According to the Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, the most popular baby names in the Australian state of Victoria in 2014 were Olivia and Oliver.
Here are Victoria’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2014:
| Girl Names | Boy Names |
|---|---|
| 1. Olivia, 531 baby girls 2. Charlotte, 463 3. Mia, 432 4. Ava, 411 5. Chloe, 397 6. Sophie, 371 7. Amelia, 370 8. Emily, 357 9. Ruby, 337 (tie) 10. Ella, 337 (tie) | 1. Oliver, 616 baby boys 2. William, 573 3. Jack, 550 4. Noah, 460 5. Thomas, 424 6. Lucas, 387 7. James, 382 8. Ethan, 376 9. Alexander, 335 10. Mason, 323 |
Ella replaced Isabella in the girls’ top 10.
Alexander replaced Joshua in the boys’ top 10.
Beyond the top 10…the girls’ top 100 includes both Mila (36th) and Milla (60th), plus the adorable Frankie (95th). The boys’ top 100 includes the conspicuously Scottish Angus (45th) and Hamish (69th), plus the ever-humble Lenny (100th).
“Among the big movers were Arya and Aria, which leapt 18 spots on the list of female names following the popularity of TV series Game of Thrones.”
Here are Victoria’s rankings from 2013 and 2012. And here are more details about Victoria’s top 100 names of 2014 from Waltzing More Than Matilda.
(Olivia and Oliver topped the England and Wales list in both 2009 and 2010, btw.)
Source: Victoria’s top 100 baby names for boys and girls in 2014
UPDATE, Jan. 2016: The rankings have changed slightly since I posted this, so I revised them. (Alexander is now top-10 and Lachlan has been bumped down to 11th.) I didn’t bother changing the text. The 2015 rankings will be up soon.