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Help[Opinions] Top BAs from The Telegraph and The Times.
I’ve combined the 875 BAs that have appeared in The Times and The Telegraph so far this year to make a top ten. It’s obviously not very representative, (or very accurate for that matter – not enough announcements, and I probably missed a couple) but it’s pretty interesting imo.
1. Oliver (25 boys)
2. William
3. Edward
4. George
5. Thomas
6. Charles
7. Alexander / Benjamin / Harry / Henry / James
8. Samuel
9. Frederick / Jack / Rory
10. Charlie / Joshua / Luke / Max (6 boys)
Total with these names = 213
1. Emily (15 girls)
2. Olivia
3. Lucy / Matilda
4. Isabella
5. Amelia
6. Ella
7. Grace / Madeleine
8. Elizabeth / Imogen / Charlotte
9. Alice / Daisy / Emma
10. Eleanor / Florence / Georgia / Jemima / Martha / Poppy / Sophie (5 girls)
Total with these names = 173
Boys All the names from the official Top Ten for England and Wales appear somewhere apart from Daniel (only appeared in two announcements). Rory is the biggest surprise as it doesn’t even appear in the official Top 100! It’s at 54 in the Scottish list though.
Girls Five of the official Top Ten names don’t appear here:
Jessica and Ellie (only one each!)
Ruby and Lily (two)
Chloe (three).
Neither Jemima nor Florence are on the official lists, but both appear here. Isabella looks like it's on the up :(
Tomorrow I’ll post some interesting names from those I’ve collected.
Expect another version of this in June! If you want any more info, just ask :)
1. Oliver (25 boys)
2. William
3. Edward
4. George
5. Thomas
6. Charles
7. Alexander / Benjamin / Harry / Henry / James
8. Samuel
9. Frederick / Jack / Rory
10. Charlie / Joshua / Luke / Max (6 boys)
Total with these names = 213
1. Emily (15 girls)
2. Olivia
3. Lucy / Matilda
4. Isabella
5. Amelia
6. Ella
7. Grace / Madeleine
8. Elizabeth / Imogen / Charlotte
9. Alice / Daisy / Emma
10. Eleanor / Florence / Georgia / Jemima / Martha / Poppy / Sophie (5 girls)
Total with these names = 173
Boys All the names from the official Top Ten for England and Wales appear somewhere apart from Daniel (only appeared in two announcements). Rory is the biggest surprise as it doesn’t even appear in the official Top 100! It’s at 54 in the Scottish list though.
Girls Five of the official Top Ten names don’t appear here:
Jessica and Ellie (only one each!)
Ruby and Lily (two)
Chloe (three).
Neither Jemima nor Florence are on the official lists, but both appear here. Isabella looks like it's on the up :(
Tomorrow I’ll post some interesting names from those I’ve collected.
Expect another version of this in June! If you want any more info, just ask :)
This message was edited 3/31/2007, 10:54 AM
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I really want to move to England.
Remember that these lists are just from the upper classes! They don't necessarily reflect what average people in the UK are naming their kids.
Here are links to the national top 100s for England & Wales, reflecting the entire population:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/specials/babiesnames_boys.asp
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/specials/babiesnames_girls.asp
Remember that these lists are just from the upper classes! They don't necessarily reflect what average people in the UK are naming their kids.
Here are links to the national top 100s for England & Wales, reflecting the entire population:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/specials/babiesnames_boys.asp
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/specials/babiesnames_girls.asp
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Very Telegraph
I could have pinpointed that list to the Telegraph, lol. I bet those names are popular for a certain segment of English yuppie or white-collar society, but many of them, such as Florence and Frederick, are not particularly popular overall.
That's always the 'problem' (if indeed it were a problem) with newspaper birth announcements, if stats are taken from them. I read the Herald, which has a fairly Nationalist following if not actually an SNP readership, and the names in the BAs are all characteristically Scottish. It's all Finlay, Isla, Iona, Murray, Campbell, Eilidh ... etc. This isn't reflected in the broader stats. These names are popular, but they're popular alongside American council-estate favourites, like Kelsey and Shannon.
Rory is popular here in Scotland, and I'm surprised, but not *that* surprised, to see it's a Telegraph favourite. Yuppies in London were taking a shine to Angus and Hamish not so long ago - much more of a shine than they ever got in Scotland lately! Oh and Finley is a yuppie favourite in England, and possibly Fergus, and Freya ...
