The most popular names given to newborns in NSW for the past year have been recently revealed by the state’s Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

And based on the report, it seems that we’ll be meeting a whole lot more of Olivers and Olivias in the future…

Since 2014, the name Oliver has held the top place for the most popular name given to baby boys. Meanwhile, the name Olivia has only remained within the top five names given to baby girls, never taking the first spot – until last year.

Following them up are Noah, Jack and William for boys, and Amelia, Charlotte and Isla for girls.

For the first time ever, the names Theodore and Levi entered the top 10 names given to boys, while the name Matilda is the first-timer among the top 10 list for girls.

Upon closer inspection of the list, we can also see that simple two-syllable names like Ava, Mia, Chloe, Ella and Lily dominate the girls' list (with many of them ending with an 'A'). Similarly, Noah, Henry, Lucas and Leo also landed in the top 10 for boys.

NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages listed the top 100 baby names for the past year. Credit: Shutterstock/Ratchat.​

To access the full list, check out this hyperlink here. Here are the top ten names in NSW for babies born in 2021:

Top 10 names for baby girls:

1. Olivia
2. Amelia
3. Charlotte
4. Isla
5. Ava
6. Mia
7. Grace
8. Chloe
9. Matilda
10. Ella

Top 10 names for baby boys:

1. Oliver
2. Noah
3. Jack
4. William
5. Henry
6. Leo
7. Lucas
8. Theodore
9. Levi
10. Liam

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, parents are more likely to choose a popular name for a boy, with the top 100 boys' names accounting for 42 per cent of all boys born last year. For girls, it was 38 per cent.

Over the past years, there has also been a continuing trend of parents opting to give their newborns "unique" names, rather than popular ones.

Some choose to give their children surnames as first names, such as Hudson, Harrison, Cooper, Hunter, Archer, Logan, Jackson, Carter, Lincoln, Spencer and Tyler for boys, or Harper, Mackenzie, Riley and Quinn for girls.

Meanwhile, there are those who choose to give their newborn (especially if she's a girl) a botanical name such as Willow, Lily, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Olive, Rose, and Jasmine.

Of course, there are also Aussie parents out there who will go out of their way for their children to be unique, going as far as naming them something that others might refer to as "bogan", just like the ones in the video below:

Credit: TODAY.​

What do you think, folks? Was this list entirely different from how it was back then?

When you named your children, did you also refer to the popular ones at the time?

 

[Thecheesequeen]

I would say that, when naming children, remember they are the ones who will have to live with the name (and the spelling) forever.

 

[Jill57]

I would say that, when naming children, remember they are the ones who will have to live with the name (and the spelling) forever.

also it is difficult for teachers with diferent ways of spelling one name.