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Thursday, January 01, 2009

Times and Telegraph Births

The complete list of first names is available here. I'll be adding middle names and other stuff later. 


Top 10 for each category:

Telegraph Boys:

1

William

77

2

Thomas

50

3

James

43

4

Oliver

42

5

Charles

41

6

Henry

41

7

George

37

8

Edward

35

9

Harry

33

10

Alexander

30


Telegraph girls:

1

Emily

30

2

Alice

26

3

Charlotte

26

4

Matilda

26

5

Olivia

25

6

Amelia

22

7

Isabella

21

8

Sophie

19

9

Daisy

18

10

Poppy

18


Times boys:

1

William

39

2

George

30

3

Edward

29

4

Henry

28

5

Alexander

26

6

James

26

7

Oliver

25

8

Charles

23

9

Thomas

23

10

Oscar

21


Times girls:

1

Emily

17

2

Isabella

16

3

Matilda

16

4

Olivia

16

5

Alice

15

6

Elizabeth

15

7

Sophie

15

8

Poppy

14

9

Charlotte

13

10

Imogen

13





UK Popular Names

Or, humph, it seems that the Office of National Statistics are not publishing a top 100 this year. Anyway, the following lists seem to be the best available:


1) Bounty list - the website isn't working at the moment, but a summary can be found on the BBC or the Times. This is a survey of 380 000 babies (I can find that around 650000 babies were born in 05, so this is about 1/2 of babies born). Its top names are Olivia and Jack (as ever). Possibly the best list available if ONS aren't going to publish a top 100.

2) Telegraph list of the around 2500 births announced in the Daily Telegraph. I myself have been making a note of these births (and those in the Times) and will be writing up a proper analysis when I have time. A little different from the Bounty list - William and Emily are the top names, with Matilda as #2 - though it is #47 on the Bounty list. 

3) Scotland list - at least the General Register Office in Scotland aren't cost-cutting. They also release a complete list of all names used. Jack and Sophie at the top.

4) N Ireland list (pdf) - both N Ireland and Scotland's lists tend to be a little different from England and Wales, though Jack reigns supreme in both countries. Jack and Katie at the top in N Ireland. Little surprised to see Oisin as #4 in the Western Board, though it isn't in the top 20. 

A late addition to the list: The Times. A little different to mine - they possibly included middle names, or names that were not published on the website.