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December 29th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Jack now down to third place after 16 years at the top
- Lily is strongest contender to Olivia after climbing one place to second
- Biggest climbers for boys Tommy, Jackson and Riley
- Biggest climbers for girls Eliza, Willow and Sophia
By
Paul Sims
Last updated at 1:51 AM on 29th December 2011
They may have been trying to give
their newborn son a regal air – or perhaps some proud parents just took
a fancy to Harry Judd in this year’s Strictly Come Dancing.
Either way, they have helped Harry
over- take Oliver as the most popular name for baby boys in Britain,
propelling it to first from third.
Oliver lost the top spot only a year after it took the crown from Jack, which had held first place for 16 years.
Danielle Lloyd and fiancé Jamie called their second little boy, right, Harry. Their first son, now two, is named Archie – number 19 on the list
In the girls’ list, Olivia again stayed top, while Lily swapped with Sophie to climb to second place.
Tommy was the biggest climber among
the boys’ names, leaping from 131st last year to 66th this time round,
an improvement of 65 places, while Riley rose from 25th to enter the top
ten, in ninth place.
Jackson also made a huge jump,
rising from 128th last year to 75th in 2011, as did Jenson, which went
from 99th to 69th, presumably inspired by the success of British
Formula One ace Jenson Button.
Among the girls’ names, Eliza made
the biggest jump, going from 141st to 84th. Willow was also popular last
year, climbing 31 places from 108th to 77th.
Sofia rose from 78th to 53rd, while Julia, which has only been in the top 100 for five years, leapt 22 spots to 63rd.
The enormous popularity of the
Twilight films has also propelled the names of its characters up the
charts. Bella – played by Kristen Stewart – soared 27 places from 98th
to 71st, while Esme climbed ten from 82nd to 72nd. Jacob went from 11th
to sixth – perhaps a nod to the saga’s Jacob Black.
Abbey Clancy and husband Peter Crouch are not the only ones to call their baby Sophia – the name climbed 14 spots to 14th place this year
Less popular were Tia, Scarlett and Aimee, which all dropped out of the girls’ top 100, while Christopher, Ellis, Robert and Brandon disappeared from the boys’.
The list was compiled from a national survey of 434,756 babies born to members of the Bounty Parenting Club in 2011.
Lisa Penney, of Bounty.com, said: ‘Our records show that parents are continuing to be influenced by popular culture and celebrity fads.
‘Today’s baby name trends are changing more quickly and names that seem relatively unusual and quirky can quickly become mainstream and common in the classroom.
‘For example, ten years ago the name Ruby was relatively unheard of as a baby girl’s name, yet these days Ruby is regularly ranked in the top ten.
‘Common baby naming tips often warn against calling your baby something too trendy, unpronounceable or difficult to spell. But, in general whatever name you give your child they always grow up to make it their own.’
TOP 100 GIRLS’ NAMES
1 Olivia
2 Lily
3 Sophie
4 Amelia
5
Emily
6 Jessica
7 Grace
8 Ava
9 Ruby
10 Mia
11 Chloe
12 Evie
13 Isabella
14 Sophia
15 Poppy
16 Isla
17 Ella
18 Lucy
19
Freya
20 Daisy
21 Maisie
22 Lilly
23 Isabelle
24 Charlotte
25 Ellie
26 Summer
27 Megan
28 Holly
29 Layla
30 Eva
31 Erin
32 Millie
33
Lola
34 Phoebe
35 Lexi
36 Lacey
37
Imogen
38 Scarlett
39 Sienna
40 Emma
41 Molly
42 Hannah
43 Alice
44 Amy
45 Brooke
46 Katie
47 Abigail
48 Leah
49 Jasmine
50 Gracie
51 Amber
52 Rosie
53 Sofia
54 Matilda
55 Florence
56 Elizabeth
57 Faith
58 Amelie
59 Georgia
60 Anna
61 Maya
62 Madison
63 Julia
64 Rebecca
65 Bethany
66 Paige
67 Maddison
68 Niamh
69 Kayla
70 Isabel
71 Bella
72 Esme
73
Isobel
74 Lexie
75 Lauren
76 Caitlin
77 Willow
78 Zoe
79 Skye
80 Rose
81 Zara
82 Keira
83 Eleanor
84 Eliza
85 Emilia
86 Martha
87 Hollie
88 Evelyn
89 Heidi
90 Tilly
91 Darcy
92 Eve
93 Nicole
94 Elsie
95 Sarah
