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HelpBTN's Favorite Names 2015
2011 results: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4199011
2012 results: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4356914
2013 results: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4483121
2014 results: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4574822
As I have for the last 4 years, I counted all the names posted in the monthly top 10s to come up with BtN's favorite names.
Before we get to the names, I'd like to tell everyone, 2015 was the best poster turn-out we have ever had, and the best turn out since 2009. There were 4969 girls names and 4921 boys names posted this year, meaning on average, 41 people replied to the posts each month. So thanks for posting.
I count similarly to the SSA: Accents do not count (for example, Léo and Leo are counted as one name). If a combo was posted, only the first name was counted, and if a poster could not decide between two or more names, I counted the first one ("James / John, can’t decide" counts for James), and if something was posted that appeared to be a double name, it was counted as a double name. Only 10 names per gender per person were counted, so if anyone ever sneakily posted an 11th, I didn’t count it.
So let’s just get to the part we actually care about…
For boys, #1 is Arthur, which was #1 last year as well.
However, this year, it was posted more than any other name has ever been in the top 10s. 18% of participating BtNers like Arthur enough to put it in their top ten.
For girls, #1 is Clara, which has never even been in the girls top 10 before this year. Last year, it was only posted 21 times; this year it was posted 68 times. Last year’s number 1 was Eleanor.
I also went back through all of the data and added in percentages, which might be even more important than the number.
Here’s the top 25 for girls and 28 for boys. To get an idea of how many people posted the name each month, divide the number by 12.
Girls
1. Clara (68, 1.36%)
2. Helena (51, 1.02%)
3. Rose (48, 0.96%)
4. Willow (45, 0.90%)
5. Alice, Astrid (43, 0.86%)
6. Matilda (39, 0.78%)
7. Elizabeth, Miriam (38, 0.76%)
8. Louisa (37, 0.74%)
9. Charlotte, Lyra (36, 0.72%)
10. Lily, Luna (33, 0.66%)
11. Phoebe (32, 0.64%)
12. Frances, Lucy (31, 0.62%)
13. Eleanor (30, 0.60%)
14. Beatrix, Freya (29, 0.58%)
15. Iris (28, 0.56%)
16. Aurora, Caroline, Flora, Georgiana, Juliet (27, 0.54%)
17. Zelda (26, 0.52%)
18. Josephine, Zoe (25, 0.50%)
19. Margot, Xanthe (24, 0.48%)
20. Elisabeth, Grace, Julia, Sylvie (23, 0.46%)
21. Cecilia, Hazel, Jane, Mabel, Sylvia (22, 0.44%)
22. Pearl, Susanna (21, 0.42%)
23. Adeline, Alexandra, Anastasia, Cordelia, Isobel, Lilia (20, 0.40%)
24. Felicity, Georgina, Harriet, Octavia, Penelope (19, 0.38%)
25. Viola (18, 0.36%)
Boys
1. Arthur (90, 1.82%)
2. Henry (64, 1.30%)
3. Alexander (60, 1.21%)
4. August, Sebastian (58, 1.17%)
5. Frederick, Oliver, Samuel (51, 1.03%)
6. James, Thomas (50, 1.01%)
7. Felix, George, Jasper, Oscar (48, 0.97%)
8. Charles (47, 0.95%)
9. Edmund (46, 0.93%)
10. Leo, Nicholas (45, 0.91%)
11. Ezra (41, 0.83%)
12. William (37, 0.75%)
13. Isaac (34, 0.69%)
14. Malcolm, Peter (33, 0.67%)
15. Jack, Theodore (0.65%)
16. Caspian (31, 0.63%)
17. Tobias (29, 0.59%)
18. Gabriel, Horatio (28, 0.57%)
19. Benjamin, Nathaniel (27, 0.55%)
20. Christopher, Flynn, Otto (26, 0.53%)
21. Elias (25, 0.51%)
22. Ari, Judah (24, 0.49%)
23. Hamish, John (23, 0.47%)
24. Patrick, Wesley (22, 0.45%)
25. Asher, Dominic (21, 0.43%)
26. Asa, Evander, Silas, Tristan (20, 0.40%)
27. Caspar, Clark, Dashiell, Jonah, Jonathan (19 , 0.38%)
28. Joseph (18, 0.36%)
—
And here is the updated all-time [2008-present] top ten, with number of uses and percentage of use in the brackets and rank change in the parenthesis.
