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Biggest Risers
Aria (+25), Maya (+22), Elise (+21 at least), Eleanor (+19 at least), Ariana (+17 at least), Madeline (+17 at least), Lexi (+14 at least), Piper (+14), (Evelyn +13), Harriet (+12 at least)
Biggest Fallers
Mackenzie (-44), Caitlin (-23 at least), Mikayla (-19 at least), Samantha (-17), Eliza, Elsie, Lara and Madison (-16), Gabriella (-12 at least), Lilly (-11)
New
Elise, Eleanor, Madeline, Lexi, Hazel, Natalie, Charlie, Frankie
Gone
Caitlin, Mikayla, Gabriella, Skye, Leah, Daisy, Zahra
BOYS
Biggest Risers
Gabriel (+29), Jordan (+21), George (+20), Nate (+19), Hamish (+16 at least), Jasper (+15), Bailey, Dylan and Hugo (+13), Kai (+12)
Biggest Fallers
Braxton (-25), Christian (-19), Nathaniel (-17 at least), Jonathan (-18), Chase and Hayden (-15), Nathan (-14), Mitchell (-13 at least), Anthony and Caleb (-12)
New
Hamish, Phoenix, Omar, Maxwell
Gone
Nathaniel, Mitchell, Alex
Waltzing More Than Matilda 
These lists always split names by their ‘spelling’ rather than their sound. E.g. Lily and Lilly ranked separately. Since we don’t know the spelling of a child’s name when they are being called in the playground then people who are concerned with picking a name by ranking have to take this into account…
By my simple excel calculations from the top 100 National list (just listed on SMH), Sofia/Sophia is actually still in top 10, Isabelle/Isabel, Madeline/Madeleine ranked much higher. Even Emilia and Amelia are too similar to split despite the difference in A and E. This doesn’t even take into account spellings that might be outside of the top 100 that add to those numbers and might push others out/in.
If you could put together a top 100 based on the ‘sound’ of a name that would be great 🙂 I think you’ve done that before…
You’re quite right, and the national Top 100 does combine name spellings – it will be published on the blog tomorrow.
One of the problems with combining spellings is that people seem to disagree what is the “same name”: the national data combines Milla and Mila, which to me are pronounced differently, but Amelia and Emilia are two names, even though to me these are said almost identically.
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