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HelpBTN's Favorite Names 2019
2011 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4199011
2012 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4356914
2013 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4483121
2014 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4574822
2015 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4664550
2016 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4774837
2017 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4883456
2018 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4984014
I counted the top 10s from every month to find "BTN's Favorite Names", as I have done for the last several years.
This year had the second LOWEST participation of all time, with an average of 32 people a month sharing their top 10. 1003 unique girl and 777 unique boy names were posted.
I count like the SSA. Accents don't count (Léo and Leo are the same). If you posted combos, only the first name counted. And if you had a tie, I counted the first name ("Luke / Lukas / George, can't decide = point for Luke). Only 10 names per person per gender were counted, so if you tried to sneakily post an 11th or 12th name, it won't be here. And if you mistyped, I counted your error, because I can't read minds.
Last year's top names were Violet and Alexander.
We have a new #1 on both sides.
For girls, we struggled to really love anything this year. Our new number 1, Florence received the least number of points for any number 1 ever. Florence was #3 last year (and it had more points last year than this year!)
For boys, it was a close race, but we're returning to an old favorite -- Arthur was #1 from 2014 - 2016 and is back again.
Here's the top 17 for girls and top 25 for boys.
1. Florence (34, 0.87%)
2. Juliet (32, 0.82%)
3. Hazel (31, 0.79%)
4. Ivy, Lily, Louisa (27, 0.69%)
5. Beatrix, Fern (26, 0.66%)
6. Aurora, Freya (25, 0.64%)
7. Lydia, Rosalie, Zoe (23, 0.59%)
8. Agatha, Josephine, Theodora, Victoria (22, 0.56%)
9. Elise, Luna, Persephone, Violet, Xanthe (21, 0.54%)
10. Adelaide, Aurelia, Iris, Lucia, Sabrina, Willow (20, 0.51%)
11. Cordelia (19, 0.48%)
12. Ada, Artemis, Elizabeth, Francesca (18, 0.46%)
13. Astrid, Eleanor, Marion, Pearl (17, 0.43%)
14. Caroline, Genevieve, Helena, Lucy, Zara, Zelda (16, 0.41%)
15. Celeste, Clara, Dorothea, Eloise, Euphemia, Ophelia (15, 0.38%)
16. Fiona, Gwen, Mabel, Magdalena, Maia, Maude, Rose, Sienna, Ursula, Viola (14, 0.36%)
17. Elodie, Elva, Everly, Fable, Georgiana, Juliette, Liliana, Saoirse, Sybil (13, 0.33%)
1. Arthur (61, 1.6%)
2. Alexander (60, 1.58%)
3. August (55, 1.44%)
4. Sebastian (54, 1.42%)
5. Oscar (47, 1.23%)
6. Frederick (39, 1.02%)
7. Magnus (37, 0.97%)
8. Henry (36, 0.95%)
9. Isaac (35, 0.92%)
10. Hugo, Theodore (33, 0.87%)
11. Nicholas (32, 0.84%)
12. Leo (31, 0.81%)
13. Felix (29, 0.76%)
14. Elias, Jasper (28, 0.74%)
15. Dominic, Levi, Nikolai (25, 0.66%)
16. Horatio, Thomas (24, 0.63%)
17. Benjamin, Cassidy, Jack, Robin (23, 0.6%)
18. Donovan, Elliot, Nathaniel, Rowan (22, 0.58%)
19. Anselm (21, 0.55%)
20. Caspar, Edgar, Phoenix (20, 0.53%)
21. George, Jonas, Sidney, Tristan (19, 0.5%)
22. Elijah, James, Micah, Ronan (18, 0.47%)
23. Conrad, Ezra, Malcolm (17, 0.45%)
24. Alaric, Andrew, Caleb, Everett, Roman, Spencer (16, 0.42%)
25. Abram, Adrian, Bartholomew, Benedict, Gabriel, Peter, Philip, Ptolemy, Samuel, Swithin, Wesley (15, 0.39%)
I will post the all time top 20 in a reply-- there is a new boy's #1 for the first time since I've started counting!
Isadora Evander Larkin
Pax Symphorian Grey
www.behindthename.com/pnl/59411
2012 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4356914
2013 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4483121
2014 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4574822
2015 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4664550
2016 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4774837
2017 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4883456
2018 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4984014
I counted the top 10s from every month to find "BTN's Favorite Names", as I have done for the last several years.
