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Popularity of the baby name Maddison


Posts that mention the name Maddison

Popular baby names in New South Wales (Australia), 2017

According to data released NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, the most popular baby names in New South Wales, Australia, in 2017 were Charlotte and Oliver.

Here are NSW’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2017:

Girl Names
1. Charlotte, 482 baby girls
2. Olivia, 463
3. Ava, 379
4. Amelia, 374
5. Mia, 338
6. Isla, 329
7. Chloe, 301
8. Zoe, 295
9. Ella, 291
10. Grace, 285

Boy Names
1. Oliver, 556 baby boys
2. William, 456
3. Noah, 432
4. Jack, 398
5. Henry, 336
6. James, 335
7. Thomas, 330
8. Lucas, 325
9. Ethan, 302
10. Alexander, 296

In the girls’ top 10, Zoe and Ella replaced Emily (now 14th) and Ruby (now 15th).

In the boys’ top 10, Henry replaced Leo (now 13th).

In 2016, the top two names were Olivia and Oliver.

And to follow up on the Maddison/Madison thing from last year: Maddison is now ranked 61st in NSW, while Maddison is ranked 76th. In the U.S., in contrast, the double-D version is 357th and the single-D version ranks 17th.

Source: Facts & Statistics – Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages – Department of Justice NSW

Popular baby names in New South Wales (Australia), 2016

According to data released in April by the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, the most popular baby names in New South Wales, Australia, in 2016 were Olivia and Oliver.

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

Girl Names
1. Olivia, 629 baby girls
2. Charlotte, 561
3. Amelia, 471
4. Ava, 451
5. Mia, 430
6. Chloe, 427
7. Emily, 387
8. Grace, 346 (tie)
9. Isla, 346 (tie)
10. Ruby, 341

Boy Names
1. Oliver, 668 baby boys
2. William, 557
3. Jack, 511
4. Noah, 499
5. Lucas, 453
6. James, 439
7. Ethan, 424
8. Thomas, 411
9. Alexander, 372
10. Leo, 359

In the girls’ top 10, Isla and Ruby replaced Zoe (now 12th) and Sophia (now 13th).

In the boys’ top 10, Leo replaced Isaac (now 14th).

In 2014, the two top names were the same. In between, in 2015, the #1 girl name was Charlotte instead of Olivia.

Interestingly, the girls’ top 100 includes both Maddison and Madison — and the double-d version ranks considerably higher than the single-d version (45th vs. 68th). In contrast, in the U.S., Maddison ranks 338th and Madison 15th.

Source: Facts & Statistics – BDM – NSW Government

Popular baby names in Northern Territory (Australia), 2012

The most popular baby names in Northern Territory have been released.

According to NT’s Department of the Attorney-General and Justice, the top names were William for boys and Chloe for girls.

Here are Northern Territory’s top girl names and boy names of 2012:

Baby Girl NamesBaby Boy Names
1. Chloe (23)
2. Ava (21) & Olivia (21)
3. Ruby (19)
4. Mia (17) & Sophie (17)
5. Emily (16) & Sophia (16)
6. Grace (15)
7. Charlotte (14), Isabella (14) & Matilda (14)
8. Amelia (13)
9. Ella (12) & Jasmine (12)
10. Zoe (11)
11. Hannah (10), Layla (10) & Maddison (10)
12. Alice (9)		1. William (23)
2. James (22)
3. Jack (21)
4. Lachlan (18)
5. Cooper (16), Lucas (16), Michael (16) & Ryan (16)
6. Ethan (15), Riley (15) & Thomas (15)
7. Daniel (14)
8. Levi (13), Liam (13), Mason (13), Samuel (13) & Charlie (13)
9. Harrison (12), Henry (12) & Tyler (12)

These actually began as top 20 lists, but the numbers were so low that I condensed them. (Of Australia’s eight regions, NT is the third-largest by area, yet the least populated.)

Source: Northern Territory Government Department of the Attorney-General and Justice (h/t Waltzing More Than Matilda)

Sophia tops Emily: Adjusting the most popular U.S. baby names

The Social Security Administration doesn’t combine spelling variations when compiling its annual list of popular baby names. Though this is probably the most logical way for them to present their data, it tends to skew the overall picture a bit.

For instance, according to the SSA, the top ten girl names in 2007 were Emily, Isabella, Emma, Ava, Madison, Sophia, Olivia, Abigail, Hannah and Elizabeth (in that order). If we account for spelling variations, though, the top ten is more like:

1stSophia (16,804)
Sofia (5,974)		22,778 (1.0930%)
2ndEmily (19,105)
Emely (1,011)
Emilee (782)
Emilie (507)
Emmalee (368)		21,773 (1.0447%)
3rdIsabella (18,874)
Izabella (1,475)
Isabela (625)		20,974 (1.0064%)
4thMadison (17,731)
Madyson (898)
Maddison (854)
Madisyn (843)		20,326 (0.9754%)
5thOlivia (16,329)
Alivia (1,628)
Alyvia (276)		18,233 (0.8748%)
6thEmma (18,127)18,127 (0.8698%)
7thAva (17,865)17,865 (0.8572%)
8thAbigail (15,292)
Abbigail (648)
Abigayle (313)
Abagail (309)
Abigale (279)		16,841 (0.8081%)
9thBrianna (8,741)
Briana (2,781)
Breanna (2,455)
Bryanna (703)
Breana (299)		14,979 (0.7186%)
10thAddison (11,823)
Addyson (1,368)
Addisyn (488)
Adyson (455)
Adison (395)		14,529 (0.6971%)

And this doesn’t account for several things:

  • Eva could be seen as a form of Ava. That would bring Ava/Eva up to 4th place.
  • Hailey, the 23rd most popular girl name, can also be spelled Hailee, Hailie, Haylee, Hayley, Haylie and Hayleigh. If you throw in Haley and Haleigh as well, that brings the entire name group up to 8th place. (I tend to pronounce these last two more like Halle/Hallie, though, so I didn’t do it that way.)