Whats The Fave Name In Your Region?

[youngmafbog]

In eight of the 10 regions, the most popular boys name was either Harry or Oliver.

The exceptions were London and the West Midlands, where Muhammad topped the charts.

I see my new grandsons name is in the top 10 for the South.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5422605/The-10-popular-baby-names-region.html

[maggiebee]

Obviously Scotland and Northern Ireland don't exist !!

[youngmafbog]

Doesnt the ONS cover those regions or are they devolved to a separate body?

[Mamyalynne]

Oliver/Olivia

[maggiebee]

Top names in Scotland 2017

Boys
1 Jack
2 Oliver
3 James
4 Lewis
5 Noah
7 Harris
6 Logan
8 Alexander
9 Leo
10 Harry

Girls
1 Olivia
2 Emily
3 Isla
4 Sophie
5 Jessica
6 Amelia
7 Ava
8 Ella
9 Charlotte
10 Aria

[douglas9401]

I thought Noah might have been nearer the top after last summer. :-)

[Prudie]

Neither my nor my daughter's name appears on any lists but my cat's is on most of them :-)
Oliver/Olivia for my area.

[-Talbot-]

Klaus

[Buenchico]

I see the Daily Wail is as up-to-date as ever with the news. It's only take them 5 months to pick up on a report which was published on 20/09/17.

The ONS only collates data (including that from the census) for England & Wales. ScotStat doesn't seem to provide similar information regarding birth registrations in Scotland on their website but NISRA makes the information for Northern Ireland available here:
https://www.nisra.gov.uk/sites/nisra.gov.uk/files/publications/Top100_2016.pdf

[wolf63]

Neither of my cats has a name on the Scottish list, but they will be 13 this year and may be on another list. Though I doubt that anyone has named their child Princess Merlin.

[Buenchico]

Thinking about my cats' names, I doubt that many parents would consider calling their children Biscuit, Chequers or Tablo but a few hippies might like Moonbeam for a child's name.

[wolf63]

Most cats have an alternative name usually starting "you little ......." It's a term of endearment I think. Sometimes Merlin is a "you vicious little ........"

[Spicerack]

Load of old pony. I've lived in Wales for 50+ years. Never met any bloke who wasn't called Dai.

[ummmm]

Oliver seems popular. The only Ollies I know are older than me.

My kids names are not on the list.

[NoMercy]

My son's name has been variously between 140th and 400th on popular baby name lists.

Some of the names I hear these days make me cringe.

[cassa333]

Probably Tarquin Farquhar lol