Top 100 Girls & Boys names 2019

I'm well past the relevance of looking at baby-name lists but I still find it interesting to see where the trends lie...just sharing some opinions along the way
Going from this article: https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/04/olivia-muhammad-top-list-popular-baby-names-2019-11266090/

1. 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.
2. Sophia 
3. Ava 
4. Amelia 
5. Isla 
6. Lily 
7. Mia - this really ought to be short for something.
8. Emily 
9. Isabella 
10. Freya - approved.
11. Aria 
12. 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
13. 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.
14. Grace 
15. Isabelle - if Isabella #9, Isabelle and Bella #50 were combined where would they be on the chart?!
16. Ivy 
17. Rosie 
18. Sophie 
19. Willow 
20. Charlotte 
21. Poppy 
22. Elsie - whilst being a diminutive of Elizabeth 'Elsie' has a vintage feel to me which I like...
23. Emilia 
24. Sienna 
25. Phoebe 
26. Ruby 
27. Hannah 
28. Evelyn 
29. Zara 
30. Florence 
31. Maya - is your kid Mayan tho???
32. Luna - I love the name but I do worry about the bullying potential
33. Eva 
34. Darcie 
35. Emma 
36. Mila - how are we pronouncing this? Myla (see #93)? Miller?
37. Chloe - this was #1 for donkey's years...
38. Daisy 
39. Alice 
40. Layla 
41. Matilda - approved
42. Harper - I REALLY hate this one. Sorry.
43. Molly 
44. Ellie - No, name your kid Eleanor (#64) and call them Ellie. Give them OPTIONS.
45. Nur 
46. Eliza 
47. Zoe 
48. Sarah 
49. Thea - Theodora maybe, very much like The Haunting (1963)
50. Bella 
51. Ada 
52. Maisie 
53. Jessica 
54. Millie 
55. Lucy 
56. Violet 
57. Fatima 
58. Scarlett 
59. Maryam - approved
60. Penelope 
61. Holly 
62. 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.
63. Anna 
64. 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.
65. Robyn 
66. Imogen 
67. Lottie 
68. Hallie 
69. Harriet - One from my lists :) Also one I contemplated for my own name change.
70. Aurora 
71. Esme 
72. Lola 
73. Amber 
74. Iris 
75. Maria 
76. Jasmine 
77. Bonnie 
78. Abigail - I like this one; if you haven't read 'Playing Beatie Bow' by Ruth Park - DO IT!
79. Amelie 
80. Clara - I liked this name until she was a Doctor Who sidekick... (Rose #84, Martha #98, Amelia #4, Rory #59 on the boys)
81. Ayla 
82. Annabelle 
83. Gracie 
84. Rose 
85. Georgia - the state or the country?
86. Summer 
87. Arabella 
88. Delilah - this kid is gonna have THAT song sang at her all her damn life.
89. Elizabeth 
90. Lara 
91. Leah 
92. Kiara 
93. Myla 
94. Nancy - is this a Stranger Things inspired comeback?
95. Eden - kinda like this one
96. Orla 
97. Heidi - have always thought I'd go for Adelheid myself.
98. Martha 
99. Penny 
100. Ariana

...and now for the boys...

1. 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.
2. Noah 
3. Leo - at least Leo the lion is a thing beyond Leopold and Leon #98.
4. Oliver 
5. Charlie - Prince or Weasley?
6. Harry - Prince or Potter?
7. George - Prince or Weasley?
8. 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.
9. Freddie - Weasley?! Quite a run of potentially HP themed names and even Oliver could count.
10. 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.
11. Theo - no, Theodore #41
12. Oscar 
13. Jacob 
14. Ethan 
15. Alfie 
16. 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.
17. Thomas 
18. Joshua 
19. Henry 
20. Lucas 
21. Archie - unusually I like Archie, not sure I could name a baby Archibald.
22. Max 
23. Isaac
24. James 
25. Adam 
26. Louis 
27. Elijah 
28. 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.
29. Aiden 
30. Finley 
31. William 
32. Alexander 
33. Luca 
34. Daniel 
35. Logan - Ted(dy) at #28, Theodore at #41 and Logan here in the middle - COINCIDENCE?! Bill and Preston don't seem to feature.
36. Liam 
37. Jayden 
38. Tommy 
39. Harrison 
40. Reuben 
41. Theodore - approved
42. Arlo 
43. Elliott 
44. Dylan - I prefer the spelling Dillon
45. Ryan 
46. Mason 
47. Joseph 
48. Sebastian - approved
49. Samuel 
50. Caleb 
51. Kian - I kind of like Kyan, as in the stone Kyanite, but with an i I find it odd.
52. Yusuf 
53. Albie - is this Potterheads being reluctant to go full Dumbledore?! What the heck is an Albie? Albus or Albion maybe.
54. Ollie 
55. David 
56. Zachary 
57. Nathan 
58. Riley 
59. Rory 
60. Hugo 
61. Edward 
62. Hunter - I hope Hunter grows up to be vegan.
63. Ezra - approved
64. Benjamin 
65. Toby 
66. Jude 
67. Luke 
68. Carter 
69. Gabriel 
70. Grayson 
71. Kayden 
72. Alex 
73. Reggie 
74. Finn 
75. Ahmad 
76. Matthew 
77. Jesse 
78. 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.
79. Frankie 
80. Myles 
81. Roman - but is your kid Roman though? Maybe they'll be more interested in the Greeks...
82. 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.
83. Kai 
84. Connor 
85. John 
86. Blake 
87. Matteo 
88. Ali 
89. Eli - I prefer Elias
90. Ibrahim 
91. Harvey 
92. Aaron 
93. Evan 
94. Jenson 
95. Stanley - I like that this one is here.
96. Harley 
97. Jason 
98. Leon 
99. Levi 
100. Lewis

Agender ex-Cinderella and Name Change Schizz...

