According to Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria, the most popular baby names in the Australian state of Victoria in 2017 were Charlotte and Oliver.
Here are Victoria’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2017:
Girl Names
1. Charlotte, 426 baby girls
2. Olivia, 360
3. Amelia, 357
4. Ava, 347
5. Mia, 319
6. Zoe, 299
7. Evie, 284
8. Grace, 283
9. Isla, 282
10. Ella, 248
Boy Names
1. Oliver, 509 baby boys
2. William, 466
3. Jack, 450
4. Noah, 372
5. Thomas, 345
6. James, 323
7. Lucas, 315
8. Henry, 282
9. Charlie, 280
10. Ethan, 279
In the girls’ top 10, Ella replaced Chloe (now 11th).
In the boys’ top 10, Lucas, Henry and Charlie replaced Alexander (11th), Mason (14th) and Max (now 16th).
According to a survey of birth notices in The Warrnambool Standard, the top baby names in the Victorian city of Warrnambool were Georgia/Grace/Evelyn/Elsie (4-way tie) for girls and Lenny (!) for boys.
In 2016, the top two names were the same.
UPDATE, Jan. 2019: The Victoria website has since updated the 2017 data/rankings. The ordering is now slightly different on both sides and, notably, Chloe bumped Ella out of the top 10.
Sources: Popular baby names in Victoria – Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria, Baby names 2017: South-west picks buck national trend