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Most common names last 10 years. Findmypast compared the most popular names for babies born in 1911 1939 and 2015 and revealed William has continuously been the most popular baby name for more than a hundred years. Freya and Lily replaced Emily and Ella in the top 10 girls names while there. These top 10 names for boys and girls in 2015 are a mixture of traditional George William Thomas renaissance names that have come back into fashion Amelia Isabella Harry and.

Overall Most Popular While the names with the most births in the US. The Social Security Administration has released its list of the top baby names of the last decade. Some names prove to have serious staying power like John which made the top 10.

Top 100 boys girls names in the UK 2015 and their historical trend. 102 rows The following table shows the five most frequent given names for male and female babies. The name continues to rise in popularity and is currently the most popular name of the 2010s.

Olivia remained the top name on the girls list while Oliver was the top for boys for the seventh year in a row. Boy names like Russell James and Paul have consistently been popular but boys names like Dylan Brandon and Ethan have had so many babies in just a few years that they made the list. Since 1880 are all easily recognizable some were much more trendy than others.

2 JOHNSON Son of John. 1 SMITH A smith is a craftsman and was used for as an occupational title for many different crafts. I created the chart below to present the 2015 top 10 names for boys and girls along with the journey each name has taken over the last 100 years.

We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency. THE most popular names of the last 500 years have been revealed. 3 WILLIAMS Son or family of William.