Top baby names of 2009
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Topic: Top baby names of 2009
Posted By: littleLittle
Subject: Top baby names of 2009
Date Posted: 05 January 2010 at 5:55pm
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Just came across this article on Stuff. Only has the top 10 for each but interesting for a look. Jack and Sophie take it out again!!
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/3207289/Top-baby-names-for-2009 - Top baby names 2009 ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 05 January 2010 at 6:08pm
Yay! My name is holding strong! 
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 05 January 2010 at 7:05pm
oh boo! Thomas is the only boy's name we like and I don't want it to become too popular  -------------  
 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 05 January 2010 at 7:23pm
I don't think MamaPickle will make it to the top list for a while yet poppet , maybe in 10 years tho, people are getting braver ! ------------- 
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MamaPickle wrote:Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 05 January 2010 at 8:53pm
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I am quite relieved Madison is only number 20 (although that doesn't include all the Maddisons) in the world it was something like number 3.
I am also quite happy to see Keiras name up the list too so at least both out girls have fairly common names and we were just as mean to both of them. It is interesting seeing how the list compares to the babies born on OhBaby, I have definately seen quite a few Sophie's, Isabellas, Olivias.... and the boys names too. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 05 January 2010 at 9:21pm
| Where can we find the whole list of top 100 names? |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 05 January 2010 at 9:29pm
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Found the whole lists!
http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_images/news2010/pdf_documents/top_100_baby_girls_names_new_zealand.pdf - Top girls names http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_images/news2010/pdf_documents/top_100_baby_boys_names_new_zealand.pdf - Top Boys names |
Posted By: Richie
Date Posted: 05 January 2010 at 10:15pm
Kellz - its good to see that the name Isla is obviously well liked but still not too common  It was the only girls name to be added to the Top 30 list. Up 20 places from 2008! Not a bad achievement! Glad we chose that name cause the other 3 names we were thinking of were Olivia, Ella and Sophie and they are the Top 3!!! (not in that order tho)-------------  
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 05 January 2010 at 11:06pm
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Dumb lol, I chose Isabella cos it wasnt that common and aparently it actually is, its number 4! ------------- |
Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 05 January 2010 at 11:38pm
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urgh, can't make the links work :( too tired to google. I don't think that my girls name's are overly popular. At least not the way we spelled them. When I named Ethan I didn't know any, turns out it was one of the top most popular names of 06 lol ------------- Captain Chaos (5) & the Trouble Monsters (2!) 
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 06 January 2010 at 8:35am
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Wow Ruby has shot up the list.
And DH thought it was a Nanna's name and she would be teased... shows him! (no offence to any ruby's I personal LOVE the name if anyone remembers my thread about it last year). Oh and I cant open the second links either -------------   
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 06 January 2010 at 8:49am
| I think I have fixed the links to the full lists- let me know if they still dont work! |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 06 January 2010 at 10:24am
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My fav Boys name has been in the top 10 for the last 100 years no surprises their, neither of my fav girls names are in the top ten. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 06 January 2010 at 10:29am
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I'd be interested to know how many babies with the favourite names it takes to make the top 100. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 06 January 2010 at 2:36pm
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lol this baby will be Liam Benjamin..both in top ten..and Ethan is Ethan Daniel..hehe:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 06 January 2010 at 2:39pm
If you look at the list with the top 100 it shows the number of each name registered. I think there were 380(something) Sophies and 345 Jacks. -------------
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 06 January 2010 at 2:51pm
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we tried to avoid names that were too common but didnt want really crazy names wither. i cant seem to find mack on there, but that be cos we spelt it different. our short list this time is Finn (#36), Eli (not there) and Hunter (#17). those numbers are at the highest though, im surprised hunter was so high. thats our favorite at the moment :)
we never had girls name cos we were hoping for boys so figured we'd look at them closer to the time if we had a gril. lol ------------- 
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Posted By: _Deb_
Date Posted: 06 January 2010 at 5:10pm
Same here. Sucks aye. lol. It was one of my favourite names but then Twilight came out and i knew it would become popular so i decided not to use it. But then when she was born i was like screw it i'm still using it. lol. Plus it's the only name me and DP could agree on. ------------- 
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 06 January 2010 at 5:29pm
If the links about still don't work, delete the extra "http://" after you've clicked on it I managed to see them. Was surprised that Callum was on the list, but pretty far down. We also wanted a name that wasn't too "different" but wasn't really common. I had 3 other Sarah's in my class in primary school  ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 06 January 2010 at 8:36pm
Morgan isn't in the top 100 - I didn't think it was that uncommon .... although we have had ALOT of comments about it being unusual after she was born. I didn't think it was unusual, I wasn't trying to be different, we just couldn't agree on anything else.  ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 06 January 2010 at 10:28pm
Just saw your ticker (and your comment ) you're having another boy ! yay !!! thats fantastic, congratulations  -------------
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Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 08 January 2010 at 11:39am
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I haven't looked at all the list but haven't seen any of our children's names on there! Although I think the name we've picked for this one is or would be. ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: NZ-rules
Date Posted: 08 January 2010 at 2:28pm
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Thanks for these lists! It's helped us rule out a few names as one of my requirements is a name that's not in the top 50! ------------- 
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