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HelpBTN's Favorite Names 2014 (updated 12-14-14)
2011 results: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4199011
2012 results: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4356914
2013 results: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4483121
As I have before, I counted up everyone's top tens for the last year to come up with BTN's favorite names.
I count similarly to the SSA: Accents don’t count (for example, Leo and Léo are counted as the same name), when middle names are posted, they’re ignored, different spellings are separate, and on the occasion when a post could not decide on a name, I counted the first one (like, if you post Luke / Lucas, I only count Luke), if a name was obviously a double name, I counted it as one. Only 10 names per gender per person were counted, so if you occasionally posted a top 12 or something, the last two names didn’t count.
There’s a new #1 for both genders this year! For boys, Arthur is number 1. It has never ranked higher than #6 before this year.
And for girls, Eleanor is number 1. It has never been #1 before either, but it ranked at #2 way back in 2008.
Last year’s number 1s were Rose (which is now #4) and Henry (which is now #2).
Here is the top 23 for girls and top 30 for boys. If you want to get an idea of how many people have the name in their top ten, divide the number in parenthesis by 12.
(updated dec 6 for 2 more people's top tens; might have posted a little too soon. oops.)
1. Eleanor (52)
2. Freya (44)
3. Louisa, Rose (41)
4. Charlotte (38)
5. Alice, Helena, Miriam (37)
6. Lyra, Matilda (35)
7. Phoebe, Willow (32)
8. Hazel (30)
9. Luna (29)
10. Lily (28)
11. Astrid, Juliet (27)
12. Emmeline, Sylvie (26)
13. Penelope, Viola (25)
14. Caroline, Lilia, Clara, Stella (23)
15. Zoe (22)
16. Bridget (21)
17. Cordelia, Fiona, Josephine, Ramona, Violet (20)
18. Cecelia, Genevieve, Seraphine, Sophia (19)
19. Elisabeth, Elizabeth, Eve, Felicity, Hope, Iris, Marina (18)
20. Frances, Ingrid, Lucy, Susanna (17)
21. Grace, Tamsin (16)
22. Adelaide, Bryony, Guinevere, Margot, Maude, Petra, Xanthe (15)
23. Beatrice, Ivy, Sarah, Thalia (14)
1. Arthur (72)
2. Henry (64)
3. Alexander (58)
4. Leo (54)
5. Felix (53)
6. Benjamin (51)
7. Isaac (49)
8. August (48)
9. James (46)
10. Sebastian (45)
11. Malcolm (43)
12. Frederick (42)
13. Ezra (41)
14. George (40)
15. Thomas (37)
16. Oliver (33)
17. Charles, Nicholas, Ronan (32)
18. Gabriel, Samuel (30)
19. Evander, Jack, Jasper, Roman, Tobias, Tristan (29)
20. Edmund (28)
21. Asher, Julian, Rowan (27)
22. Noah, William (24)
23. Dominic, Theodore, Oscar (23)
24. Elias, Peter (22)
25. Abram, Asa, Desmond (20)
26. Aaron, Connor, Flynn, Seth, Silas (19)
27. Elijah, Jude (18)
29. Jonathan, Magnus, Percy, Xavier (17)
30. Julius (16)
As always, I can send you the files if you PM me with your email (I have 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and All-Time files).
I will also post the full data for this year below.
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New top name of all time: Alice (previous Iris, which is now #3). Henry remains #1 all-time for boys.
We have now posted 2221 boys names and 2775 girls names– we posted 173 new boys and 189 new girls names this year!
Truthfully, I think the all-time data is probably a bunch of useless numbers but I find them interesting anyway, so here are the top tens, 2008-2014:
1. Alice (288 - was #2 last year)
2. Rose (285 - was #3 last year)
3. Iris (277 - was #1 last year)
4. Charlotte (243)
5. Helena (232)
6. Eleanor (221, did not make the top 10 last year)
7. Louisa (219, was #9 last year)
8. Matilda (205, did not make the top 10 last year, replaces Cecily)
9. Anna (201, was #6 last year)
10. Penelope (196, did not make the top 10 last year, replaces Elizabeth)
Leaving: Lydia (was #7, now tied for #11), Cecily (was #8, now tied for #11), Elizabeth (was #10, now #12)
1. Henry (452)
2. Alexander (370 - was #4 last year)
3. William (361 - was #2 last year)
4. August (352 - was #5 last year)
5. Theodore (345 - was #3 last year)
6. Arthur (328)
7. Leo (298 - was #8 last year)
8. James (294, was #7 last year)
9. Felix (290)
10. Thomas (268, did not make the top 10 last year, replaces Samuel)
Leaving: Samuel (was #10, now #12)
"than you will go to jail for kidnap."
top: Helena & Evander
bottom: Samira & Kaleb
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/59411
2012 results: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4356914
2013 results: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4483121
As I have before, I counted up everyone's top tens for the last year to come up with BTN's favorite names.