96
Libby
97 Harriet
98 Abbie
99 Maisy
100 Mya
TOP 100 BOYS’ NAMES
1 Harry
2 Jack
3 Oliver
4 Charlie
5 Alfie
6 Jacob
7 Thomas
8 James
9 Riley
10 Ethan
11 Joshua
12 William
13 George
14 Max
15 Daniel
16 Noah
17 Oscar
18 Logan
19 Archie
20 Dylan
21 Lucas
22 Jake
23 Samuel
24 Joseph
25 Tyler
26 Jayden
27 Leo
28 Lewis
29 Ryan
30 Mason
31
Finley
32 Henry
33 Alexander
34 Adam
35 Harrison
36 Freddie
37 Benjamin
38 Callum
39 Liam
40 Luke
41 Isaac
42 Matthew
43 Jamie
44 Connor
45 Alex
46 Theo
47 Nathan
48 Kai
49 Edward
50 Toby
51 Harvey
52 Harley
53 Aiden
54 Ben
55 Finlay
56 Michael
57 Aaron
58 Ollie
59 Cameron
60 Sam
61 David
62 Zachary
63 Leon
64 Owen
65 Sebastian
66 Tommy
67 Rhys
68
Bobby
69 Jenson
70 Kyle
71 Louis
72 Kayden
73 Luca
74 Evan
75 Jackson
76 Blake
77 Kian
78 Caleb
79 Dexter
80 Louie
81 Jude
82 Zac
83 Taylor
84 Reece
85 Rory
86 Ashton
87 Hayden
88 Frankie
89 Arthur
90 Bailey
91 Gabriel
92 Stanley
93 Cody
94 Elliot
95 Jay
96 Billy
97 John
98 Aidan
99 Corey
100 Joel
See the Top 100 boys and girls names of 2011 and check the latest regional popularity ratings at www.bounty.com
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I don’t see why everyone hates the name Riley. It sounds a lot better than some of the names of kids I have had on my teaching practice. One boy was called Jupiter and I had twin girls with rhyming names called Jodie and Codie. Those were pretty terrible. If I have kids they are going to have proper names like Matthew or Ryan and I love the name Cora Elizabeth for a girl.
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I am Irish so very pleased that my name (meaning ‘friend’) comes directly from my native language. I love when names have meanings. My sisters translates as ‘happy’
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Sorry, I meant “at least one called Jayden”.
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Jayden only number 26? It seems that every single mother in Chatham has one called Jayden. I thought it was compulsory.
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In our case this was very personal. We liked ‘Millie’, but wanted our now 3-year-old daughter to have a ‘full’-sounding name on her birth certificate, so she is officially Emily. We thought about other names that could be shortened to Millie, like Camilla or Amelia, but finally settled on Emily two days after she nearly died at birth. We didn’t think to look at these popularity lists- we just thought that as well as sounding pretty, its meaning -‘one who strives’- really suited her, because she was being such a brave little fighter in the NICU- so that was it! Thankfully she lived up to it, pulled through beautifully after a few very scary days, made a full recovery, and has stayed a determined little madam in all she does, bless her. We gave her a Welsh middle name, as although we are not Welsh, she was born and is now growing up in Wales. So she can also use that later if she chooses, and although both Emily and Millie are fairly ordinary, her full name is unique and I still love it!
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Thanks to those sticking up for me peeps!!!!
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John is the most popular with all of it’s variant spellings – John, Jon, Ian, Iain, Ewan, Evan, Ean, Eoin, Euan, Ewen, Iefan, Egan, Iwan, Ieuan, Eoghan, Owen, Siwan, Eavan Ianto. These are just the British variations, without those of other countries, or the female variations like Joan and Yvonne.
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My daughter is called Iscah, pronounced Ishka. She loves it as she is the only one in her school with that name.
It’s not chavy and is in the bible, not that I knew that when we named her. I worked with a lady called Iscah, we loved the name so copied it.
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The state of the schools today I suspect most of these will be signing their name X…
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