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HelpBTN's Favorite Names 2016
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
2014 results: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4574822
2015 results: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4664550
Hello BTN.
As I have for the last 5 years now, I took all the names posted in the monthly top 10 posts and counted them and come up with “BTN’s Favorite Names”.
Participation is down this year. On average, 36 people responded to the Top 10 thread each month this year. Tell your friends.
I count similarly to the SSA: Accents do not count (for example, Léo and Leo are counted as one name). If a combo was posted, only the first name was counted, and if a poster could not decide between two or more names, I counted the first one ("James / John, can’t decide" counts for James), and if something was posted that appeared to be a double name, it was counted as a double name. Only 10 names per gender per person were counted, so if anyone ever sneakily posted an 11th, I didn’t count it.
Last year's number 1 names were Arthur and Clara.
For boys, #1 is Arthur, for the third year in a row. However, unlike last year where Arthur ranked first by a landslide, this year, it was very very close.
For girls, the new #1 is Helena. This is Helena’s first time at #1, but it has been #2 twice— in 2009 and last year, 2015.
Here's the top 20 for girls and the top 25 for boys for 2016. To get an idea of how many people (roughly) posted each name each month, divide the number in parenthesis by 12.
1. Helena (50, 1.14%)
2. Rose (48, 1.09%)
3. Clara (42, 0.96%)
4. Alice (41, 0.94%)
5. Louisa (37, 0.84%)
6. Iris (36, 0.82%)
7. Georgiana, Josephine, Willow (34, 0.77%)
8. Luna, Lyra (33, 0.75%)
9. Octavia, Zoe (31, 0.71%)
10. Eleanor (28, 0.64%)
11. Lucy (27, 0.61%)
12. Matilda (26, 0.59%)
13. Miriam, Sylvie (24, 0.55%)
14. Hazel (23, 0.52%)
15. Ivy, Lily, Maude (22, 0.50%)
16. Beatrix, Xanthe (21, 0.48%)
17. Elodie, Eloise, Juliet, Persephone (20, 0.46%)
18. Anna, Susanna, Winifred (19, 0.43%)
19. Amelia, Astrid, Juniper, Rosalie (18, 0.41%)
20. Anastasia, Aurora, Cecilia, Cordelia, Elizabeth, Freya, Katherine (17, 0.39%)
1. Arthur (80, 1.85%)
2. Alexander (79, 1.82%)
3. Henry, Sebastian (58, 1.34%)
4. Nicholas (50, 1.15%)
5. Ezra (48, 1.11%)
6. William (47, 1.08%)
7. Leo (46, 1.06%)
8. Isaac, James, Jasper, Oscar (42, 0.97%)
9. Gabriel (41, 0.95%)
10. Thomas (39, 0.90%)
11. George (37, 0.85%)
12. Samuel (36, 0.83%)
13. August, Benjamin (35, 0.81%)
14. Edmund (31, 0.71%)
15. Felix, Francis (30, 0.69%)
16. Oliver (29, 0.67%)
17. John, Jonathan (26, 0.60%)
18. Horatio, Nikolai, Otto (24, 0.55%)
19. Adrian, Augustus, Caspian, Elijah, Evander, Nathaniel, Theodore (22, 0.51%)
20. Charles, Lorenzo, Spencer, Walter (21, 0.48%)
21. Griffin, Jack, Malcolm, Peter (20, 0.46%)
22. Jonah (19, 0.44%)
23. Asher, Clark, Fergus, Mordecai (18, 0.42%)
24. Connor, Hamish, Phoenix, Ronan (17, 0.39%)
25. Caspar, Dominic, Edgar, Heath, Micah, Ptolemy (16, 0.37%)
Typically I also post the top 10 for "All Time" (2008-2016). It's moving a little more slowly now, so I'll post the top 20 in a post below.
As always, I have all the data on spreadsheets, so if you want the source data for any year, send me a PM with your email address. I'll also be happy to check where specific names rank.