I count similarly to the SSA: Accents don’t count (for example, Leo and Léo are counted as the same name), when middle names are posted, they’re ignored, different spellings are separate, and on the occasion when a post could not decide on a name, I counted the first one (like, if you post Luke / Lucas, I only count Luke), if a name was obviously a double name, I counted it as one. Only 10 names per gender per person were counted, so if you occasionally posted a top 12 or something, the last two names didn’t count.
There’s a new #1 for both genders this year! For boys, Arthur is number 1. It has never ranked higher than #6 before this year.
And for girls, Eleanor is number 1. It has never been #1 before either, but it ranked at #2 way back in 2008.
Last year’s number 1s were Rose (which is now #4) and Henry (which is now #2).
Here is the top 23 for girls and top 30 for boys. If you want to get an idea of how many people have the name in their top ten, divide the number in parenthesis by 12.
(updated dec 6 for 2 more people's top tens; might have posted a little too soon. oops.)
1. Eleanor (52)
2. Freya (44)
3. Louisa, Rose (41)
4. Charlotte (38)
5. Alice, Helena, Miriam (37)
6. Lyra, Matilda (35)
7. Phoebe, Willow (32)
8. Hazel (30)
9. Luna (29)
10. Lily (28)
11. Astrid, Juliet (27)
12. Emmeline, Sylvie (26)
13. Penelope, Viola (25)
14. Caroline, Lilia, Clara, Stella (23)
15. Zoe (22)
16. Bridget (21)
17. Cordelia, Fiona, Josephine, Ramona, Violet (20)
18. Cecelia, Genevieve, Seraphine, Sophia (19)
19. Elisabeth, Elizabeth, Eve, Felicity, Hope, Iris, Marina (18)
20. Frances, Ingrid, Lucy, Susanna (17)
21. Grace, Tamsin (16)
22. Adelaide, Bryony, Guinevere, Margot, Maude, Petra, Xanthe (15)
23. Beatrice, Ivy, Sarah, Thalia (14)
1. Arthur (72)
2. Henry (64)
3. Alexander (58)
4. Leo (54)
5. Felix (53)
6. Benjamin (51)
7. Isaac (49)
8. August (48)
9. James (46)
10. Sebastian (45)
11. Malcolm (43)
12. Frederick (42)
13. Ezra (41)
14. George (40)
15. Thomas (37)
16. Oliver (33)
17. Charles, Nicholas, Ronan (32)
18. Gabriel, Samuel (30)
19. Evander, Jack, Jasper, Roman, Tobias, Tristan (29)
20. Edmund (28)
21. Asher, Julian, Rowan (27)
22. Noah, William (24)
23. Dominic, Theodore, Oscar (23)
24. Elias, Peter (22)
25. Abram, Asa, Desmond (20)
26. Aaron, Connor, Flynn, Seth, Silas (19)
27. Elijah, Jude (18)
29. Jonathan, Magnus, Percy, Xavier (17)
30. Julius (16)
As always, I can send you the files if you PM me with your email (I have 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and All-Time files).
I will also post the full data for this year below.
---
New top name of all time: Alice (previous Iris, which is now #3). Henry remains #1 all-time for boys.
We have now posted 2221 boys names and 2775 girls names– we posted 173 new boys and 189 new girls names this year!
Truthfully, I think the all-time data is probably a bunch of useless numbers but I find them interesting anyway, so here are the top tens, 2008-2014:
1. Alice (288 - was #2 last year)
2. Rose (285 - was #3 last year)
3. Iris (277 - was #1 last year)
4. Charlotte (243)
5. Helena (232)
6. Eleanor (221, did not make the top 10 last year)
7. Louisa (219, was #9 last year)
8. Matilda (205, did not make the top 10 last year, replaces Cecily)
9. Anna (201, was #6 last year)
10. Penelope (196, did not make the top 10 last year, replaces Elizabeth)
Leaving: Lydia (was #7, now tied for #11), Cecily (was #8, now tied for #11), Elizabeth (was #10, now #12)
1. Henry (452)
2. Alexander (370 - was #4 last year)
3. William (361 - was #2 last year)
4. August (352 - was #5 last year)
5. Theodore (345 - was #3 last year)
6. Arthur (328)
7. Leo (298 - was #8 last year)
8. James (294, was #7 last year)
9. Felix (290)
10. Thomas (268, did not make the top 10 last year, replaces Samuel)
Leaving: Samuel (was #10, now #12)
top: Helena & Evander
bottom: Samira & Kaleb
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/59411
This message was edited 12/14/2014, 7:36 PM
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Thank you so much for all this, it's so interesting!!
