Trendy names in the UK

These are the names with the largest rise in birth count for 2011 and I guess are what we’d consider the trendiest. The first number is where they rank in terms of position. This is taken from the website British [name]Baby[/name] Names. What do you think?

13: [name]Riley[/name] (+1536)
7: [name]Jacob[/name] (+739 )
1: [name]Harry[/name] (+661)
65: [name]Tommy[/name] (+614)
8: [name]James[/name] (+594)
27: [name]Leo[/name] (+541)
35: [name]Mason[/name] (+459)
11: [name]Ethan[/name] (+415)
22: [name]Muhammad[/name] (+403)
28: [name]Henry[/name] (+386)
20: [name]Max[/name] (+336)
67: [name]Jenson[/name] (+280)
45: [name]Zachary[/name] (+274)
47: [name]Sebastian[/name] (+251)
33: [name]Isaac[/name] (+237)
17: [name]Oscar[/name] (216)
79: [name]Blake[/name] (+213)
99: [name]Jackson[/name] (+213)
16: [name]Noah[/name] (+203)
162: [name]Flynn[/name] (+195)
37: [name]Harrison[/name] (+179)
91: [name]Elijah[/name] (+178)
68: [name]Arthur[/name] (+175)
84: [name]Frankie[/name] (+160)
78: [name]Dexter[/name] (+157)
130: [name]Albert[/name] (+140)
137: [name]Zain[/name] (+139)
107: [name]Elliott[/name] (+137)
110: [name]Rory[/name] (+130)
117: [name]Ayaan[/name] (+126)
200: [name]Jaxon[/name] (+123)
168: [name]Jonah[/name] (+119)
156: [name]Teddy[/name] (+112)
125: [name]Kaiden[/name] (+110)
284: [name]Bentley[/name] (+108)
222: [name]Oakley[/name] (+106)
164: [name]Freddie[/name] (+103)
164: [name]Eli[/name] (+102)
101: [name]Seth[/name] (+86)
194: [name]Carter[/name] (+86)
131: [name]Maxwell[/name] (+80)
273: [name]Joey[/name] (+79)
160: [name]Rio[/name] (+78)

1: [name]Amelia[/name] (+827)
18: [name]Sophia[/name] (+630)
3: [name]Lily[/name] (+504)
15: [name]Isla[/name] (+465)
27: [name]Lilly[/name] (+438)
30: [name]Layla[/name] (-361)
62: [name]Eliza[/name] (+322)
75: [name]Willow[/name] (+261)
47: [name]Sofia[/name] (+257)
69: [name]Bella[/name] (+248)
43: [name]Florence[/name] (+229)
14: [name]Poppy[/name] (+226)
36: [name]Sienna[/name] (+199)
16: [name]Ella[/name] (+182)
118: [name]Nevaeh[/name] (+171)
65: [name]Evelyn[/name] (+170)
33: [name]Eva[/name] (+169)
87: [name]Elsie[/name] (+164)
9: [name]Ava[/name] (+152)
61: [name]Emilia[/name] (+151)
216: [name]Jessie[/name] (+138)
53: [name]Gracie[/name] (-131)
98: [name]Kayla[/name] (+128)
204: [name]Pippa[/name] (+126)
261: [name]Mila[/name] (+124)
31: [name]Lola[/name] (+123)
193: [name]Betsy[/name] (+121)
55: [name]Rosie[/name] (+114)
37: [name]Alice[/name] (+113)
76: [name]Rose[/name] (+113)
101: [name]Alexis[/name] (+108)
71: [name]Harriet[/name] (+107)
79: [name]Annabelle[/name] (+99)
151: [name]Lena[/name] (+96)
270: [name]Belle[/name] (+92)
168: [name]Ivy[/name] (+90)
144: [name]Savannah[/name] (+78)
179: [name]Autumn[/name] (+76)
169: [name]Katherine[/name] (+75)
132: [name]Darcie[/name] (+72)
156: [name]Frankie[/name] (+71)
229: [name]Emelia[/name] (+70)
10: [name]Isabella[/name] (+69)

Yeah, these are the names we brits like. Is this for all of the U.K or just [name]England[/name]/[name]Wales[/name]? Apart from [name]Jaxon[/name], [name]Kaiden[/name] and [name]Nevaeh[/name], it’s a decent list! My favourites are [name]Teddy[/name], [name]Rio[/name], [name]Rory[/name], [name]Arthur[/name], [name]Willow[/name], [name]Rose[/name], [name]Autumn[/name] and [name]Ivy[/name].

