Baby names zeitgeist

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Boys top 50 compiled from top 100 (26,815 different names were used for boys)

www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=15282

Name
JACK 2.22%
OLIVER 2.05%
CHARLIE/CHARLES 1.83%
MOHAMMED/MUHAMMAD/MUHAMMED 1.82%
THOMAS 1.67%
HARRY 1.66%
JOSHUA 1.58%
ALFIE 1.54%
SAMUEL/SAM 1.53%
DANIEL 1.43%
JAMES 1.43%
WILLIAM 1.43%
BENJAMIN/BEN 1.28%
GEORGE 1.16%
JOSEPH 1.04%
LEWIS 0.96%
ETHAN 0.95%
DYLAN 0.93%
ALEXANDER 0.89%
JACOB 0.87%
RYAN 0.84%
FINLAY/FINLIE 0.83%
LIAM 0.83%
JAKE 0.77%
MAX 0.75%
LUKE 0.71%
TYLER 0.71%
CALLUM 0.70%
MATTHEW 0.70%
JAYDEN 0.70%
OSCAR 0.67%
ARCHIE 0.64%
ADAM 0.64%
RILEY 0.61%
HARVEY 0.61%
HARRISON 0.60%
LUCAS 0.58%
HENRY 0.55%
ISAAC 0.54%
LEO 0.53%
CONNOR 0.52%
EDWARD 0.50%
LOGAN 0.47%
NOAH 0.46%
CAMERON 0.45%
ZACHARY/ZAK 0.45%
ALEX 0.45%
OWEN 0.44%
RHYS 0.44%
NATHAN 0.44%

And girls, which are much more heterogenous, with 34043 names used, top 50:

OLIVIA 1.53%
LILY/LILLY 1.52%
RUBY 1.42%
EMILY 1.40%
GRACE 1.37%
JESSICA 1.34%
CHLOE 1.32%
SOPHIE 1.26%
ISABELLE/ISABEL 1.06%
AMELIA 0.99%
EVIE 0.94%
MIA 0.90%
ELLA 0.87%
HOLLY/HOLLIE 0.85%
CHARLOTTE 0.85%
LUCY 0.83%
MEGAN 0.72%
ELLIE 0.71%
ISABELLA 0.70%
SOPHIA/SOFIA 0.68%
HANNAH 0.67%
KATIE 0.67%
AVA 0.66%
SUMMER 0.65%
MILLIE 0.63%
DAISY 0.61%
PHOEBE 0.61%
FREYA 0.61%
MADISON/MADDISON 0.58%
ABIGAIL 0.57%
POPPY 0.57%
ERIN 0.52%
EMMA 0.50%
MOLLY 0.50%
IMOGEN 0.49%
AMY 0.49%
LEXIE 0.48%
JASMINE 0.48%
ISLA 0.46%
SCARLETT 0.45%
LEAH 0.45%
ELIZABETH 0.43%
EVA 0.43%
BROOKE 0.43%
MATILDA 0.41%
CAITLIN 0.38%
KEIRA 0.37%
ALICE 0.37%
LOLA 0.37%
AMBER 0.35%

Chardonnay is not on the list......

I thought for a moment this was a thread inviting opinions on the name Zeitgeist. I think it's very nice, very..of the moment.

Nah, the poor wee thing would be nicknamed Zitghost.

I've never really cared about name popularity but both my DC's names are in the top tens and now I feel boring

I wonder if we can get a list of all the 26,815 boys names that were given last year. Or at least the top 1000?

It's great to see the percentages, makes you realise that 'common' names aren't really that common at all!

Pity the poor fuckers named 'Finlie'.

Zeitgeist, always on the pulse. I like it

what do all those percentages mean?

That 0.37% of girls born have that name..?

It's interesting that even if your child's name is say Jack, the most popular name, only 2.2 (!) out of a hundred children would have that name. And there are only 30 in a class, so he might still be the only one in his class of 30 ish which would be 15 boys (approx).

For my child's class that holds up. There is one Jack.

...and there'd be one in every year group too, as the name's been at the top for about 15 years!

I love the name Jack! But our last name is Brick, and Jack Brick is a bit odd isn't it. DS is on there.

13 years ago when my dd was born, people said "Oh how lovely!" How unusual" "Is it a family name?" One person even assumed we were religious and were thanking God for her with her name ~ (we were very old first time parents.

Her name is Grace!

I am jealous of your surname, CheerfulYank - swoonsome Paul Newman's name in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof!

Bet that was a trick sur name to match with. I like Redmond Brick. Red Brick

Not sure why it matters, but DD's name is not on there at all and isn't a made up name, so am pretty pleased she is "unusal" for the moment.

Of course it will be #1 in 5 years time now I have said that.

Funny, a few years ago Ruby and Lily were so offbeat and unusual - now look at them - my name is there too and when I was born it was so unusual. I hope Violet doesn't go the same route. I avoid all such names like the plague - nothing in the top 200 please!!

Neither my dd's or ds's name are on the list of 100 most popular names. I'd be interested to see longer lists, including the top 500 or top 1000 names (or all 26,000 boys names).

These are interesting, but I would love to see the bottom 50.

Thanks, mamalazarou. Paul Newman in COAHTR is my number one mmmmmmm so... I was quite happy to marry DH and take the name.

Yes, maggie, it was tricky. No Red, Scarlett, Rusty