Note on the data: I calculated absolute rises and falls by subtracting the number of births in the name's least popular year from the number of births in the name's most popular year. I calculated proportional rises and falls by dividing the number of births (corrected for the annual birthrate) in the name's most popular year by the number of births (corrected for the annual birthrate) in the name's least popular year. I discuss these trends in more detail in a Guardian article. If you would like to do your own analysis of the data, you may wish to see the ONS's raw data and the script I used to calculate these trends. Please do get in touch with feedback.
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NB: The ONS only counts names given to three or more babies in a year - so very unusual names may not appear here.
How to use: Type names in the box below, then explore the graph to see trends, annual rankings and numbers of babies born. Or see some naming trends.
Naming trends 1996-2010
- Lily
- Grace
- Ava
- Evie
- Amelia
- Ellie
- Isabella
- Olivia
- Mia
- Maisie
Biggest absolute falls (F)- Lexie
- Amelie
- Miley
- Macy
- Macie
- Lyla
- Nevaeh
- Macey
- Ava
- Zuzanna
Biggest proportional falls (F)- Oliver
- Ethan
- Charlie
- Lucas
- Noah
- Archie
- Oscar
- Riley
- Jayden
- Logan
Biggest absolute falls (M)- Olly
- Jenson
- Kayden
- Ayaan
- Jakub
- Kaiden
- Kenzie
- Kacper
- Filip
- Rocco
Biggest proportional falls (M)Note on the data: I calculated absolute rises and falls by subtracting the number of births in the name's least popular year from the number of births in the name's most popular year. I calculated proportional rises and falls by dividing the number of births (corrected for the annual birthrate) in the name's most popular year by the number of births (corrected for the annual birthrate) in the name's least popular year. I discuss these trends in more detail in a Guardian article. If you would like to do your own analysis of the data, you may wish to see the ONS's raw data and the script I used to calculate these trends. Please do get in touch with feedback.
NB: The ONS only counts names given to three or more babies in a year - so very unusual names may not appear here.
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