I looked up Kidspot’s 2011 name data in order to see which names rose and fell the most, and as the list only covers the Top 50, I also consulted the national Top 100 for 2011 compiled by McCrindle Research. Although there were some differences in their methodologies (most notably McCrindle combined spellings for certain names), I thought it would be interesting to get at least an estimate for names which had risen far in the past year.
It may seem a bit controversial, but when I checked it against known numbers from Kidspot, it gave the same answer most of the time, and when it differed, it usually did so by only 1 or 2 places. So some of these may only be estimates, but I think they are reasonable estimates.
Biggest Movers Up
- Braxton +70 at least (estimate)
- Hudson +50 (estimate)
- Jaxon +28 (estimate)
- Hunter +16
- Eli +9
Also Up
Archie, Blake, Dylan, Flynn, Jackson, Mason, Mitchell, Noah, Patrick, Thomas
Up Slightly
Cooper, Harrison, Isaac, Jack, James, Liam, Max, Samuel
Biggest Movers Down
- Luke -15
- Matthew -13
- Aiden -12
- Jayden -11
- Nicholas -10 at least
Also Down
Benjamin, Connor, Daniel, Elijah, Harry, Hayden, Jake, Joseph, Joshua, Lachlan, Lucas, Michael, Nate
Down Slightly
Alexander, Ethan, Henry, Logan, Oliver, Oscar, Ryan, Sebastian, Tyler, William
No Change in Position
- Jacob #13
- Riley #16
- Charlie #19
- Xavier #20
- Levi #26
New to the Top 50
- Braxton #31
- Jaxon #37
- Patrick #42
- Hudson #43
- Dylan #44
- Archie #46
Gone from the Top 50
- Nicholas – #41
- Hayden – #44
- Nate – #45
- Elijah #46
- Joseph #48
- Michael #50
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