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Popularity of the baby name Mason


Posts that mention the name Mason

Popular baby names in Queensland (Australia), 2017

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

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 New Zealand, 2017

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According to New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs, the most popular baby names in the country in 2017 were Charlotte and Oliver.

Here are New Zealand’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2017:

Girl Names
1. Charlotte, 277 baby girls
2. Harper, 236
3. Isla, 232
4. Olivia, 225
5. Ava, 217
6. Amelia, 215
7. Mia, 205
8. Mila, 201
9. Sophie, 197
10. Emily, 190

Boy Names
1. Oliver, 314 baby boys
2. Jack, 284
3. Noah, 257
4. William, 251
5. Hunter, 245
6. James, 242
7. George, 234
8. Mason, 230
9. Lucas, 227
10. Arlo, 194

In the girls’ top 10, Mila replaced Ella.

In the boys’ top 10, George and Arlo replaced Leo and Max.

Arlo is rising fast — it first entered the top 100 in 2013, and it ranked 23rd in 2016.

Matilda’s upward ride, on the other hand, seems to be over. It slipped from 24th in 2016 to 33rd in 2017. (I mentioned Matilda in the 2016 rankings post.)

Sources: Charlotte, Oliver top the list of New Zealand’s most popular baby names, Most Popular Male and Female First Names

Image: Adapted from Flag of New Zealand (public domain)

Popular baby names in Manitoba (Canada), 2017

According to Manitoba’s Vital Statistics Agency, the most popular baby names in the province last year were Olivia and Liam.

Here are Manitoba’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2017:

Girl names

  1. Olivia, 94 baby girls
  2. Emily, 66
  3. Ava, 60
  4. Emma, 58
  5. Sophia, 56
  6. Abigail, 48
  7. Chloe, 47 (tie)
  8. Charlotte, 47 (tie)
  9. Amelia, 41
  10. Mia, 40

Boy names

  1. Liam, 86 baby boys
  2. Noah, 79
  3. Lucas, 75
  4. Ethan, 65
  5. Benjamin, 61
  6. Lincoln, 59 (tie)
  7. Logan, 59 (tie)
  8. Jacob, 53 (tie)
  9. Mason, 53 (tie)
  10. William, 52

In the girls’ top 10, Mia replaced Hannah.

In the boys’ top 10, Lincoln and Jacob replaced Alexander, Carter, and James. (Two replace three because there was a tie for 10th place the previous year.)

In 2016, the top two names were the same.

These rankings are based on provisional data covering the year up to December 18.

Source: Manitoba’s most popular baby names haven’t changed