I could have pinpointed that list to the Telegraph, lol. I bet those names are popular for a certain segment of English yuppie or white-collar society, but many of them, such as Florence and Frederick, are not particularly popular overall.
That's always the 'problem' (if indeed it were a problem) with newspaper birth announcements, if stats are taken from them. I read the Herald, which has a fairly Nationalist following if not actually an SNP readership, and the names in the BAs are all characteristically Scottish. It's all Finlay, Isla, Iona, Murray, Campbell, Eilidh ... etc. This isn't reflected in the broader stats. These names are popular, but they're popular alongside American council-estate favourites, like Kelsey and Shannon.
Rory is popular here in Scotland, and I'm surprised, but not *that* surprised, to see it's a Telegraph favourite. Yuppies in London were taking a shine to Angus and Hamish not so long ago - much more of a shine than they ever got in Scotland lately! Oh and Finley is a yuppie favourite in England, and possibly Fergus, and Freya ...
This message was edited 3/31/2007, 11:45 AM
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Oh, I completely agree. I noticed when I started recording Telegraph BAs that they were very Scottish. The Times seems to be the one for overseas announcements.
Angus appeared three times on my list btw, and twice as a middle name. Fergus is also there three times, with one mn too. Freya is twice, with one middle name, but Hamish only appears once.
I was surprised at the lack of Fin- names actually, only one Finlay and one Findlay. I thought there would be a lot more, and thought there would be at least one Finn / Finnigan too.
Angus appeared three times on my list btw, and twice as a middle name. Fergus is also there three times, with one mn too. Freya is twice, with one middle name, but Hamish only appears once.
I was surprised at the lack of Fin- names actually, only one Finlay and one Findlay. I thought there would be a lot more, and thought there would be at least one Finn / Finnigan too.
This message was edited 3/31/2007, 12:06 PM
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1. Oliver - This is my cousin's little boy's name. I never knew it was so popular! Well, it isn't in Scotland anyway!
2. William - not so keen on this
3. Edward - dislike
4. George - dislike
5. Thomas - this is ok
6. Charles - dislike
7. Alexander - my brother's mn
7. Benjamin - like
7. Harry - ok
7. Henry - my grandad's name
7. James - my brother and dad's name
8. Samuel - ok
9. Frederick - dislike
9. Jack - too common
9. Rory - prefer Ruairidh
10. Charlie - like
10. Joshua - ok
10. Luke - nice
10. Max - ok
1. Emily - my cousin's name (Oliver's mum)
2. Olivia - nice
3. Lucy - my cousin's name (Emily's sister)
3. Matilda - ok
4. Isabella - ok
5. Amelia - like
6. Ella - nice
7. Grace - too common
7. Madeleine - ok
8. Elizabeth - ok
8. Imogen - nice
8. Charlotte - nice, like nn Lottie
9. Alice - dislike
9. Daisy - ok
9. Emma - too common
10. Eleanor - my favourite girl's name ever
10. Florence - dislike
10. Georgia - ok
10. Jemima - like
10. Martha - dislike
10. Poppy - nice
10. Sophie - dislike
FirChlis
2. William - not so keen on this
3. Edward - dislike
4. George - dislike
5. Thomas - this is ok
6. Charles - dislike
7. Alexander - my brother's mn
7. Benjamin - like
7. Harry - ok
7. Henry - my grandad's name
7. James - my brother and dad's name
8. Samuel - ok
9. Frederick - dislike
9. Jack - too common
9. Rory - prefer Ruairidh
10. Charlie - like
10. Joshua - ok
10. Luke - nice
10. Max - ok
1. Emily - my cousin's name (Oliver's mum)
2. Olivia - nice
3. Lucy - my cousin's name (Emily's sister)
3. Matilda - ok
4. Isabella - ok
5. Amelia - like
6. Ella - nice
7. Grace - too common
7. Madeleine - ok
8. Elizabeth - ok
8. Imogen - nice
8. Charlotte - nice, like nn Lottie
9. Alice - dislike
9. Daisy - ok
9. Emma - too common
10. Eleanor - my favourite girl's name ever
10. Florence - dislike
10. Georgia - ok
10. Jemima - like
10. Martha - dislike
10. Poppy - nice
10. Sophie - dislike
FirChlis
This message was edited 3/31/2007, 11:18 AM
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