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Popularity of the baby name Ruby


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Popular baby names in New South Wales (Australia), 2014

According to the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, the most popular baby names in New South Wales, Australia, in 2014 were Oliver and Olivia.

Here are NSW’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2014:

Girl names

  1. Olivia, 630 baby girls
  2. Mia, 525
  3. Charlotte, 516
  4. Amelia, 492
  5. Ava, 479
  6. Emily, 435
  7. Chloe, 424
  8. Ruby, 405
  9. Isabella, 395
  10. Sophie, 391

Boy names

  1. Oliver, 657 baby boys
  2. William, 621
  3. Noah, 544
  4. Jack, 531
  5. James, 472
  6. Lucas, 468
  7. Thomas, 458
  8. Alexander, 439
  9. Ethan, 413
  10. Liam, 406

Last year, the top two names were Charlotte and William.

In the boys’ top 10, Alexander in Ethan replaced Lachlan and Cooper.

The girls’ top 10 contains the same names as last year, but in a different order. Ruby, the #1 name in 2012, dropped to 10th in 2013 but rebounded slightly to 8th in 2014.

Here are NSW’s top baby names of 2012.

Source: Popular Baby Names, 2010s (PDF)

Popular baby names in Tasmania, 2014

According to data from the Tasmanian government, the most popular baby names in Tasmania in 2014 were Charlotte and Oliver.

Here are Tasmania’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2014:

Girl NamesBoy Names
1. Charlotte
2. Sophie
3. Ruby
4. Mia
5. Isla
6. Grace
7. Amelia
8. Matilda
9. Olivia
10. Lucy		1. Oliver
2. Jack
3. William
4. Mason
5. Thomas
6. Lachlan
7. Max
8. Logan
9. Noah
10. Charlie

Isla and Olivia replaced Ella and Zoe in the girls’ top 10, and Lachlan, Max and Logan replaced Hunter, Cooper and Lucas in the boys’ top 10.

For a more in-depth look at the rankings, check out Anna’s recent post on the Tasmanian baby names.

Source: Tasmanian top baby names – Tasmanian Government

Popular baby names in Queensland (Australia), 2014

According to data from Queensland Government, the most popular baby names in Queensland in 2014 were Olivia and Oliver.

Here are Queensland’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2014:

Girl namesBoy names
1. Olivia
2. Charlotte
3. Mia
4. Ruby
5. Sophie
6. Ava
7. Emily
8. Amelia
9. Chloe
10. Isabella		1. Oliver
2. William
3. Jack
4. Noah
5. Harrison
6. Thomas
7. Hunter
8. Cooper
9. Lucas
10. James

Olivia jumped from 7th place to 1st, knocking Charlotte out of the top spot.

Chloe replaced Ella in the girls’ top 10.

Hunter, Lucas and James replaced Ethan, Lachlan and Joshua in the boys’ top 10.

Here are Queensland’s rankings for 2013, 2012, and 2011.

Sources: Queensland’s top baby names for 2014 revealed, 2014 Top 100 Baby Names

Popular baby names in South Australia, 2014

According to data from Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Office, the most popular baby names in South Australia in 2014 were Charlotte and Oliver.

Here are SA’s top 10 girl names and top 10 11 boy names of 2014:

Girl namesBoy names
1. Charlotte, 128 baby girls
2. Grace, 116
3. Chloe, 111
4. Olivia, 109
5. Emily, 106
6. Ava, 103
7. Sophie, 102
8. Amelia, 101 (tie)
9. Mia, 101 (tie)
10. Isabella, 89		1. Oliver, 184 baby boys
2. Jack, 132
3. William, 128
4. Lucas, 124
5. Noah, 112
6. James, 107
7. Lachlan, 93
8. Harrison, 89
9. Charlie, 87 (tie)
10. Liam, 87 (tie)
11. Max, 87 (tie)

Olivia replaced Ruby (which dropped from the 3rd to 13th) in the girls’ top 10.

Harrison replaced Ethan in the boys’ top 10.

Here are South Australia’s rankings for 2012. If you want data going back to the 1940s, download the “Most Popular Baby Names (1944-2013)” file from the Popular Baby Names page of the South Australian Government Data Directory.

Sources: Top 50 names for boys and girls by year, New Name Data Available: Complete Name Data From South Australia, 1944-2013