I love so many of these! I would use them even though they are rising so fast here…I second [name]Ottilie[/name], is this for all of UK or just [name]England[/name] & [name]Wales[/name]? :slight_smile: I love [name]Oscar[/name], [name]Harry[/name], [name]Ethan[/name], [name]Sebastian[/name], [name]Arthur[/name], and [name]Blake[/name], and for the girls: [name]Eliza[/name], [name]Sofia[/name], [name]Evelyn[/name], [name]Rose[/name], [name]Autumn[/name], [name]Ivy[/name], and [name]Belle[/name] are some of my favourite choices.

Yikes. [name]Layla[/name]'s rising rather rapidly, pretty sure I’ll have to cross that one off my list if it stays in the top 100 :confused: I reckon it’ll be just [name]England[/name] and [name]Wales[/name].

It’s just for [name]England[/name] and [name]Wales[/name]!

Trendy is what really puts me off a name, and I’m so sad to see some of my favourites up there on this list. It doesn’t put me off names that are already quite classicly popular like [name]Isaac[/name], which is my favourite boy’s names. [name]Isaac[/name]'s always been pretty popular and I’d only be worried if it became top 20.

However, [name]Elijah[/name], [name]Jonah[/name], [name]Seth[/name], [name]Eliza[/name], [name]Willow[/name], [name]Alice[/name], [name]Harriet[/name] and [name]Autumn[/name] are all favourites of mine.

I think the lists definitely show the current trends:

Old fashioned names; [name]Arthur[/name], [name]Albert[/name], [name]Elsie[/name], [name]Harriet[/name], [name]Alice[/name], [name]Betsy[/name], [name]Florence[/name] and [name]Eliza[/name].

Nicknames; [name]Teddy[/name], [name]Freddie[/name], [name]Tommy[/name], [name]Frankie[/name], [name]Joey[/name], [name]Max[/name], [name]Eli[/name], [name]Belle[/name], [name]Lena[/name], [name]Rosie[/name], [name]Lola[/name], [name]Pippa[/name], [name]Gracie[/name], [name]Jessie[/name], [name]Elsie[/name], [name]Ella[/name], [name]Bella[/name], [name]Lilly[/name].

Vowel names for girls; [name]Alice[/name], [name]Elsie[/name], [name]Eliza[/name], [name]Ella[/name], [name]Isabella[/name], [name]Isla[/name], [name]Annabelle[/name], [name]Ivy[/name], [name]Alexis[/name], [name]Autumn[/name], [name]Emelia[/name], [name]Ava[/name], [name]Emilia[/name], [name]Evelyn[/name], [name]Eva[/name] and [name]Amelie[/name].

L names for girls; [name]Lilly[/name], [name]Lily[/name], [name]Lola[/name], [name]Lena[/name] and [name]Layla[/name].

I’m happy that there is lack of creative spellings, boy’s names on girls and things like that. [name]Nevaeh[/name], [name]Alexis[/name], [name]Savannah[/name], [name]Kayla[/name], [name]Oakley[/name], [name]Bentley[/name] and [name]Riley[/name] are the only ones that scream chavvy to me. I do love [name]Riley[/name] though and I’m glad to see it as a boy’s nane.

The boy’s list is a bit more varied, the girls is all very pretty and feminine really excluding a few.

I’m not really impressed. I like more of the classic names, these seem more on the cutsie side. It truly surprises me!

