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 Names | Boy 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