In total 602 boys' births and 544 girls' births were announced from a selection of 196 different first names for boys and 225 different first names for girls. Here is a rundown of the most popular names announced in The Telegraph in 2014. Statistics compiled by Eleanor Nickerson at The 20 most popular middle names (including second, third and fourth names) were as follows: Boys * Eleanor:9/Eleonore:1, Isabel:4/Isobel:4/Isabelle:1, Matilda:7/Mathilda:8, Annabel:5/Annabelle:2, Evelyn:4/Evelynne:1, Ottilie:4/Otilie:1, Esme:3/Esmee:1, Julia:2/Giulia:1, Sofia:2/Sophia:1, Violet:2/Violette:1 The top 50 most popular Telegraph names of 2015, with their number count, are as follows: Boys' Names In total 494 boys' births and 442 girls' births were announced between January 1st to December 31st 2015 from a selection of 174 different first names for boys and 200 different first names for girls. I have added variant spellings together for these rankings, an individual breakdown of which is underneath the ranking table. George, Henry, Thomas, Eleanor, Florence and Sophie. Henry and Emily were both knocked off their #1 posts from 2014 by Arthur and Beatrice, both followed by a tie for second place by Edward. These tables were coded and formatted by me.Īfter a delay (apologies!) here is the tally for the most popular names announced in The Telegraph in 2015.
The statistics on this page are supplied by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. The 10 most popular middle names ("additional first name) for 2016 according to NISRA were as follows: Boys
For girls, Saoirse and Zoe both rose 32 places to #56 and #49 respectively, followed by Faith, up 30 places to #51. Of the names already in the top 100, Arthur increased most in popularity for boys, rising 32 places to #57 followed by Tom which jumped up 30 places. Within the 100 most popular boys’ names in 2016 there were 11 new entries - Brody, Corey, Daire, Elijah, Ezra, Harvey, Jay, Leon, Robert, Ruairi and Sam - with Ezra the biggest climber moving up 38 places to #88. The top 100 names for girls also had 11 new entries in 2016 - Bethany, Darcie, Elsie, Ivy, Laura, Lottie, Martha, Maya, Penny, Sadie and Thea - with Elsie increasing in rank the most, up 96 places to #59. Here are the official statistics for the top 100 names in Northern Ireland in 2016.Īccording to the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, James was the # 1 name for the second year in a row and Emily for the third year running.