making a comeback any day soon!

dd1 is 94th (& yes she's under 30!)
dd2 = 48
ds1 = 10th
ds2 = 9th
& dh = 15th. When I met him the only other living thing that shared his name was my neighbours yorkshire terrier!

The New Zealand Top 100 Boys & Girls lists have just come out here

Some similarities to British lists, but thought it may be of interest to some

TOP 100 GIRLS NAMES 2008 (NEW ZEALAND)

1. Sophie 2. Olivia 3. Ella 4. Isabella 5. Charlotte 6. Lily 7. Emma 8. Emily 9. Jessica 10. Grace 11. Hannah 12. Chloe 13. Ruby 14. Lucy 15. Ava 16. Amelia 17. Madison 18. Maia 19. Mia 20. Holly 21. Sophia 22. Zoe 23. Paige 24. Georgia 25. Kate 26. Brooke 27. Maddison 28. Samantha 29. Sienna 30. Isla 31. Jade 32. Sarah 33. Katie 34. Stella 35. Eva 36. Caitlin 37. Hayley 38. Jasmine 39. Elizabeth 40. Tayla 41. Anna 42. Summer 43. Bella 44. Amy 45. Isabelle 46. Mikayla 47. Molly 48. Keira 49. Kayla 50. Abigail 51. Amber 52. Zara 53. Alexis 54. Millie 55. Alyssa 56. Aaliyah 57. Eden 58. Taylor 59. Nevaeh 60. Gemma 61. Rebecca 62. Phoebe 63. Danielle 64. Mya 65. Aria 66. Leah 67. Ashley 68. Brooklyn 69. Poppy 70. Harmony 71. Laura 72. Manaia 73. Scarlett 74. Angel 75. Abby 76. Maya 77. Rose 78. Lilly 79. Riley 80. Victoria 81. Jorja 82. Hazel 83. Savannah 84. Tessa 85. Alexandra 86. Natalie 87. Peyton 88. Sofia 89. Maria 90. Lauren 91. Alice 92. Lucia 93. Anika 94. Caitlyn 95. Gabrielle 96. Mackenzie 97. Ayla 98. Chelsea 99. Gabriella 100. Madeleine

TOP 100 BOYS NAMES 2008 (NEW ZEALAND)

1. Jack 2. James 3. William 4. Samuel 5. Joshua 6. Riley 7. Liam 8. Oliver 9. Benjamin 10. Daniel 11. Thomas 12. Jacob 13. Ethan 14. Jayden 15. Noah 16. Ryan 17. Lucas 18. Luke 19. Max 20. Hunter 21. Matthew 22. Lachlan 23. Alexander 24. Dylan 25. Connor 26. Blake 27. Tyler 28. Caleb 29. Charlie 30. George 31. Joseph 32. Cooper 33. Nathan 34. Logan 35. Alex 36. Cameron 37. Michael 38. Harrison 39. Isaac 40. Jackson 41. Toby 42. Jordan 43. Xavier 44. Levi 45. Harry 46. Jake 47. Ashton 48. Finn 49. Jesse 50. Oscar 51. Elijah 52. Leo 53. Cody 54. John 55. Luca 56. Mason 57. Aidan 58. Charles 59. Flynn 60. Henry 61. Kingston 62. Jamie 63. Adam 64. David 65. Joel 66. Reuben 67. Aaron 68. Bailey 69. Lincoln 70. Nicholas 71. Sam 72. Christian 73. Seth 74. Andrew 75. Carter 76. Sebastian 77. Angus 78. Ben 79. Troy 80. Zachary 81. Edward 82. Robert 83. Hamish 84. Dominic 85. Isaiah 86. Phoenix 87. Brooklyn 88. Archie 89. Callum 90. Kyle 91. Luka 92. Hayden 93. Christopher 94. Felix 95. Quinn 96. Cole 97. Aiden 98. Gabriel 99. Leon 100. Marcus

Neither of my DC's names are on either list (DD Georgina, DS Nathaniel). Name picked for the bump is at 28 on boy list though so may need to re-think!!

Here's the list in Scotland.
www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/popular-names/popular-forenames-babies-firs t-names-2008/birth-forenames-in-2008.html

all 3 girls on the list - was aware dd1's name was popular when she was born, but I don't know any other girls with dd2 or dd3 names.

Neither on list... DD1 Keeva and DD2 Louie

www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=184

The official ones are out now.

here

Thanks, jellybeans.

Yay, neither dd's nor ds's names are in the top 100!

Summer came from EastEnders - Bethany from Cornation Street.

I predict Noah will shoot up on the 2009 list. Seems wildly popular round my way.

Oh that's pissed me off no end. I was finally happy with Olivia, I accepted it was popular but not too much round here (Edinburgh). I know tons of mums and kids and don't know one single Olivia so maybe it's more English.
Do you think maybe it matters more where you are than a national, even scottish or English poll. Here, every second boy is called Fin or Finlay, my DS has 4 friends called Fin and he is only 2! Girls are a bit more random but I have to say I have heard alot of Ava's lately along with Eve, eva, Erin, Ellie, Ella.
Im demented with it. It's so important and I hate the thought of overly used names and yet I seem to keep choosing them!

here in Bromley every one is called either Ella, Joshua or Grace.

I hardly ever meet any Jacks- why is that?!!

I agree about having an a different name- or more unusual. My name is no 31/ 32 of popularity on the boys list- and I'm a girl!! I seriously HATE my name- Alexandra. I do like Alexandra but NOT Alex. Even Alexandra is too close in sound to Alexander for me!It has become more popular for boys over the years and most people think I'm a man until they meet me!

No one calls me Alexandra, except my mum and sister. I hate having a unisex name/ ambiguous name so much that I'm actually changing it by Deed Poll soon to something more feminine. I used to get teased a child for having a boys name and I used to try and get people to call me other names like Catherine, Emma or Sarah to get away from the harsh 'Alex'.

So beware of giving you child a name that shortens to something too male or too female! They may grow up to hate it. My mum said she wanted a boy, but was disappointed. I still ended up with Alex though!