Top 100 baby names for 2009
The Office for National Statistics has announced the most popular baby names in England and Wales. My little lovely is listed at number nine, which totally sucks because nobody wants to burden their baby with a boringly average name. We didn’t choose Amelia because it was popular – hell, we didn’t even look at a name book. Here’s the story:
Even before my little girl was a twinkle in our very surprised eyes, hubby and I have never been able to agree on names. Every ‘serious’ attempt at contemplating what to call any offspring that we may produce ended up in some sort of hysterical argument where names including “Clutchplate”, “Aristotle” and “Bovine” were offered up for consideration. One day we were watching some PVC clad vamps kicking some ass in Underworld: Evolution, and the name “Amelia” was mentioned. It was one of those surreal moments when you know that the person you are with is on exactly the same wave-length as you. The second we heard “Amelia”, we looked at one another and knew that that was the name we would call our little girl (if we should be lucky enough to have a little girl one day). And then Amelia was hacked to death on a train… nothing like a bit of Vamp horror to ruin a precious moment. But the moment was real and Amelia Violet is the name of our princess.
Amelia’s grandparents may not appreciate the fact that technically she is named after a vampire, albeit an aristocratic vampire who is one of the film’s three ruling vampire elders, but as we see it, Amelia gives her name a unique personality. No matter how many Amelias there are in the world, there is only one that belongs to me and her daddy. And in case you are wondering, the Violet comes from whittling my husband into submission – or so he says. Some things are worth fighting for and hubby has come to appreciate the romance of his little lovely’s name. Amelia will never be common because it is our daughter’s name and that is beyond special. My advice: choose a name you love, irrespective of where it appears on some list. But if you can’t resist a peep, check out the top 100 names below.
Top 100 baby girls names
1 OLIVIA
2 RUBY
3 CHLOE
4 EMILY
5 SOPHIE
6 JESSICA
7 GRACE
8 LILY
9 AMELIA
10 EVIE
11 MIA
12 AVA
13 ELLA
14 CHARLOTTE
15 ISABELLA
16 LUCY
17 ISABELLE
18 DAISY
19 HOLLY
20 MEGAN
21 FREYA
22 POPPY
23 PHOEBE
24 SUMMER
25 SCARLETT
26 MILLIE
27 ELLIE
28 AMY
29 HANNAH
30 ISLA
31 KATIE
32 IMOGEN
33 ERIN
34 MAISIE
35 SOPHIA
36 ABIGAIL
37 JASMINE
38 EVA
39 BROOKE
40 MOLLY
41 EMMA
42 LOLA
43 ELIZABETH
44 LEAH
45 LILLY
46 MATILDA
47 LEXI
48 LAYLA
49 SIENNA
50 ALICE
51 ISABEL
52 AMBER
53 BETHANY
54 GRACIE
55 GEORGIA
56 ELEANOR
57 AMELIE
58 CAITLIN
59 MADISON
60 ISOBEL
61 LAUREN
62 ROSIE
63 KEIRA
64 ANNA
65 PAIGE
66 MAYA
67 LACEY
68 MADDISON
69 LEXIE
70 AIMEE
71 SKYE
72 TIA
73 FAITH
74 SOFIA
75 ZARA
76 NIAMH
77 REBECCA
78 LIBBY
79 SARAH
80 FLORENCE
81 MARTHA
82 HOLLIE
83 ZOE
84 JULIA
85 EVELYN
86 TILLY
87 ALEXANDRA
88 NICOLE
89 HARRIET
90 EMILIA
91 LYDIA
92 EVE
93 MARIA
94 ROSE
95 ESME
96 ALISHA
97 HEIDI
98 FRANCESCA
99 SARA
100 MYA
Top 100 baby boys names
1 OLIVER
2 JACK
3 HARRY
4 ALFIE
5 JOSHUA
6 THOMAS
7 CHARLIE
8 WILLIAM
9 JAMES
10 DANIEL
11 GEORGE
12 SAMUEL
13 ETHAN
14 JOSEPH
15 BENJAMIN
16 MOHAMMED
17 LUCAS
18 JACOB
19 DYLAN
20 ARCHIE
21 LEWIS
22 ALEXANDER
23 OSCAR
24 LIAM
25 MAX
26 JAYDEN
27 JAKE
28 CALLUM
29 RILEY
30 RYAN
31 TYLER
32 NOAH
33 LUKE
34 ADAM
35 LOGAN
36 MUHAMMAD
37 HENRY
38 MATTHEW
39 HARVEY
40 LEO
41 ISAAC
42 HARRISON
43 FINLEY
44 EDWARD
45 MASON
46 CONNOR
47 OWEN
48 JAMIE
48 NATHAN
50 ALEX
51 MICHAEL
52 CAMERON
53 FREDDIE
54 AARON
55 THEO
56 HARLEY
57 TOBY
58 CHARLES
59 RHYS
60 LEON
61 FINLAY
62 MOHAMMAD
62 SEBASTIAN
64 DAVID
65 BEN
66 LOUIS
67 ZACHARY
68 KAI
69 ASHTON
70 EVAN
71 KIAN
72 LUCA
73 AIDEN
74 KYLE
75 GABRIEL
76 REECE
77 HAYDEN
78 AIDAN
79 REUBEN
80 JOEL
81 BAILEY
82 BRANDON
83 JOHN
84 LOUIE
85 ELLIS
86 KIERAN
87 ELLIOT
88 SAM
89 TAYLOR
90 BRADLEY
91 ROBERT
92 JOE
93 ARTHUR
94 CHRISTOPHER
95 EWAN
96 FREDERICK
97 MORGAN
98 JUDE
98 STANLEY
100 AUSTIN
