I am a COMPLETE anorak where it comes to statistics so really found this exercise interesting! I looked at the top 10 baby names for boys (girls will follow shortly!) for 4 different years - 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016. Here they are:
| |
2001 |
2006 |
2011 |
2016 |
| 1 |
Jack |
Sean |
Jack |
James |
| 2 |
Sean |
Jack |
James |
Jack |
| 3 |
Adam |
Conor |
Sean |
Daniel |
| 4 |
Conor |
Adam |
Daniel |
Conor |
| 5 |
James |
James |
Conor |
Sean |
| 6 |
Cian |
Daniel |
Ryan |
Noah |
| 7 |
David |
Luke |
Adam |
Adam |
| 8 |
Dylan |
Cian |
Harry |
Oisin |
| 9 |
Luke |
Michael |
Michael |
Michael |
| 10 |
Michael |
Jamie |
Alex |
Luke |
|
A few interesting observations:
- 6 names (Jack, Sean, Adam, Conor, James and Michael) have been in the top 10 for all of the 4 years
- David, Dylan and Cian seem to have reduced slightly in popularity more recently
- Daniel was not in top 10 in 2001 but has been there for the other 3 years
- Ryan, Harry & Alex entered top 10 in 2011 but didn't feature last year
- Noah and Oisin have become popular more recently, featuring the top 10 in 2016 but not in the other 3 years which I looked at.
And just in case you're interested, the 5 LEAST popular names for each of the years were as follows:
2001: Calum, Bobby, Sebastian, Daithi, Patryk
2006: Filip, Glen, Kacper, Szymon, Jayden
2011: Glen, Ian, Neil, Emmanuel, Keith
2016: Zach, Jason, Sebastian, Dara, Isaac