This year had the second LOWEST participation of all time, with an average of 32 people a month sharing their top 10. 1003 unique girl and 777 unique boy names were posted.
I count like the SSA. Accents don't count (Léo and Leo are the same). If you posted combos, only the first name counted. And if you had a tie, I counted the first name ("Luke / Lukas / George, can't decide = point for Luke). Only 10 names per person per gender were counted, so if you tried to sneakily post an 11th or 12th name, it won't be here. And if you mistyped, I counted your error, because I can't read minds.
Last year's top names were Violet and Alexander.
We have a new #1 on both sides.
For girls, we struggled to really love anything this year. Our new number 1, Florence received the least number of points for any number 1 ever. Florence was #3 last year (and it had more points last year than this year!)
For boys, it was a close race, but we're returning to an old favorite -- Arthur was #1 from 2014 - 2016 and is back again.
Here's the top 17 for girls and top 25 for boys.
1. Florence (34, 0.87%)
2. Juliet (32, 0.82%)
3. Hazel (31, 0.79%)
4. Ivy, Lily, Louisa (27, 0.69%)
5. Beatrix, Fern (26, 0.66%)
6. Aurora, Freya (25, 0.64%)
7. Lydia, Rosalie, Zoe (23, 0.59%)
8. Agatha, Josephine, Theodora, Victoria (22, 0.56%)
9. Elise, Luna, Persephone, Violet, Xanthe (21, 0.54%)
10. Adelaide, Aurelia, Iris, Lucia, Sabrina, Willow (20, 0.51%)
11. Cordelia (19, 0.48%)
12. Ada, Artemis, Elizabeth, Francesca (18, 0.46%)
13. Astrid, Eleanor, Marion, Pearl (17, 0.43%)
14. Caroline, Genevieve, Helena, Lucy, Zara, Zelda (16, 0.41%)
15. Celeste, Clara, Dorothea, Eloise, Euphemia, Ophelia (15, 0.38%)
16. Fiona, Gwen, Mabel, Magdalena, Maia, Maude, Rose, Sienna, Ursula, Viola (14, 0.36%)
17. Elodie, Elva, Everly, Fable, Georgiana, Juliette, Liliana, Saoirse, Sybil (13, 0.33%)
1. Arthur (61, 1.6%)
2. Alexander (60, 1.58%)
3. August (55, 1.44%)
4. Sebastian (54, 1.42%)
5. Oscar (47, 1.23%)
6. Frederick (39, 1.02%)
7. Magnus (37, 0.97%)
8. Henry (36, 0.95%)
9. Isaac (35, 0.92%)
10. Hugo, Theodore (33, 0.87%)
11. Nicholas (32, 0.84%)
12. Leo (31, 0.81%)
13. Felix (29, 0.76%)
14. Elias, Jasper (28, 0.74%)
15. Dominic, Levi, Nikolai (25, 0.66%)
16. Horatio, Thomas (24, 0.63%)
17. Benjamin, Cassidy, Jack, Robin (23, 0.6%)
18. Donovan, Elliot, Nathaniel, Rowan (22, 0.58%)
19. Anselm (21, 0.55%)
20. Caspar, Edgar, Phoenix (20, 0.53%)
21. George, Jonas, Sidney, Tristan (19, 0.5%)
22. Elijah, James, Micah, Ronan (18, 0.47%)
23. Conrad, Ezra, Malcolm (17, 0.45%)
24. Alaric, Andrew, Caleb, Everett, Roman, Spencer (16, 0.42%)
25. Abram, Adrian, Bartholomew, Benedict, Gabriel, Peter, Philip, Ptolemy, Samuel, Swithin, Wesley (15, 0.39%)
I will post the all time top 20 in a reply-- there is a new boy's #1 for the first time since I've started counting!
Pax Symphorian Grey
www.behindthename.com/pnl/59411
This message was edited 12/11/2019, 9:46 AM
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Just wanted to say thank you for putting so much work into this. You're a star =)
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It's fascinating to me to see Cassidy on the boys list instead of the girls list. For the general American public, Cassidy is now overwhelmingly female. There were 864 girls born in the USA in 2018 named Cassidy and only 73 boys -- and that's not taking alternative spellings into account, and they almost surely skew even more in the female direction. :)
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I noticed when I was looking at the SSA list a few months ago that, in general, boy's Cass- names were trending up and girl's Cass- names were trending down!
