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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
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