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2011 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4199011
2012 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4356914
2013 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4483121
2014 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4574822
2015 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4664550
2016 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4774837
2017 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4883456
2018 results: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4984014

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I counted the top 10s from every month to find "BTN's Favorite Names", as I have done for the last several years.

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This year had the second LOWEST participation of all time, with an average of 32 people a month sharing their top 10. 1003 unique girl and 777 unique boy names were posted.

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I count like the SSA. Accents don't count (Léo and Leo are the same). If you posted combos, only the first name counted. And if you had a tie, I counted the first name ("Luke / Lukas / George, can't decide = point for Luke). Only 10 names per person per gender were counted, so if you tried to sneakily post an 11th or 12th name, it won't be here. And if you mistyped, I counted your error, because I can't read minds.

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Last year's top names were Violet and Alexander.

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We have a new #1 on both sides.

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For girls, we struggled to really love anything this year. Our new number 1, Florence received the least number of points for any number 1 ever. Florence was #3 last year (and it had more points last year than this year!)

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For boys, it was a close race, but we're returning to an old favorite -- Arthur was #1 from 2014 - 2016 and is back again.

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Here's the top 17 for girls and top 25 for boys.

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1. Florence (34, 0.87%)
2. Juliet (32, 0.82%)
3. Hazel (31, 0.79%)
4. Ivy, Lily, Louisa (27, 0.69%)
5. Beatrix, Fern (26, 0.66%)
6. Aurora, Freya (25, 0.64%)
7. Lydia, Rosalie, Zoe (23, 0.59%)
8. Agatha, Josephine, Theodora, Victoria (22, 0.56%)
9. Elise, Luna, Persephone, Violet, Xanthe (21, 0.54%)
10. Adelaide, Aurelia, Iris, Lucia, Sabrina, Willow (20, 0.51%)
11. Cordelia (19, 0.48%)
12. Ada, Artemis, Elizabeth, Francesca (18, 0.46%)
13. Astrid, Eleanor, Marion, Pearl (17, 0.43%)
14. Caroline, Genevieve, Helena, Lucy, Zara, Zelda (16, 0.41%)
15. Celeste, Clara, Dorothea, Eloise, Euphemia, Ophelia (15, 0.38%)
16. Fiona, Gwen, Mabel, Magdalena, Maia, Maude, Rose, Sienna, Ursula, Viola (14, 0.36%)
17. Elodie, Elva, Everly, Fable, Georgiana, Juliette, Liliana, Saoirse, Sybil (13, 0.33%)

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1. Arthur (61, 1.6%)
2. Alexander (60, 1.58%)
3. August (55, 1.44%)
4. Sebastian (54, 1.42%)
5. Oscar (47, 1.23%)
6. Frederick (39, 1.02%)
7. Magnus (37, 0.97%)
8. Henry (36, 0.95%)
9. Isaac (35, 0.92%)
10. Hugo, Theodore (33, 0.87%)
11. Nicholas (32, 0.84%)
12. Leo (31, 0.81%)
13. Felix (29, 0.76%)
14. Elias, Jasper (28, 0.74%)
15. Dominic, Levi, Nikolai (25, 0.66%)
16. Horatio, Thomas (24, 0.63%)
17. Benjamin, Cassidy, Jack, Robin (23, 0.6%)
18. Donovan, Elliot, Nathaniel, Rowan (22, 0.58%)
19. Anselm (21, 0.55%)
20. Caspar, Edgar, Phoenix (20, 0.53%)
21. George, Jonas, Sidney, Tristan (19, 0.5%)
22. Elijah, James, Micah, Ronan (18, 0.47%)
23. Conrad, Ezra, Malcolm (17, 0.45%)
24. Alaric, Andrew, Caleb, Everett, Roman, Spencer (16, 0.42%)
25. Abram, Adrian, Bartholomew, Benedict, Gabriel, Peter, Philip, Ptolemy, Samuel, Swithin, Wesley (15, 0.39%)

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I will post the all time top 20 in a reply-- there is a new boy's #1 for the first time since I've started counting!

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Isadora Evander Larkin
Pax Symphorian Grey
www.behindthename.com/pnl/59411

This message was edited 12/11/2019, 9:46 AM