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I counted up all the data from the top 10 posts this year to find the most popular names on BTN.
I counted similarly to the SSA: Accents don't count, middle names are ignored, hyphenated/double names are separate (ex. Mary Jane doesn't count toward Mary), different spellings are separate, and if you couldn't decide between two names for whatever reason, I only counted the first one (you only get 10 'votes' total, so if you posted 11, the last didn't count, or if you posted something like "Luke / Lukas" only Luke counts).
The new number 1 names are
Iris & Theodore
Iris was #2 last year, (Alice was #1) and Theodore was #3 last year, following Henry and William. Iris won by a massive 20 points, but Theodore only beat Henry by 1 point.
Iris is also the new number 1 name of all time (of all the data, 2008-2012), but Henry is still number 1 for boys.
Also worth mentioning is Sylvie in number 2 for girls-- from 2008-2011, it was mentioned a total of 47 times. And then, in this year alone, it was mentioned another 47 times.
Here's the top 25 for girls and top 30 for boys for 2012:
1. Iris (67)
2. Sylvie (47)
3. Alice (45)
4. Rose (41)
5. Penelope (39)
6. Louisa (38)
7. Charlotte, Phoebe (33)
8. Elizabeth, Freya (31)
9. Helena, Rosemary (30)
10. Lydia (29)
11. Astrid (27)
12. Alba, Eleanor, Eve, Lucy (24)
13. Susannah (23)
14. Delphine, Eloise, Genevieve, Grace, Katherine, Kira, Maeve, Matilda, Virginia (22)
15. Annabel, Bridget, Catherine, Cecily, Claire, Clara, Florence, (21)
16. Elisabeth, Margaret (20)
17. Cordelia, Luna, Mary (19)
18. Georgia, Josephine, Juliet, Miriam, Willow (18)
19. Beatrix, Ellen, Julia, Saskia (17)
20. Anna, Eulalie, Hazel, Ivy (16)
21. Eira, Elodie, Felicity, Hermione, Jane, Liliana, Maude, Mira, Ophelia, Sophia, Susanna (15)
22. Beatrice, Caroline, Daphne, Isabel, Natalie, Stella, Tamsin (14)
23. Artemis, Isadora, Katharine, Parisa, Saga, Tullia, Wren, Xanthe (13)
24. Anouk, Bonnie, Calliope, Dahlia, Eirlys, Geneva, Lumi, Minerva, Mirjam, Nora, Rosalie, Sonnet, Theodora, Tirzah (12)
25. Adelaide, Anastasia, Aoife, Elinor, Eliza, Emmeline, Fable, Irmelin, Isis, Kinborough, Leah, Lily, Melody, Octavia, Ofelia (11)
1. Theodore (64)
2. Henry (63)
3. William (61)
4. Alexander (55)
5. Thomas (54)
6. Samuel (49)
7. Oliver (46)
8. Malcolm (44)
9. Benjamin, Isaac (43)
10. August, James (42)
11. Arthur, Ezra (39)
12. Ronan (38)
13. Leo (34)
14. Aaron (33)
15. Felix (31)
16. Edmund, Gabriel (30)
17. Sebastian (29)
18. Luke (28)
19. George, Jasper (27)
20. Nathaniel (26)
21. John, Noah, Silas (25)
22. Desmond, Jacob, Julian (23)
23. Jack, Rupert (22)
24. Malachi, Miles (21)
25. Kieran, Magnus (20)
26. Asa, Quentin, Tobias (19)
27. Boaz, Declan, Elijah, Elliot, Francis, Frederick, Peter (17)
28. Alasdair, Caspian, Charles, Hugo, Isidore, Luca, Mordecai, Theo (16)
29. Gideon, Ian, Julius, Max, Wesley, Winston (15)
30. Finn, Florian, Jude, Lucas, Milo, Oscar, Raphael, Rowan, Simon, Tristan (14)
And for fun, here's the top 10 of all time (we've been doing this 5 full years now! So far 1856 different boys names and 2371 girls names have been posted!)
1. Iris (223)
2. Alice (209)
3. Rose (193)
4. Charlotte (183)
5. Anna (166)
6. Helena (165)
7. Elizabeth (160)
8. Cecily (156)
9. Louisa (149)
10. Lydia (146)
1. Henry (317)
2. William (310)
3. Theodore (267)
4. August (260)
5. Alexander (250)
6. James (218)
7. Oliver (208)
8. Arthur (205)
9. Leo (192)
10. Felix (191)
I'll post the full 2012 data in attached posts so you can CTRL+F and search for your favorites but as usual, I'll take any questions on the data (things like "Is Summer more popular in summertime?", "Where did Waldo rank in 2008?", and "Mia is my favorite name ever, how does it rank on the all time chart?")
And if you have a spreadsheet reading program (OpenOffice, Excel, etc) and you want this data for yourself, just PM me and tell me what files you want (you can choose from any year 2008-2012 and the all time chart).
