This was originally posted on August 22, 2010 Double barrelled (or hyphenated) first names – how popular are they, and which names are parents picking? We’ve been trawling through the 2008 official baby names data from the UK government to find out. Note: the data we’ve received does not include very rare names – i.e.… Read More
Tag: Boys Names
America’s Most Popular Baby Names of 2010 (So Far)
This was originally posted on June 29, 2010 This guest post on popular names in the U.S. was fashioned for babynames.co.uk by Pamela Redmond Satran, cofounder of the baby names website nameberry.com and coauthor of ten books on names, including The Brilliant Book of Baby Names and Cool Names for Babies. The most popular baby… Read More
The UK’s Fastest Rising Baby Names, 2010
This was originally posted on June 14, 2010 Inspired by a couple of recent baby name popularity articles – on the excellent Huffington Post and Parentdish – we decided to take a look at our own UK baby name data and analyse 2010’s naming trends to date. What did we do? Well, we’re constantly recording… Read More
England’s World Cup Baby Names
This was originally posted on June 11, 2010 The biggest sporting event of 2010 is less than one week away – the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. We know know the names of the 23 heroes who will be representing England – but which names did they pick for their children? We’ve been digging… Read More
Most Popular US Baby Names, 2009
This was originally posted on May 9, 2010 The US Social Security Administration released the list of America’s most popular baby names this week. The most notable change saw Isabella claim the throne of number one girls name, at the expense of Emma. No such dethroning occurred for the boys, where Jacob retained the top… Read More