Something that makes me happy: the lack of unisex or boys names on the girls list ([name]Frankie[/name], [name]Darcie[/name] and [name]Alexis[/name] are the ones I see).

Something that makes me sad: the “jump on the bandwagon” names like [name]Jaxon[/name], [name]Bentley[/name], [name]Nevaeh[/name], [name]Kayla[/name] and [name]Kaiden[/name].

[name]One[/name] name to avoid: [name]Riley[/name] (any name that jumps over 1500 places is VERY TRENDY). The only bright spot: at least [name]Riley[/name] is on the boys list. :slight_smile:

I like many of those names. [name]Tommy[/name], [name]Henry[/name], [name]Arthur[/name], [name]Dexter[/name], [name]Teddy[/name], [name]Maxwell[/name], [name]Rose[/name], [name]Amelia[/name], [name]Poppy[/name], [name]Betsy[/name], [name]Alice[/name], [name]Harriet[/name], etc…

I don’t like names like [name]Savannah[/name], [name]Alexis[/name], [name]Jaxon[/name], [name]Bentley[/name], [name]Nevaeh[/name], [name]Kayla[/name] and [name]Kaiden[/name] though.

The name [name]Scarlett[/name] is popular where I live in the UK but it seems that many nameberries think it quite unusual.

I am surprised that [name]Nevaeh[/name] is getting more popular in the UK. I thought that was just a dumb name that American’s loved.

My favorites of the boy names: [name]Harry[/name], [name]James[/name] and [name]Arthur[/name]
Girl favorites: [name]Amelia[/name], [name]Florence[/name], [name]Rose[/name], [name]Harriet[/name] and [name]Ivy[/name]

I’ve never even heard of Ayann before… what is it?

My guess it that it’s an Arabic or Hindu name.

Ayann is arabic I think.

Sad to see [name]Blake[/name] on the trendy list! :frowning:

It seems like there are a lot of nicknames on the list. I don’t really have a problem with using a shorter name if you want, but I guess I didn’t realize it was becoming so popular to do so.

Think we can thank 16 and pregnant for [name]Bentley[/name] and [name]Nevaeh[/name]!

My youngest name is on the list - it wasn’t popular at all when we picked it, but then the same year it suddenly just jumped in popularity. Bah!

I like [name]Henry[/name], [name]Oscar[/name], [name]Elijah[/name], [name]Seth[/name], [name]Dexter[/name] & [name]Jonah[/name] on the boys list. On the girls list I like: [name]Sophia[/name], [name]Ella[/name] (but that’s gonna soar now because of X factor) and [name]Alice[/name]. Not keen on most of the girls names I must admit.

I don’t think it’s by places, it’s by the number of babies given the name compared to last year. I’ve seen other lists which rank it in term of places and it doesn’t match up at all to this one, so I think ‘largest rise in birth count’ indicates per baby rather than as a percentage.

I don’t see [name]James[/name] as trendy, it’s one of those names that seems perenially popular and I know many [name]James[/name]’ of all ages. A lot of these are coming from television and popular culture though - [name]Harry[/name] and [name]Zain[/name] from [name]One[/name] Direction, [name]Arthur[/name]'s the name of the actor who plays [name]Rory[/name] in [name]Doctor[/name] Who, [name]Bentley[/name] from 16 and Pregnant, [name]Jacob[/name] and [name]Bella[/name]/[name]Isabella[/name] from Twilight.

Nickname names are definitely ‘in’ though - another one I hear everywhere is [name]Evie[/name].

I’m with you, actually. I’m also surprised at how much these names overlap with what’s popular in Australia. Not that I’ve seen the official lists, just going off what’s been used merely in my own circle.

The cutesy factor is getting a bit much for me: [name]Poppy[/name], [name]Evie[/name], [name]Teddy[/name], [name]Maisie[/name], [name]Hattie[/name] etc. Not to mention all the [name]Layla[/name] [name]Lila[/name] [name]Lola[/name] business. Cute names, but a bit of a yawn-fest!