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As I've done for the last 2 years, I've tallied up the names of about 4000 prep students from Ipswich, Australia (our school year starts in January, not September). Here are the links from the last 2 years for comparison:

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2018- https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4929128

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2019- https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/5021405

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The top 2 names from last year, Oliver and Amelia, have kept their places. Here are the most common names of the preppies who are all either 5 or turning 5 before the end of June. I counted the different spellings but, for simplicity, I didn't include them here:

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Oliver - 35 children out of 4000
Amelia - 33
Charlie - 30
Jackson - 30
Lily - 29
Noah - 29
William - 29
Grace - 26
Mason - 26
Ava - 25
Olivia - 25
Charlotte - 24
Liam - 24
Lucas - 24
Elijah - 23
Isabella - 23
Jaden - 23
Lachlan - 23
Levi - 23
Madison - 23
Mia - 23
Ethan - 22
Cooper - 22
Jack - 22
Eli - 21
Ruby - 20
Xavier - 20
Georgia - 19
James - 19
Abigail - 18
Harper - 18
Hunter - 18
Ryan - 18
Scarlett - 18
Jacob - 17
Aaliyah - 16
Chloe - 16
Ella - 16
Emily - 16
Hayley - 16
Riley - 16
Sophia - 16
Alexander - 15
Ivy - 15
Lincoln - 15
Luca - 15
Mackenzie - 15
Nate - 15
Samuel - 15
Sienna - 15
Alexis - 14
Aria - 14
Chase - 14
Connor - 14
Sophie - 14
Wyatt - 14
Benjamin - 13
Blake - 13
Flynn - 13
Isaac - 13
Layla - 13
Max - 13
Sebastian - 13
Tyler - 13
Aidan - 12
Alex - 12
Archer - 12
Carter - 12
Eden - 12
Hudson - 12
Jordan - 12
Indi - 12
Thomas - 12
Abby - 11
Caden - 11
Caleb - 11
Declan - 11
Eliana - 11
Harrison - 11
Isaiah - 11
Matilda - 11
Savannah - 11
Zoe - 11
Ariana - 10
Bailey - 10
Bella - 10
Hannah - 10
Henry - 10
Indiana - 10
Joseph - 10
Joshua - 10
Malachi - 10
Violet - 10
Zara - 10

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I have a few special mentions this year. The first is a recognition of the -dens & -dyns (& one -dym):

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Aidan / Aiden / Ayden / Aidin
Bayden / Baiden
Blayden
Brayden
Caden / Caiden / Kaiden / Kaidan / Kayden / Kaeden / Kaden-Lee
Hayden / Haydn / Haedyn
Jaden / Jayden / Jaiden / Jaeden
Shayden / Shay-Din Jae-Leon
Taedym
Traedyn
Zayden / Zaiden / Zhayden

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2018's shout out went to those parents making their child's name stand out by hyphenating it. Last year's shout out went to parents making their child's reasonably normal name stand out from the crowd by spelling it in an unnecessary way. Now this year's shout out goes to parents who have let pop culture influence their naming decisions (and I don't even keep up with pop culture so you guys will probably spot some that I've missed if you read the full list):

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Akon
Arya x 3
Bambi
Beyoncé
Jayloh
Kenobi
Khalessi x 3
LeBron
Loki
McGyver
Prince
Shakira
Rey
Rhianna

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Quick question: are these parents taking word names too far?:

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Alliance
Apricot
Aqua
Blessing
Blossom
Butler
Cartel-Jullius
Chilli
Cloud
Corinthian
Divine
Got
Kaizer x 2
Khaos
Kreedence
Legacy
Lolly
Loyal
Meadow
Miracle
Myson
Nexus
Nice
Palican
Phantom
Princeton
Rad
Rally
Rebel-Rose
Rejoice
Remix
Rhapsody
Shandee
Shard
Snoop
Snow
Sovereign
Tahiti

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And here are some names that don't fit into the above categories but I thought were worth noticing:

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Abish
Agoth
Aputitoloula
Cortana
D’Artagnan
Dyziak-Caine
Ehijeme
FeSy
Gurfateh
Haniva-Bloom
Haitelenisia
Iyinoluwa
Kawala-Jacques
Laquaydus
Lochsley
Mex-Marie
Misimedia
Mofeoluwa
Nakshita
Okkie
Oxstar
Perkins
Seerat
Stah
Starsie
Tazzlah
Theophilia
Too-Junior
U’wynta
X
Zanndriana

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So, WDYT? Comments? Likes? Dislikes?

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I usually post the full list as a reply but this year I think I'll make it into its own post as I want to do something different with it. Thanks for reading =)