The UK stats for 2007 most popular baby names have been released. The number one boys name for five years running is Jack. Big surprise to me was the name Alfie to hit the top ten this year, although it has been in the top hundred for the past five years.

Check out the boys names here, and the girls names here.

I'm also surprised that Tilly and Martha made it to the top 100 girls names, while Freddie, Theo and Louie made it to the top 100 boys names.

If you can't be bothered clicking, here's a snapshot of the 2007 top ten (excuse the formatting, Blogger is not table-friendly):

Boys
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
1 JACK JACK JACK JACK JACK
2 JOSHUA JOSHUA JOSHUA THOMAS THOMAS
3 THOMAS THOMAS THOMAS JOSHUA OLIVER
4 JAMES JAMES JAMES OLIVER JOSHUA
5 DANIEL DANIEL OLIVER HARRY HARRY
6 OLIVER SAMUEL DANIEL JAMES CHARLIE
7 BENJAMIN OLIVER SAMUEL WILLIAM DANIEL
8 SAMUEL WILLIAM WILLIAM SAMUEL WILLIAM
9 WILLIAM BENJAMIN HARRY DANIEL JAMES
10 JOSEPH JOSEPH JOSEPH CHARLIE ALFIE

Girls
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
1 EMILY EMILY JESSICA OLIVIA GRACE
2 ELLIE ELLIE EMILY GRACE RUBY
3 CHLOE JESSICA SOPHIE JESSICA OLIVIA
4 JESSICA SOPHIE OLIVIA RUBY EMILY
5 SOPHIE CHLOE CHLOE EMILY JESSICA
6 MEGAN LUCY ELLIE SOPHIE SOPHIE
7 LUCY OLIVIA GRACE CHLOE CHLOE
8 OLIVIA CHARLOTTE LUCY LUCY LILY
9 CHARLOTTE KATIE CHARLOTTE LILY ELLA
10 HANNAH MEGAN KATIE ELLIE AMELIA

First Fleet series: females on the Prince of Wales

The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 ships carrying convicts from Great Britain to Australia in 1787. This is the fourth post in a series collating first names of convicts on the First Fleet.

There were 50 female convicts aboard the Prince of Wales, with the following names:

Mary x 12
Ann x 6
Elizabeth x 6
Jane x 5
Susannah x 3
Sarah x 2
Catherine x 2
Frances x 2
Esther
Ruth
Rebecca
Margaret
Deborah
Phebe
Ellen / Eleanor
Caroline
Flora / Laura
Martha
Lydia
Ellen / Esther


Data courtesy of University of Wollongong.

First fleet series: females on the Lady Penrhyn

The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 ships carrying convicts from Great Britain to Australia in 1787. This is the third post in a series collating first names of convicts on the First Fleet.

There were 102 females aboard the Lady Penrhyn, with the following names:

Mary x 31
Ann x 19
Elizabeth x 17
Sarah x 7
Margaret x 3
Jane x 3
Catherine x 3
Martha x 3
Susannah x 2
Charlotte x 2
Phebe
Eleanor
Sophia
Amelia
Tamasin
Rebecca
Frances
Olive
Maria
Dorothy
Esther
Hannah
Isabella
Lucy
Nancy


Data courtesy of University of Wollongong.

First Fleet series: females on the Friendship

The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 ships carrying convicts from Great Britain to Australia in 1787. This is the second post in a series collating first names of convicts on the First Fleet.

There were 21 females aboard the Friendship. Given names as follows:

Elizabeth x 8
Susannah x 2
Mary x 2
Ann
Rachel
Hannah
Margaret
Frances
Sarah
Isabella
Jane
Charlotte


Data courtesy of University of Wollongong.

First Fleet series: females on the Charlotte

The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 ships carrying convicts from Great Britain to Australia in 1787. This is the first post in a series collating first names of convicts on the First Fleet.

There were 20 female convicts aboard the Charlotte, with the following names:

Mary x 5
Ann x 4
Jane x 3
Elizabeth x 2
Hannah x 2
Margaret x 2
Catherine
Frances (Fanny)

No doubt Catherine and Frances felt pretty unique.

Data courtesy of University of Wollongong.