I counted similarly to the SSA: Accents don't count, middle names are ignored, hyphenated/double names are separate (ex. Mary Jane doesn't count toward Mary), different spellings are separate, and if you couldn't decide between two names for whatever reason, I only counted the first one (you only get 10 'votes' total, so if you posted 11, the last didn't count, or if you posted something like "Luke / Lukas" only Luke counts).
The new number 1 names are
Iris & Theodore
Iris was #2 last year, (Alice was #1) and Theodore was #3 last year, following Henry and William. Iris won by a massive 20 points, but Theodore only beat Henry by 1 point.
Iris is also the new number 1 name of all time (of all the data, 2008-2012), but Henry is still number 1 for boys.
Also worth mentioning is Sylvie in number 2 for girls-- from 2008-2011, it was mentioned a total of 47 times. And then, in this year alone, it was mentioned another 47 times.
Here's the top 25 for girls and top 30 for boys for 2012:
1. Iris (67)
2. Sylvie (47)
3. Alice (45)
4. Rose (41)
5. Penelope (39)
6. Louisa (38)
7. Charlotte, Phoebe (33)
8. Elizabeth, Freya (31)
9. Helena, Rosemary (30)
10. Lydia (29)
11. Astrid (27)
12. Alba, Eleanor, Eve, Lucy (24)
13. Susannah (23)
14. Delphine, Eloise, Genevieve, Grace, Katherine, Kira, Maeve, Matilda, Virginia (22)
15. Annabel, Bridget, Catherine, Cecily, Claire, Clara, Florence, (21)
16. Elisabeth, Margaret (20)
17. Cordelia, Luna, Mary (19)
18. Georgia, Josephine, Juliet, Miriam, Willow (18)
19. Beatrix, Ellen, Julia, Saskia (17)
20. Anna, Eulalie, Hazel, Ivy (16)
21. Eira, Elodie, Felicity, Hermione, Jane, Liliana, Maude, Mira, Ophelia, Sophia, Susanna (15)
22. Beatrice, Caroline, Daphne, Isabel, Natalie, Stella, Tamsin (14)
23. Artemis, Isadora, Katharine, Parisa, Saga, Tullia, Wren, Xanthe (13)
24. Anouk, Bonnie, Calliope, Dahlia, Eirlys, Geneva, Lumi, Minerva, Mirjam, Nora, Rosalie, Sonnet, Theodora, Tirzah (12)
25. Adelaide, Anastasia, Aoife, Elinor, Eliza, Emmeline, Fable, Irmelin, Isis, Kinborough, Leah, Lily, Melody, Octavia, Ofelia (11)
1. Theodore (64)
2. Henry (63)
3. William (61)
4. Alexander (55)
5. Thomas (54)
6. Samuel (49)
7. Oliver (46)
8. Malcolm (44)
9. Benjamin, Isaac (43)
10. August, James (42)
11. Arthur, Ezra (39)
12. Ronan (38)
13. Leo (34)
14. Aaron (33)
15. Felix (31)
16. Edmund, Gabriel (30)
17. Sebastian (29)
18. Luke (28)
19. George, Jasper (27)
20. Nathaniel (26)
21. John, Noah, Silas (25)
22. Desmond, Jacob, Julian (23)
23. Jack, Rupert (22)
24. Malachi, Miles (21)
25. Kieran, Magnus (20)
26. Asa, Quentin, Tobias (19)
27. Boaz, Declan, Elijah, Elliot, Francis, Frederick, Peter (17)
28. Alasdair, Caspian, Charles, Hugo, Isidore, Luca, Mordecai, Theo (16)
29. Gideon, Ian, Julius, Max, Wesley, Winston (15)
30. Finn, Florian, Jude, Lucas, Milo, Oscar, Raphael, Rowan, Simon, Tristan (14)
And for fun, here's the top 10 of all time (we've been doing this 5 full years now! So far 1856 different boys names and 2371 girls names have been posted!)
1. Iris (223)
2. Alice (209)
3. Rose (193)
4. Charlotte (183)
5. Anna (166)
6. Helena (165)
7. Elizabeth (160)
8. Cecily (156)
9. Louisa (149)
10. Lydia (146)
1. Henry (317)
2. William (310)
3. Theodore (267)
4. August (260)
5. Alexander (250)
6. James (218)
7. Oliver (208)
8. Arthur (205)
9. Leo (192)
10. Felix (191)
I'll post the full 2012 data in attached posts so you can CTRL+F and search for your favorites but as usual, I'll take any questions on the data (things like "Is Summer more popular in summertime?", "Where did Waldo rank in 2008?", and "Mia is my favorite name ever, how does it rank on the all time chart?")
And if you have a spreadsheet reading program (OpenOffice, Excel, etc) and you want this data for yourself, just PM me and tell me what files you want (you can choose from any year 2008-2012 and the all time chart).
This message was edited 12/4/2012, 9:02 PM
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