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GIRLS NAME TRENDS
Biggest Risers
Lola (+23), Elsie (+22 at least), Imogen (+22), Ellie (+21), Penelope (+20 at least), Evelyn (+20), Aria (+19), Alexandra (+18), Lillian (+17 at least)
Biggest Fallers
Hayley (-34), Tahlia (-23 at least), Rose (-21), Kayla (-20 at least), Gabriella and Holly (-18)
New: Ariana, Ayla, Daisy, Elsie, Emilia, Harriet, Indie, Lillian, Penelope, Skye, Zahra
Gone: Amy, Angelina, Charlie, Elise, Heidi, Josephine, Kayla, Lauren, Mariam, Milla, Tahlia
Comment: Penelope hits the ground running to join yet another Top 100. Josephine’s great leap forward of 2012 turns out to be a statistical anomaly, while Lauren could not sustain her Olympian comeback.
BOYS NAME TRENDS
Biggest Risers
Hudson (+26), Louis (+23 at least), Archer (+22), Austin and Muhammad (+20), Nathaniel (+17 at least), Ashton (+17), Felix (+16 at least)
Biggest Fallers
Dylan (-33), Beau (-22), Andrew (-21 at least), Angus (-21), Blake (-18)
New: Aaron, Felix, Jett, Louis, Nathaniel, Ryder
Gone: Andrew, Callum, Cameron, Hamish, Zac
Comment: Cooper and Liam inch their way up to join the Top 10, while Scottish names take a definite tumble. Fun royal baby name fact: George, Alexander, and Louis all rose in popularity!
Waltzing More Than Matilda 
What is your source for top 100 baby names in NSW?
The Top 100 lists put out by NSW Births, Deaths and Marriages – look under the link that says “Links to Name Data” at the top of the page, and it’s there under New South Wales. Data goes back to 1960.
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Do you think Nathaniel might be celebrity inspired? Nathaniel Willemse has done pretty well. I do know two Nathaniel’s (both go by Nat) so I’m surprised it’s only just entered.
Yes, the celebrity link seems very likely as a boost to Nathaniel.
Or it could just be a long form of Nate which is also on Home and Away