Apologies if I have already blogged on this but I had a browse of my titles and nothing seemed to suggest I had so here I am.
Also, I have an update so...

AGE THREE
I was a bit of a git as a child. For example, I can't remember ever being unable to read. Somewhere, around age 3 I remember reading something in one of my grandparents' old Readers' Digest magazines about Elton John's 'Candle In The Wind'. This (somehow) led to my mum explaining that Elton John wasn't HIS birth name and Marilyn Monroe wasn't HER birth name. That is when I *discovered* that if you were famous you could choose a new name...so, naturally, I spent the next few years trying to decide how I was gonna become famous. Cos I LOATHED my birth name, even then.

AGE SIX
Boys and girls confused me. Girls, even at that age, were weird and shallow and bitchy. I wanted none of that. Boys were better but I was neither one of them nor able to become any kind of honourary member. This was the start of a lifelong whatever of being antisocial and a bit of an outcast.

AGE SEVEN
The discovery ordinary people could change their names!!! Maybe I don't have to become an author after all...although that would be nice.

AGE TEN
Contemplating the name 'Jennifer'

AGE ELEVEN
My mum sent me (kicking and screaming) to an all-girls school. A cruel and unusual punishment in my opinion. Five years later I'd gone from disliking girls to loathing them outright.

AGE THIRTEEN
Contemplating the names 'Henrietta' and 'Harriet'. Henry or Harry...

AGE FIFTEEN
I discovered the nickname I'd been using for years - 'Heggie' - was actually a *real* name, albeit a surname, and I changed it - by public declaration, on 15th December 1993.

AGE TWENTY
Despite already being 'Heggie' on everything (GCSE certificates, medical records, my kids' birth certificates etc) I had to get a Deed Poll document for my name change so I could get a passport. The name-change laws are pretty daft TBH. Weirdly I've only ever needed it for passports, a cleaning job and a meeting with a solicitor.

MID TWENTIES
I did a spot of investigating and found out that the name Heggie was a branch of the McIntosh clan, originating from the Western Isles (according to my source).

MID THIRTIES
After years of being anything from low-key annoyed to high-key pissed off that I was expected to think, act or FEEL any particular way because of my birth sex I discovered the term 'agender'.
One of my biggest bugbears had been the whole 'sisterhood' thing. No. I am an only child, thanks. I would have loved siblings but my biological sex wouldn't make me closer to a sister than a brother. That would surely be down to personality, life experience, interests etc.
I found the term 'cisgender' particularly offensive because all the time I assumed I was a biological woman identifying as a woman it seemed to be negating a lot of the stuff I'd felt over the years. Turns out the reason being assumed to be cis annoyed me so much was because it simply wasn't me...although I still suspect cis people don't always have it easy. Like you don't have to be gay to have questioned your sexuality.
To me 'agender' means exactly its definition:

It can be seen either as a non-binary gender identity

or as a statement of not having a gender identity.

People who identify as agender may describe themselves

as one or more of the following:

Genderless or lacking gender.

I am not lacking biological sex, I am not androgyne, what I am is not buying into any dumbass stereotypes, or the idea that mentally experienced gender is even a thing (obviously it is for most people but it's like explaining vision to someone blind from birth). I don't feel gender neutral as such...I just don't feel gender AT ALL.
I really hate labels but finding the term agender was liberating to me. Suddenly I understood why I couldn't understand, if you follow my meaning. Gender issues simply made no sense to me because to me it's not a thing. There's biology and how you choose to identify and a bunch of social norms (which are fairly ludicrous TBH) but to FEEL a particular gender? Nope, does not compute.
For the record I am fine with her/ she etc etc, I guess I generally present in a feminine light but I am also not over my mum telling me (as a preteen) that my wanting to wear jeans and Doc Martens meant I was a transvestite. I care not at all what gender my clothing has. I have no interest in chick-lit or chick-flicks. I don't do the makeup thing or nails or hair, particularly for that matter... I have shaved my head more than once. Nothing gets my back up more than someone projecting their gender stereotype bullshit onto me: i.e. No, I will not stop swearing and be more 'ladylike', dad!

AGE THIRTY NINE YEARS, TEN MONTHS AND ONE DAY
After umpteen times discussing my name change issues, often with the disclaimer - "not that it's comparable with your transgender experience" - I suddenly clocked the comparison.
I had chosen for myself a gender neutral name a full two decades (and change) before I identified myself as being agender. Even then it took at least another two years to see that the two things might have been connected.
I don't want this to come across as me trying to muscle in on or try to assume my issues are in any way shape or form comparable with those experienced by trans men and women because I know damn well that it's not but I honestly had never connected the two issues before: rejecting the (girly) name my parents had given me and accepting my gender identity. Asserting my own sense of identity.

Ultimately, be who you want to be. Let your outside reflect your inside if that makes you happy. Not that you have to, of course. Live your life as YOU choose not as anyone chooses for you or tries to dictate how you should live. If the name chosen by people who hadn't even met you yet doesn't fit the person you've become - you can change it. You have the power, no one else.