The Olivers and the Islas of Australia, take a bow. You formally have the preferred child names of final yr. 1,906 dad and mom opted for the title Oliver for his or her child born in 2023 whereas 1,249 dad and mom went with Isla, in line with the Australian Child Names 2024 report by McCrindle.
Oliver and Isla had been additionally topped the preferred Australian child names 2023 with Amelia, Charlotte, Mia, Ava and Matilda retaining their spots within the high 10.
Newcomers within the high ten for women embrace Harper and Lily whereas the boys’ listing consists of Noah, Henry, Leo, Theodore, Hudson, Luca, William, Charlie and Jack.
Check out the highest 100 Australian child lady and child boy names 2024 version. When you’ve had a child previously 12 months, we’d like to know if their title made the listing!
The High Australian Child Names 2024
The High 100 Child Boy Names 2024
The High 100 Child Woman Names 2024
The Names to Watch
The largest risers
These are the names that had the largest rise throughout the board, shifting up as many as 53 spots. The boys’ listing incorporates a combination of various kinds of names together with retro names, quick names and nicknames. Virtually each huge riser on the lady’s listing is a traditional or classic title. How attention-grabbing!
BOYS:
- Miles
- Tommy
- August
- Ollie
- Finley
- Spencer
- Jude
- Rory
- Koa
- Isaiah
GIRLS:
- Cleo
- Nina
- Ada
- Lottie
- Maisie
- Margot
- Millie
- Pheobe
- Aubrey
Right here’s the newcomers to the highest 100 child names listing for 2024
BOYS:
- Miles
- Ollie
- Owen
- August
- Myles
GIRLS:
- Lottie
- Cleo
- Riley
- Kaia
- Athena
The Names Shedding Momentum
Whereas some names noticed a mega enhance in recognition, others went down the listing. Under are the names which are not within the high 100 or have had the largest dip. You’ll discover numerous these names had been well-liked within the 2010s period resembling Ashton, Connor, Jaxon and Charlie (lady), Piper and Scarlett. I do know so many children across the ages of 10 to fifteen with these names!
Child names not within the high 100
BOYS:
- Ashton
- Connor
- Vincent
- Elias
- Jaxon
GIRLS:
- Charlie
- Jasmine
- Claire
- Lilly
- Gracie
Child names with the largest drop in place
BOYS:
- Connor
- Charles
- Remy
- Vincent
- Leon
- Joseph
- Hamish
- Harry
- Logan
- Oakley
GIRLS:
- Eden
- Claire
- Gracie
- Piper
- Scarlett
- Quinn
- Addison
- Eva
- Emily
- Madeline
The highest names in every state
No surprises to see Oliver take out the highest spot in nearly each state with Isla, Amelia, Hazel and Charlotte additionally securing a high spot.
- NSW: Oliver and Isla
- Victoria: Oliver and Amelia
- Queensland: Oliver and Isla
- Western Australia: Oliver and Isla
- South Australia: Oliver and Isla
- Tasmania: Oliver and Hazel
- ACT: Henry and Amelia/Charlotte
Northern Territory has not up to date the highest child names from the earlier yr and was not included on this yr’s evaluation.
Australian child names 2024 tendencies
The specialists at McCrindle not solely collect all the info in regards to the high Australian child names 2024 however additionally they analyse the assorted tendencies in child naming. Listed below are the highest tendencies:
1. Basic Names
Sturdy, elegant and traditional names proceed to reign supreme on each lists. On the boys facet, we’ve acquired names like William (#8), Alexander (#21), Harrison (#23), George (#26) and Arthur (#24) and ladies we’ve acquired lovely names like Amelia (#2), Charlotte (#3), Matilda (#7), Sophia (#18) and Audrey (#34).
2. Conventional Christian Names (Boys)
For boys, Christian names are trending together with Noah (#2), Samuel (#44), Isaac (#38), Levi (#12), James (#16), Jacob (#52), Joseph (#83), Daniel (#76) and Ezra (#51).
3. Nicknames as names
Abbreviations of names are not used as merely nicknames, however as names in and of themselves. On the boys’ facet, we’ve acquired Theodore (#5) and Theo (#36), Harrison (#23) and Harry (#35), William (#8) and Billy (#54), Jackson (#60) and Jack (#10), Oliver (#1) and Ollie (#84) and Leonardo (#94) and Leo (#4).
On the ladies’ facet, we’ve acquired Millie (#32) quick for Amelia (#2) or Emilia (#54), Bella (#76) quick for Isabella (#16), Ellie (#28) quick for Eloise (#66), Sophia (#18) and Sofia (#31) quick for Sophie (#17).
4. “I” or “Y” (ladies)
Names that includes the i and y proceed to be a candy spot for folks searching for the right title for his or her little princess. Listed below are a number of the ones that oldsters beloved essentially the most final yr: Isla (#1), Lily (#9), Ivy (#13), Evie (#25), Ruby (#22), Ayla (#42) and Mila (#20).
5. Nature names (ladies)
Nature child names are a typical development so we weren’t shocked to see so many botanical child names on the listing once more. This yr the highest contenders are Lily (#9), Ivy (#13), Willow (#15), Ruby (#22), Daisy (#23), Violet (#24), Luna (#41), Poppy (#46), Summer time (#62), Rose (#85).
6. Gender-neutral names
Names resembling Charlie, Jordan, Riley, Darcy, Logan, Ali, Aiden and Eden are all discovered all through the listing.
