30 Thursday Jul 2015
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You can see the popular names of each decade at Baby Name Explorer, but I thought it would be more convenient if I provided a Top 100 for the decades before 1960. This is the 1900s, and I will gradually add more and include links on the Name Data page. Numbers in brackets signify the overall number of babies with that name.
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UNISEX NAMES
1. Leslie (403)
2. Francis (400)
3. Jessie (228)
4. Sydney (157)
5. Jean (132)
6. Lindsay (26)
7. Merle (7)
04 Monday May 2015
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Elea from British Baby Names publishes the most popular first and middle names from birth announcements in The Telegraph, to show what the upper crust are naming their babies. We don’t have a “posh” newspaper, but the Herald and the Age probably have the most middle class and upper middle class birth notices. It does seem to have a certain cachet, as it’s not uncommon for parents to put an official notice in one of these papers, and another one in their local or regional paper.
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03 Sunday May 2015
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03 Sunday May 2015
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Biggest Risers
Hazel (+63), Eleanor (+31), Ariana (+27)
Biggest Fallers
Chelsea and Amelie (-15), Mackenzie and Eliza (-14)
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Frankie, Eleanor, Emilia, Hazel, Lexi, Elise, Sadie, Natalie, Lacey
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Samantha, Eve, Daisy, Nevaeh, Skye, Indigo, Caitlin, Leah, Mikayla
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Biggest Risers
Maxwell (+43), Fletcher (+26), Harvey (+20)
Biggest Fallers
Braxton (-31), Mitchell (-22), Nathaniel (-21)
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Harvey, Gabriel, Muhammad, Phoenix, Theodore, Maxwell, Carter, Fletcher
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Jesse, Seth, Parker, Darcy, Jett, Lewis, Jonathan
Information from Baby Names Australia 2015 by McCrindle Research; click the link to view the full report (number of babies given each name in brackets).
26 Sunday Apr 2015
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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)
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Elise, Eleanor, Madeline, Lexi, Hazel, Natalie, Charlie, Frankie
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Caitlin, Mikayla, Gabriella, Skye, Leah, Daisy, Zahra
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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)
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Hamish, Phoenix, Omar, Maxwell
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Nathaniel, Mitchell, Alex
29 Sunday Mar 2015
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≈ Comments Off on The Waltzing More Than Matilda Top 100 Baby Names of 2014
Like last year, this is a list of names I most commonly saw in birth notices and newspaper stories during 2014, and the numbers are not an absolute tally of sightings of each name but how many times I saw a particular name in a single week. (So for a name to get a tally of 4, I would have seen two examples within the same week, twice in the year).
It doesn’t take variant spellings into account, but lumps together all names that sound alike – even when they are actually separate names, like Amelia and Emilia. I have indicated the most common spellings of each name, although in practice spelling variations could be numerous for almost any name.
Some of the new names on the list were Jasmine, Millie, Daisy, Ariana, and Asha/Asher for girls, while new boys included Jayden, Harvey, John, Cameron, and Jett.
Some girls names already on the list which went up a significant amount were Violet, Aria, Evelyn, April, and Zara, while the girls names that went down the most were Stella, Mikayla, Jessica, Marley, and Hayley. High rising boys included Matthew, Michael, Kayden/Caden, Rhys, and George, while boys names which fell the most were Joshua, Braxton, Jacob, Riley, and Lincoln.
It will be interesting to see which of these follow national trends, and which ones are purely local in nature.
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17 Tuesday Mar 2015
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Biggest Risers
Maddison (+67), Molly (+64 at least), Caitlin (+59), Sofia (+51), Edith (+48 at least), Isabel (+47 at least), Claire (+47), Jasmine (+44), Clara (+43 at least), Eliana (+42 at least)
Biggest Fallers
Amelie (-54 at least), Eden (-53 at least), Madeleine (-52 at least), Paige (-52), Annabel (-49 at least), Ellie (-47 at least), Phoebe (-44), Summer (-40 at least), Georgia (-36), Asher (-34 at least)
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Molly, Edith, Isabel, Clara, Eliana, Holly, Lilly, Olive, Zahra, Anastasia, Bonnie, Alise, Madison, Mikayla, Savannah, Aurora, Elena, Emilia, Indiana, Lyla
Gone
Amelie, Annabel, Ellie, Summer, Asher, Leila, Madeline, Neve, Skye, Abby, Amber, Asha, Ashley, Charli, Freya, Milla, Naomi, Natalie, Adele, Alana, Allegra
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Biggest Risers
Asher (+60 at least), Harvey (+46 at least), Evan (+40 at least), Maxwell (+37 at least), Arthur (+33 at least), Blake (+33), Elliot (+30 at least), Rafael (+29 at least), Theodore (+28 at least), Vincent (+27 at least)
Biggest Fallers
Ashton (-57 at least), Dominic (-52), Jordan (-47 at least), Edward (-44), Adam (-41 at least), Kai (36 at least), Lewis and Nicholas (-36), Benjamin (-32), Hunter (-31)
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Asher, Harvey, Evan, Maxwell, Arthur, Elliot, Rafael, Theodore, Vincent, Ari, Muhammad, Robert, Sonny, Alex, Jonathan, Julian, Chase, Christian, Fletcher, Jaxon
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Jordan, Adam, Kai, Luke, Marcus, Rory, Hugh, Ryder, Andrew, Arlo, Billy, Brock, Callum, Darcy, Finlay, Heath, Jett, John, Luka, Nate
Note: Due to its very small population size, the Australian Capital Territory’s Top 100 is its full name data for the year. For the same reason, movement up and down the charts can be very volatile.
