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Popular baby names in Victoria (Australia), 2017

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

Popular baby names in Canberra/ACT (Australia), 2017

According to ACT Government, the most popular baby names in Canberra in 2017 were Charlotte and Oliver.

Here are the Australian Capital Territory’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2017:

Girl Names
1. Charlotte
2. Olivia
3. Chloe (tie)
3. Sophie (tie)
5. Amelia (3-way tie)
5. Isla (3-way tie)
5. Ivy (3-way tie)
8. Ava (3-way tie)
8. Grace (3-way tie)
8. Mia (3-way tie)

Boy Names
1. Oliver
2. William
3. Henry (tie)
3. James (tie)
5. Jack (3-way tie)
5. Samuel (3-way tie)
5. Noah (3-way tie)
8. Charlie (tie)
8. Alexander (tie)
10. Lachlan (3-way tie)
10. Leo (3-way tie)
10. Thomas (3-way tie)

Olivia, which was tied for #2 in 2015, dropped out of the top 10 in 2016, and is now back in 2nd place.

These rankings are based on provisional data covering most (but not all) of 2017.

Source: Top baby names of 2017 revealed

Baby girl given 24 names

In November of 1946, various U.S. newspapers ran a story about a recently deceased Seattle man with 17 given names. William Cary, born in Indiana in the mid-1860s, had 16 middle names taken from the surnames of officers his father had served with during the Civil War.

Days after the story was published, Paul A. Henning of Denver, Colorado, welcomed a baby girl. Impressed by William Cary’s long name, Henning decided that his daughter’s name should be even longer. So he gave her 24 names.

Her full name was Mary Ann Bernadette Helen Therese Juanita Oliva Alice Louise Harriet Lucille Henrietta Celeste Corolla Constance Cecile Margaret Rose Eugene Yvonne Florentine Lolita Grace Isabelle Henning.

Sources:

  • “What’s in Name? This Baby Given 24 for a Starter.” Milwaukee Journal 11 Nov. 1946: 1.
  • “Had Plenty of Names.” Beaver Valley Times 1 Nov. 1946: 3.

Popular baby names in Northern Territory (Australia), 2016

According to the government of Northern Territory, Australia, the most popular baby names in NT in 2016 were again Charlotte and Jack.

Here are Northern Territory’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2016:

Girl Names
1. Charlotte, 31 baby girls
2. Emily, 17
3. Ava, 14 [tie]
4. Sophie, 14 [tie]
5. Amelia, 13 [tie]
6. Grace, 13 [tie]
7. Olivia, 13 [tie]
8. Scarlett, 13 [tie]
9. Ella, 12 [tie]
10. Isabella, 12 [tie]

Boy Names
1. Jack, 26 baby boys
2. Noah, 22
3. Charlie, 20 [tie]
4. Oliver, 20 [tie]
5. James, 19
6. Jacob, 18
7. William, 15
8. Eli, 14 [tie]
9. Nathan, 14 [tie]
10. Max, 13

In 18th place on the girls’ list — and appearing for the first time in any Northern Territory top 20 (since 2002, anyway) — was Billie, with 8 baby girls. In the U.S., in contrast, Billie is sitting just outside the top 2,000.

Here are Northern Territory’s 2015 rankings.

Source: Popular Baby Names – NT.GOV.AU