Persephone Evander Hero
Fae Nocturne Silver
www.behindthename.com/pnl/59411
2012 results: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4356914
2013 results: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4483121
2014 results: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4574822
2015 results: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4664550
Hello BTN.
As I have for the last 5 years now, I took all the names posted in the monthly top 10 posts and counted them and come up with “BTN’s Favorite Names”.
Participation is down this year. On average, 36 people responded to the Top 10 thread each month this year. Tell your friends.
I count similarly to the SSA: Accents do not count (for example, Léo and Leo are counted as one name). If a combo was posted, only the first name was counted, and if a poster could not decide between two or more names, I counted the first one ("James / John, can’t decide" counts for James), and if something was posted that appeared to be a double name, it was counted as a double name. Only 10 names per gender per person were counted, so if anyone ever sneakily posted an 11th, I didn’t count it.
Last year's number 1 names were Arthur and Clara.
For boys, #1 is Arthur, for the third year in a row. However, unlike last year where Arthur ranked first by a landslide, this year, it was very very close.
For girls, the new #1 is Helena. This is Helena’s first time at #1, but it has been #2 twice— in 2009 and last year, 2015.
Here's the top 20 for girls and the top 25 for boys for 2016. To get an idea of how many people (roughly) posted each name each month, divide the number in parenthesis by 12.
1. Helena (50, 1.14%)
2. Rose (48, 1.09%)
3. Clara (42, 0.96%)
4. Alice (41, 0.94%)
5. Louisa (37, 0.84%)
6. Iris (36, 0.82%)
7. Georgiana, Josephine, Willow (34, 0.77%)
8. Luna, Lyra (33, 0.75%)
9. Octavia, Zoe (31, 0.71%)
10. Eleanor (28, 0.64%)
11. Lucy (27, 0.61%)
12. Matilda (26, 0.59%)
13. Miriam, Sylvie (24, 0.55%)
14. Hazel (23, 0.52%)
15. Ivy, Lily, Maude (22, 0.50%)
16. Beatrix, Xanthe (21, 0.48%)
17. Elodie, Eloise, Juliet, Persephone (20, 0.46%)
18. Anna, Susanna, Winifred (19, 0.43%)
19. Amelia, Astrid, Juniper, Rosalie (18, 0.41%)
20. Anastasia, Aurora, Cecilia, Cordelia, Elizabeth, Freya, Katherine (17, 0.39%)
1. Arthur (80, 1.85%)
2. Alexander (79, 1.82%)
3. Henry, Sebastian (58, 1.34%)
4. Nicholas (50, 1.15%)
5. Ezra (48, 1.11%)
6. William (47, 1.08%)
7. Leo (46, 1.06%)
8. Isaac, James, Jasper, Oscar (42, 0.97%)
9. Gabriel (41, 0.95%)
10. Thomas (39, 0.90%)
11. George (37, 0.85%)
12. Samuel (36, 0.83%)
13. August, Benjamin (35, 0.81%)
14. Edmund (31, 0.71%)
15. Felix, Francis (30, 0.69%)
16. Oliver (29, 0.67%)
17. John, Jonathan (26, 0.60%)
18. Horatio, Nikolai, Otto (24, 0.55%)
19. Adrian, Augustus, Caspian, Elijah, Evander, Nathaniel, Theodore (22, 0.51%)
20. Charles, Lorenzo, Spencer, Walter (21, 0.48%)
21. Griffin, Jack, Malcolm, Peter (20, 0.46%)
22. Jonah (19, 0.44%)
23. Asher, Clark, Fergus, Mordecai (18, 0.42%)
24. Connor, Hamish, Phoenix, Ronan (17, 0.39%)
25. Caspar, Dominic, Edgar, Heath, Micah, Ptolemy (16, 0.37%)
Typically I also post the top 10 for "All Time" (2008-2016). It's moving a little more slowly now, so I'll post the top 20 in a post below.
As always, I have all the data on spreadsheets, so if you want the source data for any year, send me a PM with your email address. I'll also be happy to check where specific names rank.
Fae Nocturne Silver
www.behindthename.com/pnl/59411
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