Not really sure why I decided to do this but a fun little investigation into the top names from the six Australian states [Queensland, [name_m]New[/name_m] [name_m]South[/name_m] [name_m]Wales[/name_m], [name_f]Victoria[/name_f], [name_m]South[/name_m] Australia, Western Australia & Tasmania]. All findings were conducted using State government or Birth, Deaths & Marriages data from the respective states - ACT and NT were excluded due to insufficient information.
TOP 10 NAMES FOR EACH STATE
QLD: [name_f]Isla[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Harper[/name_f], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], [name_f]Mia[/name_f], [name_f]Willow[/name_f] & [name_f]Ava[/name_f]
NSW: [name_f]Isla[/name_f], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Mia[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Ava[/name_f], [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_f]Sophia[/name_f], [name_f]Evelyn[/name_f] & [name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
VIC: [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Mia[/name_f], [name_f]Isla[/name_f], [name_f]Hazel[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_f]Ava[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f] & [name_f]Ella[/name_f]
SA: [name_f]Isla[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Ava[/name_f], [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Hazel[/name_f], [name_f]Harper[/name_f] & [name_f]Mia[/name_f]
WA: [name_f]Isla[/name_f], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Mia[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_f]Harper[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_f]Ava[/name_f] & [name_f]Ella[/name_f]
TAS: [name_f]Hazel[/name_f], [name_f]Elsie[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Willow[/name_f], [name_f]Ruby[/name_f], [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], [name_f]Evelyn[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] & [name_f]Evie[/name_f]
10 names appear in the top 100 list for all 6 states
Summary
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], [name_f]Elsie[/name_f], [name_f]Evelyn[/name_f], [name_f]Evie[/name_f], [name_f]Hazel[/name_f], [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_f]Ruby[/name_f] & [name_f]Willow[/name_f]
56 names appear on 5 of the 6 lists
Summary
[name_f]Abigail[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Aria[/name_f], [name_f]Audrey[/name_f], [name_f]Aurora[/name_f], [name_f]Ava[/name_f], [name_f]Ayla[/name_f], [name_f]Billie[/name_f], [name_f]Chloe[/name_f], [name_f]Delilah[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Ella[/name_f], [name_f]Ellie[/name_f], [name_f]Emilia[/name_f], [name_f]Emily[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]Frankie[/name_f], [name_f]Freya[/name_f], [name_f]Georgia[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Hannah[/name_f], [name_f]Harper[/name_f], [name_f]Harriet[/name_f], [name_f]Isabella[/name_f], [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f], [name_f]Isla[/name_f], [name_f]Layla[/name_f], [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_f]Lola[/name_f], [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], [name_f]Luna[/name_f], [name_f]Mackenzie[/name_f], [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], [name_f]Margot[/name_f], [name_f]Maya[/name_f], [name_f]Mia[/name_f], [name_f]Mila[/name_f], [name_f]Millie[/name_f], [name_f]Olive[/name_f], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_f]Poppy[/name_f], [name_f]Remi[/name_f], [name_f]Sadie[/name_f], [name_f]Savannah[/name_f], [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f], [name_f]Sienna[/name_f], [name_f]Sofia[/name_f], [name_f]Sophia[/name_f], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f], [name_f]Summer[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Zara[/name_f] & [name_f]Zoe[/name_f]
12 names appear on 4 out of the 6 lists
Summary
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f], [name_f]Bella[/name_f], [name_f]Bonnie[/name_f], [name_f]Eden[/name_f], [name_f]Eloise[/name_f], [name_f]Hallie[/name_f], [name_f]Harlow[/name_f], [name_f]Imogen[/name_f], [name_f]Nora[/name_f], [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f], [name_f]Pippa[/name_f] & [name_f]Stella[/name_f]
