I have compiled a list of all the births announced in The Telegraph in 2010. It is not a representative list of British trends as a whole, but it does give a nice insight into the particular demographic of Telegraph readers.
Let's have a look at the boys names first.
There were a total of 979 births announced for boys in 2010. Of these, 416 were listed with one middle name and 496 were listed with two middle names.
216 distinct first names were listed. The most popular Telegraph names, with their number count, and comparison with official 2009 ONS (England and Wales) and 2010 GRO (Scotland) ranks are as follows:
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
=13
=13
=13
=13
17
=18
=18
=20
=20
=22
=22
=22
25
=26
=26
=26
=29
=29
=29
=32
=32
=32
=32
=32
=37
=37
=37
=37
=37
=37
=37
=44
=44
=44
=44
=44
=44
=44
=44
=44
=53
=53
=53
=53
=53
=53
=53
=53
=53
=53
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Name
Henry
William
Thomas
Oliver
George
Edward
Charles
Alexander
Harry
Oscar*
Rory*
Archie
Arthur
Hugo
Jack
Maximilian
James
Felix
Samuel
Benjamin
Joshua
Frederick
Louis
Wilfred*
Alfred
Hector
Sebastian
Toby
Charlie
Max
Theodore
Albert
Ethan
Luke
Peter
Rufus
Angus
Caspar*
Freddie*
Hamish
Jasper
Ned
Otto
Alfie
Finlay*
Gabriel
Guy
Johnny*
Leo
Nicholas
Zac*
Zachary
Ferdinand
John
Miles*
Milo
Patrick
Rafferty
Rex
Robert
Rupert
Theo
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Count
44
43
42
36
35
31
28
27
27
22
21
18
17
17
17
17
16
14
14
13
13
11
11
11
10
9
9
9
8
8
8
7
7
7
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
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ONS rank
#37
#8
#6
#1
#11
#44
#58
#22
#3
#23
#142
#20
#93
#164
#2
#180
#9
#122
#12
#15
#5
#96
#66
#313
#146
#362
#62
#57
#7
#25
#138
#348
#13
#33
#133
#254
#303
#408
#53
#399
#180
#627
#485
#4
#43
#75
#80
#1649
#40
#130
#118
#67
#1568
#83
#197
#175
#120
#570
#675
#91
#366
#55
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GRO rank
#172
#29
#26
#8
#100
#169
#102
#12
#19
#64
#37
#43
#251
#263
#1
#525
#3
#229
#35
#65
#28
#195
#113
#1102
#309
#292
#119
#209
#23
#32
#462=
#462=
#13
#36
#117
#1102
#75
#462
#178
#108
#275
-
#1102
#27
#14
#124
#525
#764
#59
#181
#100
#134
-
#49
#249
#292
#110
#1102
#764
#60
#1102
#126
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*Oscar=21/Oskar=1, Rory=20/Ruari=1, Wilfred=8/Wilfrid=3, Caspar=5/Kasper=1, Freddie=4/Freddy=2, Finlay=3/Finley=2, Johnny=4/Johnnie=1, Zac=4/Zack=1, Miles=3/Myles=1
269 distinct names were given as middle names, many of which were quirky and unusual names or popular 40s/50s names, showing the trend of using adventurous or family names in the middle spot. The most popular were:
1
2
3
4
5
6
=7
=7
9
10
11
12
13
14
=15
=15
=17
=17
=17
20
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Middle name
James
William
George
John
Thomas
David
Alexander
Charles
Michael
Christopher
Henry
Robert
Edward
Arthur
Peter
Richard
Francis
Frederick
Patrick
Oliver |
Count
102
72
66
44
41
38
36
36
31
26
24
23
22
21
19
19
17
17
17
14
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