Going from this article: https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/04/olivia-muhammad-top-list-popular-baby-names-2019-11266090/
- Olivia - ugh, how long has that been at number one now?! I honestly don't know why parents-to-be don't just look at lists for the past 5 years and like rule out anything in the top 20! When I was at school my class had multiples of many names - back then it was Sarah, Louise and Emma especially with honourable mentions to Helen, Joanna, Rebecca and Jennifer.
- Sophia
- Ava
- Amelia
- Isla
- Lily
- Mia - this really ought to be short for something.
- Emily
- Isabella
- Freya - approved.
- Aria
- Ella - kinda glad any Stranger Things influence hasn't led to too many girls being named Eleven...I heard of an Elleven t'other day
- Evie - yes, my name is 'Heggie' but it isn't a diminutive. If I were changing my name again it'd be 'Heggitha' instead. Eve is a fair name but Evie?! It sounds so childish to me (ditto Rosie #17, Ellie #44, Gracie #83 etc). Think about your daughter being a strapping 6ft tall mum in jeans and see if the name still fits.
- Grace
- Isabelle - if Isabella #9, Isabelle and Bella #50 were combined where would they be on the chart?!
- Ivy
- Rosie
- Sophie
- Willow
- Charlotte
- Poppy
- Elsie - whilst being a diminutive of Elizabeth 'Elsie' has a vintage feel to me which I like...
- Emilia
- Sienna
- Phoebe
- Ruby
- Hannah
- Evelyn
- Zara
- Florence
- Maya - is your kid Mayan tho???
- Luna - I love the name but I do worry about the bullying potential
- Eva
- Darcie
- Emma
- Mila - how are we pronouncing this? Myla (see #93)? Miller?
- Chloe - this was #1 for donkey's years...
- Daisy
- Alice
- Layla
- Matilda - approved
- Harper - I REALLY hate this one. Sorry.
- Molly
- Ellie - No, name your kid Eleanor (#64) and call them Ellie. Give them OPTIONS.
- Nur
- Eliza
- Zoe
- Sarah
- Thea - Theodora maybe, very much like The Haunting (1963)
- Bella
- Ada
- Maisie
- Jessica
- Millie
- Lucy
- Violet
- Fatima
- Scarlett
- Maryam - approved
- Penelope
- Holly
- Erin - Erin wasn't on any popularity lists when my Erin Ciara was born, slightly sad it's become popular but grateful it still isn't super common.
- Anna
- Eleanor - I love the name for all it's one I couldn't use myself. I'd like to see a rise in other Old English names...Aethelflaed and Aelfwynn for example.
- Robyn
- Imogen
- Lottie
- Hallie
- Harriet - One from my lists :) Also one I contemplated for my own name change.
- Aurora
- Esme
- Lola
- Amber
- Iris
- Maria
- Jasmine
- Bonnie
- Abigail - I like this one; if you haven't read 'Playing Beatie Bow' by Ruth Park - DO IT!
- Amelie
- Clara - I liked this name until she was a Doctor Who sidekick... (Rose #84, Martha #98, Amelia #4, Rory #59 on the boys)
- Ayla
- Annabelle
- Gracie
- Rose
- Georgia - the state or the country?
- Summer
- Arabella
- Delilah - this kid is gonna have THAT song sang at her all her damn life.
- Elizabeth
- Lara
- Leah
- Kiara
- Myla
- Nancy - is this a Stranger Things inspired comeback?
- Eden - kinda like this one
- Orla
- Heidi - have always thought I'd go for Adelheid myself.
- Martha
- Penny
- Ariana
...and now for the boys...
- Muhammad - given that other spelling variations haven't made it into the top 100 I have my suspicions they've combined them in the same way that other variations like Amelia #4 and Emilia #23 have been counted as distinct from each other.
- Noah
- Leo - at least Leo the lion is a thing beyond Leopold and Leon #98.
- Oliver
- Charlie - Prince or Weasley?
- Harry - Prince or Potter?
- George - Prince or Weasley?
- Arthur - Weasley? Also probably the most popular name I have ever seriously liked. Arthur was in the running for both my girls if they'd been boys.
- Freddie - Weasley?! Quite a run of potentially HP themed names and even Oliver could count.
- Jack - unlike Chloe which has dropped a LOT from the height of its popularity Jack is still far too high up the list to be contemplated.
- Theo - no, Theodore #41
- Oscar
- Jacob
- Ethan
- Alfie
- Jaxon - names suffixed -son seem quite popular: Harrison #39, Mason #46, Grayson #70, Jenson #94. Generally not a fan but changing the 'cks' of Jackson to an x is kinda cute.
- Thomas
- Joshua
- Henry
- Lucas
- Archie - unusually I like Archie, not sure I could name a baby Archibald.
- Max
- Isaac
- James
- Adam
- Louis
- Elijah
- Teddy - again, go with Theodore #41 and call 'em Teddy for short. A 47 year old bank exec called Teddy? Just doesn't sound right to me.
- Aiden
- Finley
- William
- Alexander
- Luca
- Daniel
- Logan - Ted(dy) at #28, Theodore at #41 and Logan here in the middle - COINCIDENCE?! Bill and Preston don't seem to feature.
- Liam
- Jayden
- Tommy
- Harrison
- Reuben
- Theodore - approved
- Arlo
- Elliott
- Dylan - I prefer the spelling Dillon
- Ryan
- Mason
- Joseph
- Sebastian - approved
- Samuel
- Caleb
- Kian - I kind of like Kyan, as in the stone Kyanite, but with an i I find it odd.
- Yusuf
- Albie - is this Potterheads being reluctant to go full Dumbledore?! What the heck is an Albie? Albus or Albion maybe.
- Ollie
- David
- Zachary
- Nathan
- Riley
- Rory
- Hugo
- Edward
- Hunter - I hope Hunter grows up to be vegan.
- Ezra - approved
- Benjamin
- Toby
- Jude
- Luke
- Carter
- Gabriel
- Grayson
- Kayden
- Alex
- Reggie
- Finn
- Ahmad
- Matthew
- Jesse
- Bobby - Sam(uel) at #49, Bobby here but no Dean??? Even Adam made the list and he's still in the cage. Sadly Lucifer seems a long way off making a comeback too.
- Frankie
- Myles
- Roman - but is your kid Roman though? Maybe they'll be more interested in the Greeks...
- Michael - so Lucas is #20, Will(iam) is at #31, Michael is here and Dustin is nowhere to be seen? That is just so wrong.
- Kai
- Connor
- John
- Blake
- Matteo
- Ali
- Eli - I prefer Elias
- Ibrahim
- Harvey
- Aaron
- Evan
- Jenson
- Stanley - I like that this one is here.
- Harley
- Jason
- Leon
- Levi
- Lewis
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