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01/05/2011

Telegraph Births 2010 - Girls

Little girl 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. 

There were fewer girls' births than boys announced in 2010 at a rank of 884 (boys were 979), but, perhaps unsurprisingly, a larger range of first names were used for girls. 287 distinct first names were used for girls, compared to 215 for boys.

Of the total number of announcements for girls, 528 were listed with one middle name, 289 were listed with two middle names and 14 with three middle names. If we compare this with the boys statistics we can see that, overall, two middle names for boys is more popular, whereas just one middle name is the norm for girls. However, when it comes to three middle names they were only found on girls. 

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:



1
2
3
4
5
6
=7
=7
=7
=7
=10
=10
=12
=12
=12
=12
=16
=16
=18
=18
=18
=21
=21
=21
=24
=24
=24
=24
=24
=24
=24
=31
=31
=31
=31
=31
=31
=37
=37
=37
=37
=37
=37
=37
=37
=37
=37
=37
=37
=49
=49
=49
=49
=49
=49
=49
=49
=57
=57
=57
=57
=57
=57
=57

Name

Sophie
Isabella
Charlotte
Isabel*
Olivia
Florence 
Alice
Amelia
Emily
Poppy
Annabel*
Matilda*
Beatrice
Daisy
Imogen
Jemima
Martha 
Molly
Chloe
Eliza
Lucy
Ella
Emma
Rose
Amelie
Ava
Elizabeth
Emilia
Evie
Freya*
Grace 
Eva
Flora
Heidi
Jessica
Scarlett 
Sophia* 
Arabella
Clementine
Eleanor
Eloise
Georgia
Georgina
Harriet
Honor
India
Isla
Lara
Lily
Amy*
Cecily
Esme
Iris
Katherine*
Ottilie
Tabitha
Willow
Anna*
Elsie
Henrietta
Kitty
Madeleine
Philippa
Phoebe 

Count

27
24
22
18
17
16
15
15
15
15
14
14
12
12
12
12
11
11
10
10
10
9
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
7
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4

ONS rank

#5 
#15
#14
#17
#1
#80
#50
#9
#4
#22
#105
#46
#129
#18
#32
#171
#81
#40
#3
#119
#16
#13
#41
#94
#57
#12
#43
#90
#10
#21
#7
#38
#407
#97
#6
#25
#35
#296
#565
#56
#112
#55
#145
#89
#417
#226
#30
#120
#8
#28
#795
#95
#195
#169
#1411
#207
#108
#64
#124
#738
#189
#123
#394
#23 

GRO rank

#1 
#51
#23
#163
#2
#233
#82
#43
#4
#47
#197
#140
#372
#44
#77
#764
#116
#51
#7
#257
#6
#34
#10
#92
#80
#3
#66
#93
#31
#19
#15
#17
#306
#108
#11
#100
#42
#976
#764
#209
#208
#62
#257
#287
#306
#243
#5
#104
#8
#14
-
#149
#277
#180
-
#435
#163
#29
#287
-
#435
#233
#764
#93 

*Isabel=7/Isabelle=5/Isobel=6, Annabel=9/Annabelle=5, Matilda=12/Mathilda=2, Freya=5/Freja=3, Sophia=5/Sofia=2, Amy=3/Aimee=2, Katherine=4/Katharine=1, Anna=3/Ana=1

292 distinct names were given as middle names. Many were more uncommon or adventurous choices, some were names popular in the 40s/50 suggesting family names, but the majority were the familiar popular middle names. The most popular were:



1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
=11
=11
=11
=11
=15
=15
17
18
=19
=19		 Middle name

Rose
Elizabeth
Grace
Mary 
Alice
May,Mae, Mai
Anne
Florence
Jane
Louise
Charlotte
Frances
Isabel
Isabella
Kate
Sophia
Emily
Lily
Annabel
Catherine

 

 

 Count

85
58
53
30
25
22
21
18
16
15
13
13
13
13
12
12
11
10
9
9

 

Posted at 11:15 AM in Data Analysis and Statistics, Popularity Ranking, Research |

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