These are the most popular girls and boys names in the East of England last year:
East
Name Count
1 LILY 519
2 AMELIA 512
3 OLIVIA 510
4 EMILY 484
5 JESSICA 467
6 SOPHIE 429
7 ISABELLA423
8 CHLOE 416
9 RUBY 379
10 MIA 375
Total 35,574
Name Count
1 HARRY 888
2 OLIVER 789
3 JACK 762
4 CHARLIE 665
5 ALFIE 648
6 GEORGE 587
7 THOMAS 576
8 JOSHUA 570
9 JAMES 559
10 WILLIAM 506
Total 37,644
Note that there were over 2000 more boys born in the East of England than girls…
Parents are clearly more influenced more by Harry Potter than by Onlinefocus 🙂 As far as the onlinefocus team names were concerned, in England and Wales:
Lena came 151st amongst the girls (360 Lenas in England and Wales)
Christopher came 111th amongst the boys. (582 Christophers)
Ronnie came 142nd (426 Ronnies)
Bruce came 718th (44 Bruces)
Trevor came 1688th (13 Trevors)
You can hunt for your name on the Office For National Statistics website here.
I am rather pleased that my name is as low as 293rd. My son’s name (Taze) does not appear at all, and neither does my wife’s (Petrina).
Lily is my maternal grandmother’s name.
What !!! – no Taze – I can’t believe it.
Still, I feel sorry for boy number 4647 – he’s called Excellent. Let’s hope he goes to a good school….or has a big brother.