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So, every year I buy one newspaper. It's the issue with all of the children starting school in the area (the school year starts in January/February in Australia). I buy it for sentimental reasons as I work in child care and looked after some of these kids. The paper also prints the names of all of the children in each class. This year, I decided to tally all of the names from the 92 schools- 4090 children, all of whom are 5 or turning 5 shortly.

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Here are the most common names. I counted the different spellings but, for simplicity, I didn't include them here:

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Ruby = 40 kids (that's 1% of the total of children)
Jackson = 40 (also 1%)
Charlie = 39
Lilly = 36
Charlotte = 34
Cooper = 32
Sophie = 32
Riley = 31
Olivia = 28
Amelia = 26
Emily = 26
Isabella = 26
Oliver = 26
Sienna = 26
Mia = 26
Ava = 25
(10% of all the children had one of the above names)
Chloe = 25
Liam = 25
Connor = 24
Noah = 24
Jack = 23
Hunter = 23
Ethan = 22
Jayden = 22
Maddison = 22
Mason = 22
Benjamin = 20
Grace = 20
Levi = 20
Hayley = 20
William = 20
Lachlan = 19
Lucas = 19
Samuel = 19
Xavier = 19
Alexander = 18
Braxton = 18
Emma = 18
Hayden = 18
James = 18
Aiden =17
Blake = 17
Isaac = 17
Jacob = 17
Mackenzie = 16
Bailey = 16
Chase = 16
Dominic = 16
Ella = 16
Scarlett = 16
Sophia = 16
Thomas = 16
Abbey = 15
Bella = 15
Elijah = 15
Lincoln = 15
Alex =14
Eli = 14
Ryder = 14
Summer = 14
Abigail =13
Caleb = 13
Isabelle = 13
Ivy = 13
Kai = 13
Layla = 13
Lucy = 13
Zoe = 13
Addison = 12
Carter = 12
Declan = 12
Evelyn = 12
Georgia = 12
Harry = 12
Indie = 12
Hudson = 12
Matilda = 12
Peyton = 12
Tyler = 12
Alexis = 11
Angus = 11
Caitlin = 11
Cayden = 11
Daniel = 11
Jordan = 11
Logan = 11
Luca = 11
Luke = 11
Makayla = 11
Max = 11
Mila = 11
Ryan = 11
Willow = 11
Zara = 11
Aria = 10
Audrey = 10
Bentley = 10
Hannah = 10
Harper = 10
Harrison = 10
Jett = 10
Koby = 10
Matthew = 10
Sarah = 10
Savannah = 10
Taylor = 10
Xander = 10

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= 1814, meaning that almost half had one of the above names.

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And here are some of the more notable names I came across:

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Army-Vai
Big
Blue
Cahill
Celestial
Chrysler
Daphneriah
Dartainian
Deazyl
Delight
Elpis
Gak
Gunny
Ice
Ifeanyi
Innocent
Islam
Jaggfateh
Jhuztine
Kendrew
Kezikia
Knovah
Lakshitha
Lymier
Majestic
Manienorah
Owens
Paychence
Persephanie
Perven
ReSyson
Rhapsody
Rocklyn
Salvation
Seyifunmi
Syn
Tewaimarama
Thurston
Tinkerbell
Trigga
Tsariq
Uday
Vauxie
Velvet
Weik
Wheonix
Youhna
Zavicestian
Ziggie-Jada

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Shout out to those parents making their child's name stand out by hyphenating it (or otherwise making it a double first name):

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Amber-Rose
Amelia-Rose
Amelia-Rose
Amelia-Rose
Ameliah-Rose
April-Rose
Bella-Rose
Bellarose
Brittany-Rose
Charlotte-Rose
Christina-Rose
Cienna-Rose
Ebonnie-Rose
Emily-Rose
Indiana-Rose
Isabela-Rose
Ivy-Rose
Ivy-Rose
Lily-Rose
Miarose
Mya Rose
Peyton-Rose
Ruby-Rose
Ruby-Rose
Sari-Rose
Sasha-Rose
Terina-Rose

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Annabel-Lee
Jakata-Lee
Jessie-Lee
Katie-Lee
Klarrah-Lee
Peighton-Lee
Sakarah-Lee
Shekirah-Lee
Sophie-Lee
Nikki-Lea
Sophia-Lea

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Aeris-Jayde
Ashlee-Jayde
Harper-Jayde
Ebony-Jade
Emily-Jade
Leia-Jade
Riley Jade
Ziggie-Jada

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Ella-Jane
Indigo-Jane
Kiara-Jane
Lacey-Jane
Lucy-Jane
Kyarah-Jayne

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Bree-Ann
Chrissy-Ann
Heidi-Ann
Jennifer-Anne
Elvy-Anna

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Lily-Grace
Lilly-Grace
Sadie-Grace
Summer-Grace

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Alexis-Maria
Amba-Maree
Destiny-Maree
Sophie-Marie

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Evellyn-May
Georgia-May
Gracie-May

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Jaelyn
Jae'Lynn
Riche'lyn

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Charlie-Belle
Layla-Belle

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Agum-Hannah
Charity-Hannah

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Amarah-June
Ariah-Jules
Georgia-Sherie
Halo-Silipa
Ivy Patricia
Jay-Agnes
Jo-Andra
Kay-Dee
Leigh-Shaya
Leonie-Skye
Lilli-Arna
Lyla-Beverly
Marnie-Jo
Shayla-Jae
Skyla'hope
Summer-Lilly

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Boys?

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Army-Vai
Bendit Jai
Bolton-Lee
Braxton-Lee
Jahriah-rey
Jai-Cooper
Joey-Carlos
Liam-John
Noah-Jake

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Not having a dig at anyone here, my own name is hyphenated. There just were a lot of double first names.

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So WDYT?

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I'll post the whole list as a reply for anyone who wants to read it. Be warned that it is very long

This message was edited 5/15/2018, 1:42 AM