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the Guardian has published the most popular baby names in Australia since the '30s (500 each for boys/girls). top are as you'd expect.

Posted by mafic Jan 12 '23, 18:56

bottom of the list for boys:
Kobi
Ashleigh
Quentin
Sidney
Con
Xander
Athanasios
Kayden
Gilbert
Terrance

Girls:
Anne-Marie
Gaynor
Anthea
Teagan
Lucinda
Indie
Daniela
Winifred
Faith
Charlee

Others of note: Maverick is tied with Jonah at 441st for boys, just above Greg, and below Vasilos, Koa, and Garth. Phoenix is 276 for boys, right around the same spot as Dane and Jude.
Gary: 57, Garry: 117, Gareth: 391
Bruce: 91, Kylie: 31, Sheila: not listed!

also I suspect they didn't check the list particularly thoroughly, because Unnamed is 195th for boys and 299th for girls.

Responses:

Unnamed could be from deaths at childbirth -- nm - zork Jan 12, 22:40 2
- I suspect a paperwork thing, since it peaked at 0.6% in the mid-60s. -- nm - mafic Jan 12, 23:06
- Or just not decided when the birth certificate was filed. -- nm - Meg Jan 12, 23:04
also mildly interesting: the top 50 names currently account for ~13% of all names, down from a high of just over 50% in ~1982. -- nm - mafic Jan 12, 20:28 1
- sure, with all the kids named Xanthorrhea running around these days -- nm - prayformojo Jan 12, 20:30
Gary and Bruce in the top 100 is exactly what I was expecting. Anne-Marie is at the bottom for girls? -- (edited) - Krusty Jan 12, 20:14 1
- looks like it had a very low peak here between about 1960 and 1985. -- nm - mafic Jan 12, 20:27

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the Guardian has published the most popular baby names in Australia since the '30s (500 each for boys/girls). top are as you'd expect.

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