Popular baby names in Northern Territory (Australia), 2012

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

The top names in the territory last year were William for boys and Chloe for girls.

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

Girl names

1. Chloe, 23 baby girls
2. Ava & Olivia, 21 each (tie)
3. Ruby, 19
4. Mia & Sophie, 17 each (tie)
5. Emily & Sophia, 16 each (tie)
6. Grace, 15
7. Charlotte, Isabella, & Matilda, 14 each (3-way tie)
8. Amelia, 13
9. Ella & Jasmine, 12 each (tie)
10. Zoe, 11
11. Hannah, Layla, & Maddison, 10 each (3-way tie)
12. Alice, 9

Boy names

1. William, 23 baby boys
2. James, 22
3. Jack, 21
4. Lachlan, 18
5. Cooper, Lucas, Michael, & Ryan, 16 each (4-way tie)
6. Ethan, Riley, & Thomas, 15 each (3-way tie)
7. Daniel, 14
8. Levi, Liam, Mason, Samuel, & Charlie, 13 each (4-way tie)
9. Harrison, Henry, & Tyler, 12 each (3-way tie)

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: Popular baby names – NT.GOV.AU