https://www.behindthename.com/top/beyond.php?name=Cassidy+Cassandra+Cassie+Cassia+Cassian+Cassius+Cassiel&gender=m&type=sample
https://www.behindthename.com/top/beyond.php?name=Cassidy+Cassandra+Cassie+Cassia+Cassian+Cassius+Cassiel&gender=f&type=sample
Not that it means that Cassidy for a boy will be in the top 1000 any time soon though. Only 2 people had to consistently like Cassidy for it to rank where it does on this BTN chart.
https://www.behindthename.com/top/beyond.php?name=Cassidy+Cassandra+Cassie+Cassia+Cassian+Cassius+Cassiel&gender=m&type=sample
https://www.behindthename.com/top/beyond.php?name=Cassidy+Cassandra+Cassie+Cassia+Cassian+Cassius+Cassiel&gender=f&type=sample
Not that it means that Cassidy for a boy will be in the top 1000 any time soon though. Only 2 people had to consistently like Cassidy for it to rank where it does on this BTN chart.
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---Love---
Hazel; Ivy; Lily; Aurora; Zoe (prefer Zoey)
Luna; Violet; Aurelia; Willow; Ophelia
Rose; Alexander; Theodore; Nicholas
Thomas; Caspar (prefer Casper); James
Adrian (prefer Adrien)
---Like---
Juliet; Louisa; Fern; Persephone
Xanthe (prefer Zanthia); Adelaide
Cordelia; Ada; Astrid; Eleanor
Pearl; Zelda; Ursula; Viola; Everly
Saoirse; Celeste; Oscar; Frederick
Isaac; Felix; Elias; Jasper; Cassidy
Robin (prefer feminine); Donovan
Elliot; Nathaniel; Rowan; Phoenix
Elijah; Caleb; Roman; Spencer; Philip
Hazel; Ivy; Lily; Aurora; Zoe (prefer Zoey)
Luna; Violet; Aurelia; Willow; Ophelia
Rose; Alexander; Theodore; Nicholas
Thomas; Caspar (prefer Casper); James
Adrian (prefer Adrien)
---Like---
Juliet; Louisa; Fern; Persephone
Xanthe (prefer Zanthia); Adelaide
Cordelia; Ada; Astrid; Eleanor
Pearl; Zelda; Ursula; Viola; Everly
Saoirse; Celeste; Oscar; Frederick
Isaac; Felix; Elias; Jasper; Cassidy
Robin (prefer feminine); Donovan
Elliot; Nathaniel; Rowan; Phoenix
Elijah; Caleb; Roman; Spencer; Philip
This message was edited 12/11/2019, 10:58 AM
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Fern really sticks out to me in the feminine list. I don't remember seeing Fern on these tallies before, and now she's at #5!
I'm certain I contributed to the heavy popularity of Lydia, Josephine, Sabrina, Eleanor, Ursula, Isaac, Nicholas, Nathaniel, and of course Dominic, Donovan, Malcolm, and Wesley (who I think have all been consistently in my Top 10 for years).
Thank you for taking time out of your day to do these lists!
I'm certain I contributed to the heavy popularity of Lydia, Josephine, Sabrina, Eleanor, Ursula, Isaac, Nicholas, Nathaniel, and of course Dominic, Donovan, Malcolm, and Wesley (who I think have all been consistently in my Top 10 for years).
Thank you for taking time out of your day to do these lists!
This message was edited 12/11/2019, 6:24 AM
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BTN has great taste in names! ;-) Thank you for putting this together, very interesting to go through.
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Aw only one or two names I chose made it to this list (Euphemia and possibly Astrid). I was hoping to disrupt the establishment a little. d:
I for one am glad Alexander was knocked off it's throne; I'm so tired of seeing it on every single list and every poll...
Still, it's nice to see our name trends laid out so plainly like this, thanks for the hard work. :)
I for one am glad Alexander was knocked off it's throne; I'm so tired of seeing it on every single list and every poll...
Still, it's nice to see our name trends laid out so plainly like this, thanks for the hard work. :)
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It could be considered disrupting the establishment for the girl's side to be so diverse that we ended up with the lowest #1 of all time? In order to get on these charts, a name had to be listed by at least 2 people.
