According to the Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, the most popular baby names in the Australian state in 2017 were Charlotte and Oliver.
Here are Queensland’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2017:
Girl Names
1. Charlotte, 384 baby girls
2. Olivia, 335
3. Ava, 305
4. Amelia, 303
5. Mia, 287
6. Isla, 282
7. Harper, 244
8. Grace, 239
9. Ivy, 232
10. Evelyn, 231
Boy Names
1. Oliver, 510 baby boys
2. William, 438
3. Noah, 360
4. Jack, 348
5. Harrison, 296
6. Thomas, 289
7. Hudson, 278
8. Hunter, 273
9. James, 263
10. Henry, 259
In the girls’ top 10, Harper and Ivy replaced Sophie and Emily.
In the boys’ top 10, Hudson, James and Henry replaced Lachlan, Mason and Charlie
In 2016, the top two names were the same.
In the Queensland city of Toowoomba specifically, the top baby names of 2017 were Georgia and Oliver.
Sources: Charlotte and Oliver take the crown for Queensland’s most popular baby names in 2017, Top 100 Baby Names