05 Thursday Mar 2015
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Biggest Risers
Ariana (+82 at least), Hazel (+79 at least), Skyla (+78 at least), Freya (+76 at least), Frankie (+73 at least), Aria (+67 at least), Rose (+66 at least), Abigail (+53), Lola and Tilly (+46)
Biggest Fallers
Stephanie (-80 at least), Florence (-77 at least), April (-68), Jasmine (-67 at least), Madeleine (-64 at least), Bronte (-60 at least), Lacey (-60), Harriet (-56 at least), Rubi (-49 at least)
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Ariana, Hazel, Skyla, Freya, Frankie, Aria, Rose, Billie, Mikayla, Taylor, Josephine, Claudia, Anna, Samantha, Lexi
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Stephanie, Florence, Maya, April, Jasmine, Madeleine, Bronte, Harriet, Hayley, Rubi, Zara, Charli, Ebony, Kaylee, Abbie, Abby, Annabel, Charlie, Dakota
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Biggest Risers
Patrick (+62 at least), Finn (+52 at least), Felix (+51), Leo (+45), Seth (+44), Robert (+40 at least), Luca (+39), Brock (+34 at least), Bailey (+34), Hugo (+33)
Biggest Fallers
Bentley (-56 at least), Charles (-55 at least), Jasper (-53), Luke (-52 at least), Jobe (-45 at least), Jordan (-44 at least), Tyson (-40 at least), Hamish (-38), Mitchell (-36 at least), Parker (-35 at least)
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Patrick, Finn, Robert, Brock, Ollie, Cameron, Christopher, Aiden, Abel, Zander, Sonny, Carter, Arthur, Austin, Billy, Hugh, Harley, David
Gone
Bentley, Charles, Luke, Jobe, Jordan, Tyson, Mitchell, Parker, Ari, Braxton, Koby, Matthew, Adam, Campbell, Zane, Elliot, Heath, Kai, Kaiden, Louie
Note: Because of their small population size, Tasmania’s Top 100 is most of its complete data. For the same reason, movement up and down the chart is extremely volatile.
23 Monday Feb 2015
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Biggest Risers
Molly (+33), Heidi (+31), Ariana (+30 at least), Eleanor (+25 at least), Isabel (+21), Elsie (+20 at least), Lara (+20), Anna and Evelyn (+19)
Biggest Fallers
Lola (-34), Abby (-25 at least), Indigo and Lillian (-24), Hayley and Nevaeh (-23), Samantha (-19 at least), Madeleine (-18), Amity (-17 at least)
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Ariana, Eleanor, Elsie, Frankie, Bonnie, Madeline, Gabriella
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Abby, Samantha, Amity, Charlee, April, Indi, Charli, Eliza
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Biggest Risers
Austin (+32), Carter (+30), David (+25 at least), Luca (+25), Archer (+22), Leo (+20), Edward (+19), Theodore (+18), Finn and Kai (+17)
Biggest Fallers
Mitchell (-22), Nicholas (-20), Joshua (-18), Jesse (-16 at least), Dylan (-16), Zachary (-15), Lewis (-14 at least), Alex (-14), Ryder (-13), Cody (-12 at least)
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David, Phoenix, Harvey, Fletcher, Jai, Harley
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Lewis, Cameron, Cody, Bentley, Jax, Darcy, Felix, Wyatt
20 Friday Feb 2015
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Biggest Risers
Madison (+21), Ellie (+17 at least), Eva (+13), Harper (+12), Aria (+11 at least)
Biggest Fallers
Summer (-22 at least), Chelsea (-21 at least), Emma (-20), Jessica (-13 at least), Evie (-12)
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Ellie, Aria, Holly, Addison, Lilly, Sofia, Annabelle, Elsie
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Summer, Chelsea, Jessica, Violet, Eliza, Mila, Alyssa, Audrey
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Biggest Risers
Archie (+23 at least), Patrick (+15 at least), Leo (+15), Austin (+14 at least), Sebastian (+13)
Biggest Fallers
Joshua (-25), Connor (-21 at least), Mitchell (-18 at least), Cooper (-18), Jayden (-11 at least)
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Archie, Patrick, Austin, Lincoln, Jordan, Ashton, George
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Connor, Mitchell, Jayden, Caleb, Aiden, Angus, Michael
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