I think a few names from your list ended up ranked #18 - #20 for girls, these being names that are most likely consistently liked by one person:
18. (12 each)
Alice
Antonia
Avielle
Beila
Ederne
Emmelise
Eugenia
Geneva
Ingrid
Julia
Katya
Leona
Marigold
Natasha
Tirzah
Violetta
Wilhelmina
Winifred
19. (11 each)
Aderyn
Alma
Clio
Enid
Evanthe
Evelind
Frieda
Georgina
Gwendolen
Henrietta
Kaia
Lavender
Miranda
Natalia
Pandora
Pretoria
Rebekah
Sasha
Sylvie
Thalia
Theda
Thora
Ulrikke
Ziva
20. (10 each)
Alexandria
Allegra
Brooke
Clementine
Cleo
Elaina
Eulalia
Evangeline
Maxine
Neptunine
Parisa
River
Valentina
Willemina
Zoya
I think a few names from your list ended up ranked #18 - #20 for girls, these being names that are most likely consistently liked by one person:
18. (12 each)
Alice
Antonia
Avielle
Beila
Ederne
Emmelise
Eugenia
Geneva
Ingrid
Julia
Katya
Leona
Marigold
Natasha
Tirzah
Violetta
Wilhelmina
Winifred
19. (11 each)
Aderyn
Alma
Clio
Enid
Evanthe
Evelind
Frieda
Georgina
Gwendolen
Henrietta
Kaia
Lavender
Miranda
Natalia
Pandora
Pretoria
Rebekah
Sasha
Sylvie
Thalia
Theda
Thora
Ulrikke
Ziva
20. (10 each)
Alexandria
Allegra
Brooke
Clementine
Cleo
Elaina
Eulalia
Evangeline
Maxine
Neptunine
Parisa
River
Valentina
Willemina
Zoya
This message was edited 12/11/2019, 2:03 PM
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In the Top 20 of all time reply, Alexander is now the #1 boy's name on BtN. So even though he wasn't #1 this year, he still dethroned Henry.
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Most of these are charming, and I really appreciate the effort you went through :)
This message was edited 12/10/2019, 10:58 PM
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All Time Top 20s
This year added 215 never-before-posted girls names and 174 new boys names, and, as I said above, we have a new boy's #1 for the first time ever!
Girls:
1. Alice (0)
2. Rose (0)
3. Helena (0)
4. Iris (0)
5. Louisa (0)
6. Eleanor (0)
7. Charlotte (0)
8. Matilda (0)
9. Clara (0)
10. Josephine (+1)
11. Elizabeth (-1)
12. Willow (+1)
13. Anna (-1)
14. Beatrix (0)
15. Lydia (0)
16. Hazel (+4)
17. Luna (+2)
18. Penelope (-2)
19. Sylvie (-1)
20. Miriam (-3)
Boys:
1. Alexander (+1)
2. Henry (-1)
3. Arthur (0)
4. August (0)
5. Sebastian (+1)
6. William (-1)
7. Theodore (+1)
8. Leo (+2)
9. Felix (0)
10. James (-3)
11. Isaac (+1)
12. Thomas (-1)
13. Samuel (0)
14. Oscar (+2)
15. Ezra (0)
16. Oliver (-2)
17. Jasper (+2)
18. Benjamin (-1)
19. Gabriel (-1)
20. Frederick (0)
Nothing left the top 20 on either side this year, just some rearranging.
This year added 215 never-before-posted girls names and 174 new boys names, and, as I said above, we have a new boy's #1 for the first time ever!
Girls:
1. Alice (0)
2. Rose (0)
3. Helena (0)
4. Iris (0)
5. Louisa (0)
6. Eleanor (0)
7. Charlotte (0)
8. Matilda (0)
9. Clara (0)
10. Josephine (+1)
11. Elizabeth (-1)
12. Willow (+1)
13. Anna (-1)
14. Beatrix (0)
15. Lydia (0)
16. Hazel (+4)
17. Luna (+2)
18. Penelope (-2)
19. Sylvie (-1)
20. Miriam (-3)
Boys:
1. Alexander (+1)
2. Henry (-1)
3. Arthur (0)
4. August (0)
5. Sebastian (+1)
6. William (-1)
7. Theodore (+1)
8. Leo (+2)
9. Felix (0)
10. James (-3)
11. Isaac (+1)
12. Thomas (-1)
13. Samuel (0)
14. Oscar (+2)
15. Ezra (0)
16. Oliver (-2)
17. Jasper (+2)
18. Benjamin (-1)
19. Gabriel (-1)
20. Frederick (0)
Nothing left the top 20 on either side this year, just some rearranging.
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Those are two lovely lists and although many in there are not quite my taste, there are many that I´d love to see used on someone else´s child. Thank you making these lists!
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