Popular baby names in Northern Territory (Australia), 2016

According to the government of Northern Territory, Australia, the most popular baby names in NT in 2016 were again Charlotte and Jack.

Here are Northern Territory’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2016:

Girl Names
1. Charlotte, 31 baby girls
2. Emily, 17
3. Ava, 14 [tie]
4. Sophie, 14 [tie]
5. Amelia, 13 [tie]
6. Grace, 13 [tie]
7. Olivia, 13 [tie]
8. Scarlett, 13 [tie]
9. Ella, 12 [tie]
10. Isabella, 12 [tie]

Boy Names
1. Jack, 26 baby boys
2. Noah, 22
3. Charlie, 20 [tie]
4. Oliver, 20 [tie]
5. James, 19
6. Jacob, 18
7. William, 15
8. Eli, 14 [tie]
9. Nathan, 14 [tie]
10. Max, 13

In 18th place on the girls’ list — and appearing for the first time in any Northern Territory top 20 (since 2002, anyway) — was Billie, with 8 baby girls. In the U.S., in contrast, Billie is sitting just outside the top 2,000.

Here are Northern Territory’s 2015 rankings.

Source: Popular Baby Names – NT.GOV.AU

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