As of 2015, we have posted 2970 unique female names and 2396 unique boys names. That means there were 195 new female and 175 new male names this year.
1. Rose [333, 0.96%] (+1)
2. Alice [331, 0.96%] (-1)
3. Iris [305, 0.88%] (0)
4. Helena [283, 0.82%] (+1)
5. Charlotte [279, 0.81%] (-1)
6. Louisa [256, 0.74%] (+1)
7. Eleanor [251, 0.73%] (-1)
8. Matilda [244, 0.71%] (0)
9. Elizabeth [229, 0.66%] (+4)
10. Penelope [215, 0.62%] (0)
Anna, previously #9, has left the top 10.
1. Henry [516, 1.50%] (0)
2. Alexander [430, 1.25%] (0)
3. Arthur [418, 1.22%] (+3)
4. August [410, 1.19%] (0)
5. William [398, 1.16%] (-2)
6. Theodore [377, 1.10%] (-1)
7. James [344, 1.00%] (+1)
8. Leo [343, 1.00] (-1)
9. Felix [338, 0.99%] (0)
10. Thomas [318, 0.93%] (0)
No names left the top 10, just a small reshuffle.
As always, I can email these data files (there is one for each year and one for the all time data) if you PM me your email address (you need a spreadsheet program), or I can find any names in the data for you if you want to know where your favorites rank.
WDYT? Any surprises here?
Fay | Evander | Sky
Mavis | Ziya | Silver
www.behindthename.com/pnl/59411
2012 results: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4356914
2013 results: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4483121
2014 results: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4574822
As I have for the last 4 years, I counted all the names posted in the monthly top 10s to come up with BtN's favorite names.
Before we get to the names, I'd like to tell everyone, 2015 was the best poster turn-out we have ever had, and the best turn out since 2009. There were 4969 girls names and 4921 boys names posted this year, meaning on average, 41 people replied to the posts each month. So thanks for posting.
I count similarly to the SSA: Accents do not count (for example, Léo and Leo are counted as one name). If a combo was posted, only the first name was counted, and if a poster could not decide between two or more names, I counted the first one ("James / John, can’t decide" counts for James), and if something was posted that appeared to be a double name, it was counted as a double name. Only 10 names per gender per person were counted, so if anyone ever sneakily posted an 11th, I didn’t count it.
So let’s just get to the part we actually care about…
For boys, #1 is Arthur, which was #1 last year as well.
However, this year, it was posted more than any other name has ever been in the top 10s. 18% of participating BtNers like Arthur enough to put it in their top ten.
For girls, #1 is Clara, which has never even been in the girls top 10 before this year. Last year, it was only posted 21 times; this year it was posted 68 times. Last year’s number 1 was Eleanor.
I also went back through all of the data and added in percentages, which might be even more important than the number.
Here’s the top 25 for girls and 28 for boys. To get an idea of how many people posted the name each month, divide the number by 12.