It's great comparing my own top tens to this. I've have Eleanor, Alice, Helena, Lyra, Lily, Luna, Astrid, Juliet, Viola, Stella, Clara, Cecilia, Marina, Lucy, Margot, Beatrice, Arthur, Alexander, Leo, Oliver, Charles, Evander, Jasper, Roman, Edmund, Julian and Jude in my top tens throughout the year.
It's funny how we seem more diverse in our choices of girls' names. Less people have the top girls names than the top boys names. (Slightly insecure about my prowess with numbers - but that's right, right?) I know I'm most definitely more diverse with my girls' names. I have a much, much longer of favourite girls' names than boys'.
Thanks again for this brilliant data!
It's great comparing my own top tens to this. I've have Eleanor, Alice, Helena, Lyra, Lily, Luna, Astrid, Juliet, Viola, Stella, Clara, Cecilia, Marina, Lucy, Margot, Beatrice, Arthur, Alexander, Leo, Oliver, Charles, Evander, Jasper, Roman, Edmund, Julian and Jude in my top tens throughout the year.
It's funny how we seem more diverse in our choices of girls' names. Less people have the top girls names than the top boys names. (Slightly insecure about my prowess with numbers - but that's right, right?) I know I'm most definitely more diverse with my girls' names. I have a much, much longer of favourite girls' names than boys'.
Thanks again for this brilliant data!
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That's right. There's way more girls names on the list (901 girls names this year, only 778 boys names), so the data is a lot more spread out, so the numbers are lower (which is why I could only do a top 22 for girls while I could get to 30 for boys. If I went any further for girls, the lists would have gotten very long.
For that reason, the girl's #1 name has changed way more frequently than the boys:
2008: Anna
2009: Iris
2010: Alice
2011: Alice
2012: Iris
2013: Rose
2014: Eleanor
2008: Henry
2009: Henry
2010: William
2011: Henry
2012: Theodore
2013: Henry
2014: Arthur
(I was about to say it happens in real life too, but just looked and found out that the top girl's names have consistently had higher numbers than the boys since 2008 [but before that, it was always boys with the higher numbers]. Which only convinces me more there's going to be some major changes soon on the boy's SSA list).
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I like you...
Can I just say... I had no idea this is what happened with those monthly posts for the top 10!
Love it!
It reads a lot like the Social Security index, and I have spent a lot of time giddy over those lists.
I would like to comment specifically on names (5 people like Evren!), but will have to devote more time to it when I am not on a break at work.
Cheers to you, and Kudos on the effort!
Can I just say... I had no idea this is what happened with those monthly posts for the top 10!
Love it!
It reads a lot like the Social Security index, and I have spent a lot of time giddy over those lists.
I would like to comment specifically on names (5 people like Evren!), but will have to devote more time to it when I am not on a break at work.
Cheers to you, and Kudos on the effort!
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It's not necessarily that five people have Evren in their top 10, it was more than likely one person who had Evren in their top ten five times, since it's by month.
Like, for example, Parisa and Tirzah have 12 points each– That means I had them in my top 10 every month. Eleanor is posted by 4-5 people every month on average, and Arthur was posted by 6 people a month on average.
But for a board with such a small group of active members, that's still a lot. And for every person who liked it enough to have it in their top ten, there has to be a handful that like it, just not enough for their top 10 names.
Like, for example, Parisa and Tirzah have 12 points each– That means I had them in my top 10 every month. Eleanor is posted by 4-5 people every month on average, and Arthur was posted by 6 people a month on average.
But for a board with such a small group of active members, that's still a lot. And for every person who liked it enough to have it in their top ten, there has to be a handful that like it, just not enough for their top 10 names.
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Actually, I realized my mistake last night but never came on to correct myself.
I am sure I listed it in my top ten the months I posted. However, it is nice to see it listed anywhere.
I am still planning on perusing the full list for some gems though. Thanks for the effort you put in.
I am sure I listed it in my top ten the months I posted. However, it is nice to see it listed anywhere.
I am still planning on perusing the full list for some gems though. Thanks for the effort you put in.
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Lovely lists. :) I always enjoy them. Thanks for compiling the data, RS.
New Year's resolution: In 2015, I'm going to contribute to the monthly Top 10 posts.
New Year's resolution: In 2015, I'm going to contribute to the monthly Top 10 posts.
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Thanks for doing this! :) I definitely prefer BTN's list to the official charts!