14 names appear on 3 out of the 6 lists
Summary
[name_f]Aaliyah[/name_f], [name_f]Addison[/name_f], [name_f]Elena[/name_f], [name_f]Eliana[/name_f], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Eva[/name_f], [name_f]Lottie[/name_f], [name_f]Maisie[/name_f], [name_f]Peyton[/name_f], [name_f]Piper[/name_f], [name_f]Quinn[/name_f], [name_f]Riley[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f] & [name_f]Rosie[/name_f]
16 names appear on 2 out of the 6 lists
Summary
[name_f]Annabelle[/name_f], [name_f]Ariana[/name_f], [name_f]Athena[/name_f], [name_f]Aubrey[/name_f], [name_f]Callie[/name_f], [name_f]Cleo[/name_f], [name_f]Eliza[/name_f], [name_f]Gracie[/name_f], [name_f]Heidi[/name_f], [name_f]Jasmine[/name_f], [name_f]Kaia[/name_f], [name_f]Lara[/name_f], [name_f]Lilly[/name_f], [name_f]Maggie[/name_f], [name_f]Nina[/name_f] & [name_f]Thea[/name_f]
22 names only appear on 1 of the state lists
Summary
QLD: [name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_f]Lainey[/name_f], [name_f]Lillian[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f], [name_f]Paisley[/name_f] & [name_f]Sage[/name_f]
NSW: [name_f]Amara[/name_f], [name_f]Kiara[/name_f], [name_f]Lucia[/name_f], [name_f]Maryam[/name_f], [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] & [name_f]Zahra[/name_f]
VIC: [name_f]Ada[/name_f], [name_f]Goldie[/name_f] & [name_f]Stevie[/name_f]
SA: [name_f]Brooklyn[/name_f], [name_f]Esther[/name_f], [name_f]Gia[/name_f], Lilah/Lyla, [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] & [name_f]Madeline[/name_f]
Things I found interesting
- Tasmania had the most unique top 10 out of the 6 states (which wasn’t surprising) with [name_f]Elsie[/name_f], [name_f]Ruby[/name_f], [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] & [name_f]Evie[/name_f] not present on the other top 10 lists
- [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] is the only name to appear in the top 10 for all 6 states
- Names I was a little surprised to see on the list (but probably shouldn’t have been): [name_f]Aubrey[/name_f], [name_f]Ariana[/name_f], [name_f]Athena[/name_f], [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]Heidi[/name_f], [name_f]Kiara[/name_f], [name_f]Maryam[/name_f], [name_f]Stevie[/name_f] & [name_f]Valentina[/name_f]
- That there were only 4 sets of names with spelling variations: Sofia/Sophia, Lilah/Lyla, Lily/Lilly & Zara/Zahra
- [name_f]Claire[/name_f] is only in the QLD top 100
- Only 12 gender neutral names on the list, however, from my experience, these largely skew towards the girls with the exceptions of [name_f]Quinn[/name_f], [name_f]Riley[/name_f] & Remi/Remy being more evenly split
- With the success of the Matildas in the Women’s World Cup in 2023, there was discussion about what that would do for the name [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] and the anticipation of the rise of the name in the charts: whilst [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] did move up into the 2023 top 10 for WA and remained in the top 10 for the other states, the number of births recorded for the name [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] went down from 2022 to 2023
References
Summary
Births, Deaths and Marriages [name_f]Victoria[/name_f]. Popular baby names in [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] – 2023. Popular baby names in Victoria - 2023 | Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria
Government of Western Australia. Popular baby names. https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-justice/the-registry-of-births-deaths-and-marriages/popular-baby-names
[name_m]New[/name_m] [name_m]South[/name_m] [name_m]Wales[/name_m] Government. Popular [name_f]Baby[/name_f] Names 1952 to 2023. Search
Queensland Government. 2023 Top 100 [name_f]Baby[/name_f] Names. https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/2785b0e3-7926-4f23-bd13-7c81b232b744/resource/2b3b4000-c3de-476d-9f27-c6ae2e4d7267/download/top-100-baby-names-2023.csv
[name_m]South[/name_m] Australia Government Data Directory. Popular [name_f]Baby[/name_f] Names. https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/popular-baby-names
Tasmanian Government - Births, Deaths and Marriages. Tasmanian top baby names. Births, Deaths and Marriages : Tasmanian top baby names