Top ten girls' names in the UK 2008- England and Wales - Scotland - and Northern Ireland. Which means there are three winners! Olivia is the new English and Welsh winner. Sophie keeps top spot in Scotland - yet again... ...and Katie enjoys her fifth year at number one in Northern Ireland.
Top ten girls' names in England and WalesWhat a relief to see the 2008 stats finally available! We expected to see these lists come out in December 2008, and thought that maybe UK National Statistics had decided not to publish baby names stats any longer.If you're comparing the stats like me, you'll be sure to notice that when the 2007 stats and press releases came out, Grace was in top spot and Ruby second. In the stats published this year, however, they refer to Ruby being 2007's number one, with Grace in second spot. This reflects final annual births data according to the National Statistics site. Not much happening within the girls' top 10 this time round - Evie is a new entrant, and Ella drops out. A rose - or is that Rosie? - by any other name... Let's take a look at the top 10 girls' names for 2008 for the UK - England and Wales:
New entries to the girls' top 100 baby names
We wave goodbye to Rose, Victoria, Rachel, Shannon, and Madeleine. Rankings - Source: National Statistics website: www.statistics.gov.uk Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO
Scotland and Northern Ireland top 10 girls' names 2008Seven of these names share top ten spots in both Scotland and Northern Ireland, and three of them - Sophie, Emily and Chloe - are in all the UK top ten lists!
What about Wales?You'll notice that England and Wales' results are combined. But I did find the top 20 most popular Welsh names from 2007 - and am now hunting around for the 2008 stats - stay tuned!
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