Thoughts on UK top 100 2010 names just released

General Name Discussion
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The UK released it”s top 100 names for Englad and [name]Wales[/name] yesterday.
Not many changes from the top ten but I did find some interesting jumps in the rest of the charts. I find the UK list a bit more refreshing as [name]Madison[/name] is so low and [name]Maisie[/name] so high. :slight_smile:

The UK Office of Statistics complete top 100 list and name change/trending patterns.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/babynames/babyname.html

Interesting Article in the Guardian with all the names and analysis here:

Top 20
Boys:

  1. [name]Oliver[/name]
  2. [name]Jack[/name]
  3. [name]Harry[/name]
  4. [name]Alfie[/name]
  5. [name]Charlie[/name]
  6. [name]Thomas[/name]
  7. [name]William[/name]
  8. [name]Joshua[/name]
  9. [name]George[/name]
  10. [name]James[/name]
  11. [name]Daniel[/name]
  12. [name]Jacob[/name]
  13. [name]Ethan[/name]
  14. [name]Samuel[/name]
  15. [name]Joseph[/name]
  16. [name]Dylan[/name]
  17. [name]Mohammed[/name]
  18. [name]Noah[/name]
  19. [name]Lucas[/name]
  20. [name]Oscar[/name]

Girls

  1. [name]Olivia[/name]
  2. [name]Sophie[/name]
  3. [name]Emily[/name]
  4. [name]Lily[/name]
  5. [name]Amelia[/name]
  6. [name]Jessica[/name]
  7. [name]Ruby[/name]
  8. [name]Chloe[/name]
  9. [name]Grace[/name]
  10. [name]Evie[/name]
  11. [name]Ava[/name]
  12. [name]Isabella[/name]
  13. [name]Mia[/name]
  14. [name]Maisie[/name]
  15. [name]Daisy[/name]
  16. [name]Poppy[/name]
  17. [name]Isabelle[/name]
  18. [name]Ella[/name]
  19. [name]Freya[/name]
  20. [name]Charlotte[/name]

Some observations:
[name]Love[/name] seeing these names so high ( compared to the USA)
[name]Freya[/name], [name]Maisie[/name], [name]Daisy[/name], [name]Eliza[/name], [name]Esme[/name], [name]Florence[/name], [name]Amelia[/name], [name]Millie[/name], [name]Holly[/name], [name]Isla[/name].

I am baffled by (so dated!) [name]Jessica[/name]”s top 10 status as always.
I had no idea [name]Summer[/name] & [name]Lacey[/name] were so popular.

Biggest overall leaps for Boys: [name]Ollie[/name] (+54), [name]Jenson[/name] (+47), [name]Dexter[/name] (+27)
[name]Bobby[/name] (+21), [name]Caleb[/name] ( +17) [name]Zachary[/name] (+16) [name]Noah[/name] (+14)

For Girls: [name]Maisy[/name] (+41) [name]Maisie[/name] ( +20) [name]Lacey[/name] (+31), [name]Florence[/name] (+26),
[name]Esme[/name] ( +21) [name]Emilia[/name] (+19), [name]Annabelle[/name] (+16)

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I am always surprised a little about [name]Jessica[/name] too, but so many people are still loving it and picking it that it might break its dated image. I know a baby [name]Jessica[/name] and a baby [name]Melissa[/name].
I also think the uk list is more my style than the US list.

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I’m from the UK, and there are SO many Jessicas, in practically every generation! It’s unreal. Same with [name]Chloe[/name], [name]Bethany[/name], [name]Charlotte[/name] etc.

Only ones I’m a little surprised by are:
Boys - [name]Freddie[/name], (influenced by the Skins character, maybe?) [name]Sebastian[/name], [name]Kai[/name], [name]Gabriel[/name], [name]Bailey[/name].
Girls - [name]Sophia[/name], (I’ve only ever known Sophies around here - maybe this has come from the US, or I’m just leading a sheltered life) [name]Sienna[/name], [name]Maya[/name], [name]Martha[/name], [name]Julia[/name], [name]Evelyn[/name].

Everything else seems pretty standard fare! Although it’s a pity about [name]Poppy[/name], [name]Olivia[/name], [name]Freya[/name], [name]Esme[/name], [name]Archie[/name] and [name]Theo[/name] - I do love those names :lol:

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For me, never having read a UK list beyond the top 10, the real surprise is demographic. I didn’t expect [name]Mohammed[/name] to appear so much higher than in the US. In both countries, it’s affected heavily by non-standardized transliteration of Arabic. The top spelling in the US doesn’t have a large lead: [name]Mohamed[/name] #442 (603 babies), [name]Muhammad[/name] #506 (504 babies), [name]Mohammed[/name] #600 (411 babies). Oddly, the predominant spellings were different in 2009: [name]Mohamed[/name] #431 (649), [name]Muhammad[/name] #599 (430), [name]Mohammad[/name] #609 (420). [name]Britain[/name] is different as well; the top 3 spellings don’t include one with only two Ms. There seems to be more inequality between spellings in [name]Britain[/name], but the total is still much higher. Combining the commonest spellings in the US would total over 1500, which still isn’t enough to reach #200.