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September 17, 2019 12:14 PM
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There is more consensus on girls' names around our area - use our widget to see how popularity has changed over the years
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September 17, 2019 12:11 PM
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The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show Amelia was the most popular girls name given to babies born in Birmingham last year
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September 17, 2019 12:09 PM
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed last year's most popular baby names.
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September 17, 2019 12:09 PM
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September 17, 2019 12:08 PM
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The most popular names for babies born in England and Wales last year have been revealed - and we've had a closer look at the data to find out which…
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September 17, 2019 12:06 PM
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Oliver and Olivia have become the most popular baby names around Norfolk, according to new figures.
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September 17, 2019 12:02 PM
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The stats, from the ONS, show that 28 baby boys were called Leo in Southwark in 2018, claiming the most popular choice in the borough. Meanwhile Isabella was the favourite for new Southwark parents of baby girls, with twenty children being given that name in the year. Nationally Oliver and Olivia were the most popular
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September 17, 2019 12:01 PM
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Arthur has become the new most popular name for baby boys born in Shropshire.
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September 17, 2019 12:00 PM
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What's in a name? Quite a lot, as it happens.
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September 17, 2019 11:56 AM
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Some baby names are always popular, while others fall in and out of fashion.
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September 15, 2019 5:20 PM
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A number of the girls names that show up in the ONS lists for 2018 are ones where there are a variety of different spellings for an individual name, some of which are modern, some of which are medieval. In this post, we explore some names that fit into this category. No. 12 name Charlotte…
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September 15, 2019 3:04 PM
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It's the most wonderful time of the year! It's the time of year that the Office of National Statistics (ONS) releases their data on names given to babies born in England and Wales in 2018! (Girls names here; boys names here). Previously we've looked in detail at the US social security baby names data,…
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September 15, 2019 2:56 PM
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The Numbers: This table was part of the ONS statistical bulletin which provides information on the number of different names registered to boys and girls and 2018: This table from the same release demonstrates how increasingly less common it is to receive a "popular" name: Seasonal Names: Once again
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September 17, 2019 12:13 PM
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Bath chose quite differently to West Somerset
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September 17, 2019 12:10 PM
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The top boys' and girls' names for our area have been revealed by new figures
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September 17, 2019 12:09 PM
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The most popular baby names in North Devon and Torridge have been revealed.
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September 17, 2019 12:08 PM
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Harry, Henry, Freddie, Olivia and Isla were the most popular baby names in South Norfolk and Breckland last year, new figures have revealed.
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September 17, 2019 12:07 PM
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The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal Amelia was the most popular girls name given to babies born in Sandwell and Walsall last year
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September 17, 2019 12:03 PM
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What's in a name? Quite a lot, as it happens.
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September 17, 2019 12:01 PM
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Amelia and Harper have become the new most popular names for baby girls born in the East Riding.
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September 17, 2019 12:00 PM
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THE most popular names for Swindon baby names are Olivia and Oliver.
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September 17, 2019 11:58 AM
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Oliver and Olivia come top again
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September 15, 2019 5:24 PM
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In this post, we take a look at some of the names in the ONS girls' names data from England and Wales (up through the first 300) which may surprise some people by turning up in the Middle Ages. First up is no. 41 Imogen -- historically thought to have first appeared post-1600 as a…
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September 15, 2019 3:06 PM
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In this post we continue our tour of the ONS baby name data for England/Wales 2018, specifically the girls' names. As we noted in our previous post, moving outside the top 10, we start to get a wider variety of names, including names that have long medieval traditions and names that illustrate common modern naming…
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September 15, 2019 3:02 PM
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For the first time ever, the Office for National Statistics have this year released detailed charts in their dataset of the most popular names according to the age of the mother. According to the ONS: "There are apparent age differences in name selection between older and younger mothers. Mor
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