Girls
1. Clara (68, 1.36%)
2. Helena (51, 1.02%)
3. Rose (48, 0.96%)
4. Willow (45, 0.90%)
5. Alice, Astrid (43, 0.86%)
6. Matilda (39, 0.78%)
7. Elizabeth, Miriam (38, 0.76%)
8. Louisa (37, 0.74%)
9. Charlotte, Lyra (36, 0.72%)
10. Lily, Luna (33, 0.66%)
11. Phoebe (32, 0.64%)
12. Frances, Lucy (31, 0.62%)
13. Eleanor (30, 0.60%)
14. Beatrix, Freya (29, 0.58%)
15. Iris (28, 0.56%)
16. Aurora, Caroline, Flora, Georgiana, Juliet (27, 0.54%)
17. Zelda (26, 0.52%)
18. Josephine, Zoe (25, 0.50%)
19. Margot, Xanthe (24, 0.48%)
20. Elisabeth, Grace, Julia, Sylvie (23, 0.46%)
21. Cecilia, Hazel, Jane, Mabel, Sylvia (22, 0.44%)
22. Pearl, Susanna (21, 0.42%)
23. Adeline, Alexandra, Anastasia, Cordelia, Isobel, Lilia (20, 0.40%)
24. Felicity, Georgina, Harriet, Octavia, Penelope (19, 0.38%)
25. Viola (18, 0.36%)
Boys
1. Arthur (90, 1.82%)
2. Henry (64, 1.30%)
3. Alexander (60, 1.21%)
4. August, Sebastian (58, 1.17%)
5. Frederick, Oliver, Samuel (51, 1.03%)
6. James, Thomas (50, 1.01%)
7. Felix, George, Jasper, Oscar (48, 0.97%)
8. Charles (47, 0.95%)
9. Edmund (46, 0.93%)
10. Leo, Nicholas (45, 0.91%)
11. Ezra (41, 0.83%)
12. William (37, 0.75%)
13. Isaac (34, 0.69%)
14. Malcolm, Peter (33, 0.67%)
15. Jack, Theodore (0.65%)
16. Caspian (31, 0.63%)
17. Tobias (29, 0.59%)
18. Gabriel, Horatio (28, 0.57%)
19. Benjamin, Nathaniel (27, 0.55%)
20. Christopher, Flynn, Otto (26, 0.53%)
21. Elias (25, 0.51%)
22. Ari, Judah (24, 0.49%)
23. Hamish, John (23, 0.47%)
24. Patrick, Wesley (22, 0.45%)
25. Asher, Dominic (21, 0.43%)
26. Asa, Evander, Silas, Tristan (20, 0.40%)
27. Caspar, Clark, Dashiell, Jonah, Jonathan (19 , 0.38%)
28. Joseph (18, 0.36%)
—
And here is the updated all-time [2008-present] top ten, with number of uses and percentage of use in the brackets and rank change in the parenthesis.
As of 2015, we have posted 2970 unique female names and 2396 unique boys names. That means there were 195 new female and 175 new male names this year.
1. Rose [333, 0.96%] (+1)
2. Alice [331, 0.96%] (-1)
3. Iris [305, 0.88%] (0)
4. Helena [283, 0.82%] (+1)
5. Charlotte [279, 0.81%] (-1)
6. Louisa [256, 0.74%] (+1)
7. Eleanor [251, 0.73%] (-1)
8. Matilda [244, 0.71%] (0)
9. Elizabeth [229, 0.66%] (+4)
10. Penelope [215, 0.62%] (0)
Anna, previously #9, has left the top 10.
1. Henry [516, 1.50%] (0)
2. Alexander [430, 1.25%] (0)
3. Arthur [418, 1.22%] (+3)
4. August [410, 1.19%] (0)
5. William [398, 1.16%] (-2)
6. Theodore [377, 1.10%] (-1)
7. James [344, 1.00%] (+1)
8. Leo [343, 1.00] (-1)
9. Felix [338, 0.99%] (0)
10. Thomas [318, 0.93%] (0)
No names left the top 10, just a small reshuffle.
As always, I can email these data files (there is one for each year and one for the all time data) if you PM me your email address (you need a spreadsheet program), or I can find any names in the data for you if you want to know where your favorites rank.
WDYT? Any surprises here?
Mavis | Ziya | Silver
www.behindthename.com/pnl/59411
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