Popular baby names in Western Australia, 2013

Western Australia’s top baby names of 2013 have been released.

According to data from the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (BDM), the most popular baby names last year were Olivia and Jack.

Here are WA’s top 20 girl names and top 20 boy names of 2013:

Girl NamesBoy Names
1. Olivia, 201 baby girls
2. Charlotte, 199
3. Ava, 195
4. Emily, 189
5. Ruby, 184
6. Ella, 177
7. Chloe, 176
8. Sophie, 159
9. Amelia, 148
10. Mia, 147
11. Grace, 143
12. Isabella, 139
13. Sienna, 131
14. Isla, 130
15. Lily, 118
16. Matilda, 110
17. Hannah, 109
18. Zoe & Lucy, 100 each (2-way tie)
19. Sophia & Emma, 96 each (2-way tie)
20. Jasmine & Harper, 93 each (2-way tie)
1. Jack, 242 baby boys
2. Oliver, 226
3. Noah, 202
4. William, 193
5. Lucas, 187
6. James, 180
7. Mason, 169
8. Ethan, 162
9. Lachlan, 155
10. Harrison, 154
11. Thomas, 153
12. Jacob, 152
13. Joshua, 142
14. Liam, 139
15. Cooper, 133
16. Daniel, 130
17. Jaxon, 128
18. Samuel & Xavier, 123 each (2-way tie)
19. Riley & Charlie, 118 each (2-way tie)
20. Benjamin, Alexander, Hudson, 114 each (3-way tie)

A bit lower down on the boys’ list is Jackson (27th place). If you add Jackson’s 94 baby boys to Jaxon’s 128 baby boys, you get a total of 222, which would put Jackson/Jaxon in 3rd place if spellings were combined.

Western Australia’s 2012 list was topped by Charlotte and Noah.

Sources: Popular Baby Names – BDM, WA’s top baby names for 2013 revealed

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