I like:
Eleanor
Louisa
Rose
Helena
Miriam
Matilda
Astrid
Emmeline
Sylvie
Caroline
Lilia
Clara
Cordelia
Ramona
Cecilia
Genevieve
Josephine
Sophia
Elisabeth
Iris
Marina
Elizabeth
Frances
Ingrid
Susanna
Grace
Tamsin
Margot
Xanthe
Adelaide
Beatrice
Sarah
Thalia
Arthur
Henry
Alexander
Leo
Benjamin
August
James
Sebastian
Frederick
George
Thomas
Nicholas
Samuel
Evander
Gabriel
Jack
Roman
William
Dominic
Peter
Asa
Aaron
Jonathan
Percy
Magnus
Xavier
I like:
Eleanor
Louisa
Rose
Helena
Miriam
Matilda
Astrid
Emmeline
Sylvie
Caroline
Lilia
Clara
Cordelia
Ramona
Cecilia
Genevieve
Josephine
Sophia
Elisabeth
Iris
Marina
Elizabeth
Frances
Ingrid
Susanna
Grace
Tamsin
Margot
Xanthe
Adelaide
Beatrice
Sarah
Thalia
Arthur
Henry
Alexander
Leo
Benjamin
August
James
Sebastian
Frederick
George
Thomas
Nicholas
Samuel
Evander
Gabriel
Jack
Roman
William
Dominic
Peter
Asa
Aaron
Jonathan
Percy
Magnus
Xavier
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boys data
use control + F (or command + F) to find where your favorites are
Arthur 71
Henry 64
Alexander 58
Leo 54
Felix 52
Benjamin 50
Isaac 49
August 47
James 46
Sebastian 45
Malcolm 43
Frederick 42
Ezra 41
George 40
Thomas 37
Oliver 33
Charles 32
Nicholas 32
Ronan 32
Gabriel 30
Samuel 30
Evander 29
Jack 29
Jasper 29
Roman 29
Tobias 29
Tristan 29
Edmund 28
Asher 27
Julian 27
Rowan 26
Noah 24
William 24
Dominic 23
Theodore 23
Elias 22
Oscar 22
Peter 22
Abram 20
Asa 20
Desmond 20
Aaron 19
Flynn 19
Seth 19
Silas 19
Connor 18
Elijah 18
Jude 18
Jonathan 17
Percy 17
Julius 16
Magnus 16
use control + F (or command + F) to find where your favorites are
Arthur 71
Henry 64
Alexander 58
Leo 54
Felix 52
Benjamin 50
Isaac 49
August 47
James 46
Sebastian 45
Malcolm 43
Frederick 42
Ezra 41
George 40
Thomas 37
Oliver 33
Charles 32
Nicholas 32
Ronan 32
Gabriel 30
Samuel 30
Evander 29
Jack 29
Jasper 29
Roman 29
Tobias 29
Tristan 29
Edmund 28
Asher 27
Julian 27
Rowan 26
Noah 24
William 24
Dominic 23
Theodore 23
Elias 22
Oscar 22
Peter 22
Abram 20
Asa 20
Desmond 20
Aaron 19
Flynn 19
Seth 19
Silas 19
Connor 18
Elijah 18
Jude 18
Jonathan 17
Percy 17
Julius 16
Magnus 16
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girls data
use control + F (or command + F) to search for your favorites
Eleanor 51
Freya 44
Louisa 41
Rose 41
Alice 37
Charlotte 37
Helena 37
Miriam 37
Lyra 35
Matilda 35
Phoebe 32
Willow 32
Hazel 29
Lily 28
Luna 28
Astrid 27
Emmeline 26
Juliet 26
Sylvie 26
Viola 25
Penelope 24
Caroline 23
Lilia 23
Stella 22
Zoe 22
Bridget 21
Clara 21
Cordelia 20
Josephine 20
Ramona 20
Violet 20
Cecilia 19
Fiona 19
Genevieve 19
Seraphine 19
Sophia 19
Elisabeth 18
Eve 18
Felicity 18
Iris 18
Marina 18
Elizabeth 17
Frances 17
Hope 17
Ingrid 17
Lucy 17
Susanna 17
Grace 16
Tamsin 16
Adelaide 15
Bryony 15
Guinevere 15
use control + F (or command + F) to search for your favorites
Eleanor 51
Freya 44
Louisa 41
Rose 41
Alice 37
Charlotte 37
Helena 37
Miriam 37
Lyra 35
Matilda 35
Phoebe 32
Willow 32
Hazel 29
Lily 28
Luna 28
Astrid 27
Emmeline 26
Juliet 26
Sylvie 26
Viola 25
Penelope 24
Caroline 23
Lilia 23
Stella 22
Zoe 22
Bridget 21
Clara 21
Cordelia 20
Josephine 20
Ramona 20
Violet 20
Cecilia 19
Fiona 19
Genevieve 19
Seraphine 19
Sophia 19
Elisabeth 18
Eve 18
Felicity 18
Iris 18
Marina 18
Elizabeth 17
Frances 17
Hope 17
Ingrid 17
Lucy 17
Susanna 17
Grace 16
Tamsin 16
Adelaide 15
Bryony 15
Guinevere 15
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