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Popular baby names in Northern Territory (Australia), 2017

According to the government of Northern Territory, Australia, the most popular baby names in NT in 2017 were Charlotte and Jack.

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

Girl Names
1. Charlotte, 24 baby girls
2. Olivia, 18
3. Ava, 15
4. Isabella, 15
5. Grace, 14
6. Amelia, 13
7. Mia, 13
8. Ruby, 13
9. Lily, 12
10. Sophie, 12

Boy Names
1. Jack, 27 baby boys
2. Mason, 21
3. Oliver, 20
4. Noah, 18
5. James, 17
6. William, 16
7. Logan, 15
8. Lucas, 15
9. Thomas, 15
10. Elijah, 14

In the girls’ top 10, Mia, Ruby and Lily replaced Emily, Scarlett and Ella.

In the boys’ top 10, Mason, Logan, Lucas, Thomas and Elijah replaced Charlie, Jacob, Eli, Nathan and Max.

In 2016, the top two names were the same.

Source: Popular baby names – NT.GOV.AU

Popular baby names in Prince Edward Island (Canada), 2017

According Prince Edward Island’s Vital Statistics, the most popular baby names on the island in 2017 were Ava and Liam.

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

Girl Names
1. Ava, 11 baby girls
2. Elizabeth & Emma, 8 each (tie)
3. Ella, 7
4. Charlotte, Ellie & Sophia, 6 each (3-way tie)
5. Isla & Lilly, 5 each (tie)
6. Amelia, Aubrey, Lydia, Millie, Ruby & Willow, 4 each (6-way tie)

Boy Names
1. Liam, 12 baby boys
2. Henry & William, 10 each (tie)
3. Jackson, 9
4. Declan & Hudson, 8 each (tie)
5. Grayson & James, 7 each (tie)
6. Jacob, Joseph, Owen & Thomas, 6 each (4-way tie)

These rankings are based on provisional data covering the year up to December 20th.

In 2016, the top two names were Olivia (which is nowhere to be seen on the 2017 list, interestingly) and William.

Source: Here are P.E.I.’s top baby names of 2017

Popular baby names in Western Australia, 2016

According to data from the Western Australia Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, the most popular baby names in Western Australia in 2016 were Charlotte and Jack.

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

Girl Names
1. Charlotte, 127 baby girls
2. Ava, 120
3. Mia, 113
4. Isla, 109
5. Amelia, 107
6. Olivia, 93
7. Ella, 91
8. Harper, 82
9. Grace, 79
10. Evie, 78

Boy Names
1. Jack, 159 baby boys
2. Oliver, 158
3. Noah, 123
4. William, 114
5. Lucas, 100
6. Ethan + James, 98 each (tie)
7. Thomas + Liam, 88 each (tie)
8. Charlie, 85
9. Jacob, 80
10. Mason, 79

In 2015, the top names were Olivia and Oliver.

New to the girls’ list are Ella, Harper and Evie. They replaced Sophie, Ruby, and Chloe.

New to the boys’ list are Lucas, Charlie, and Jacob. Gone from the boys’ list is Lachlan.

Source: Popular Baby Names (Births, Deaths and Marriages)

Popular baby names in South Australia, 2016

According to data released in March by South Australia’s Office of Births, Deaths and Marriages, the most popular baby names in South Australia in 2016 were again Charlotte and Oliver.

Here are South Australia’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2016:

Girl Names
1. Charlotte, 139 baby girls
2. Olivia, 123
3. Ava, 116
4. Mia, 103
5. Amelia, 96
6. Evie, 94
7. Emily, 85
8. Isla, 84
9. Ruby, 81
10. Ella, 80 (tied with #11 Sophie)

Boy Names
1. Oliver, 190 baby boys
2. Jack, 129
3. William, 117
4. James, 100 (2-way tie)
5. Mason, 100 (2-way tie)
6. Henry, 96 (2-way tie)
7. Noah, 96 (2-way tie)
8. Lucas, 93
9. Ethan, 89
10. Liam, 82 (tied with #11 Max)

In the girls’ top 10, Evie, Isla, Ruby and Ella replaced Scarlett, Sophie, Chloe and Grace.

In the boys’ top 10, Mason and Henry replaced Charlie and Thomas.

Here’s a sampling of names from the other end of the list. Each of these was given to a single baby in South Australia last year:

  • Unique Girl Names: Avoca, Bindarray, Clova, Diyo, Ellaline, Fradella, Gladys, Hilivelia, Ilina, Jency, Kabedi, Lomina, Minuli, Nazo, Ottilia, Porphyria, Queen, Rija, Sedra, Taskeen, Uzra, Vaeora, Winterlily, Xindi, Yilia, Zarlie
  • Unique Boy Names: Axelian, Boris, Callington, Dipson, Elio, Finlo, Gino, Hyson, Ivor, Jeffen, Kenula, Lison, Morley, Noam, Oxled, Penn, Quade, Reef, Salem, Tully, Uzziah, Valan, Walt, Xinze, York, Zarlo

Finally, here are the 2015 rankings, if you’d like to compare.

Sources: Popular Baby Names – Data.SA, Can you spell that please? – popular baby names in 2016