The Top Baby Names Of 2011 - REVEALED..!

BOUNTY, the UK’s biggest parenting club, has released the top baby names of 2011. This is based on information gathered from a national survey of 434,756 babies born to members of the Bounty Parenting Club in 2011. The surprising results can now be viewed online.

Bounty has also broken down the most popular baby names of 2011 by boys names and girls names, adding to its already extensive online resources available for expectant parents searching for the best names for their new arrival.

Bounty found that Harry has taken over from Oliver as the most popular boys' name in Britain; and Jack, which was in 2nd place in 2010 also leapt above Oliver, which slipped down to 3rd place, Bounty has revealed.

Perhaps it was only a matter of time before the moniker, shared by hard partying Prince Harry and the popular and fictitious magician Harry Potter, knocked Oliver off its number one spot.

In our baby girls name list, Olivia remains top, despite strong competition from Lily which climbed one place to 2nd, while Sophie slipped from 2nd to 3rd place.

Tommy was the biggest climber among the boy's names, springing from 131st place last year to 66th this time round, an improvement of 65 places. Jackson also made huge leaps, rising from 128th in 2010 to 75th.

Among the higher rankings, Riley is now becoming a massively popular baby boys name, climbing 16 spots from 25th to ninth place. Jenson, obviously inspired by the success of British F1 ace Jenson Button, rose 30 places from 99th to 69th.

Among the girls, Eliza is the biggest climber leaping from 141st to 84th. Willow also enjoyed a good year climbing 31 places from 108th to 77th. Sofia rose from 78th to 53rd, while Julia, which has only been in the top 100 for 5 years, leapt 22 spots to 63rd.

Bella and Esme, characters played by Kristen James Stewart and Elizabeth Reaser respectively in teen Vampire films Twilight, have both risen well this year. The baby name Bella soared 27 places from 98 to 71 while Esme climbed 10 places from 82th to
72th.

Amid the higher ranks Sophia, the name of Abbey Clancy and Peter Crouch's daughter, climbed 14 spots to 14th place while Layla enjoyed similar success rising to 29th. Katie, Amy and Lauren are falling dramatically in the girls list while Cameron, Conor. Reece and Bailey are on the wane in the boys list.

Lisa Penney, spokesmum for Bounty said:- "Our records show that parents are continuing to be influenced by popular cultureand celebrity fads. Today’s baby name trends are changing more quickly and baby names that seem relatively unusual and quirky can quickly become mainstream and common in the classroom. For example, ten years ago the name Ruby was relatively unheard of as a baby girl’s name, yet these days Ruby is regularly ranked in the top 10. Likewise for boys, a decade ago the name Riley would have rarely been considered, yet this year it’s also leapt into the top 10 most popular boys’ names. Common baby naming tips often warn against calling your baby something too trendy, unpronounceable or difficult to spell. But, in general whatever name you give your child they always grow up to make it their own."

Surprisingly, Harriet has crept back into the top 100 girls' names moving up from 110th spot to 97th, while Elise is also a newcomer to the top 100, as is Emilia.

Baby girls names to drop out of the top 100 are Tia which fell 26th places to 101st, Scarlett fell 29 places to 103rd while Aimee dropped 27 places to 107th. New entries among the boys included Jackson at 75th place, Dexter at 79th and Rory at 85th.

In and around the top ten Daniel fell from ninth to 15th and Jacob, perhaps as a nod to Twilight's Jacob Black, crept in at number 6th from No 11th last year.

Editorial Note for 2012

HAPPY New Year to all our readers. We were going to do a prediction in this edition, but we want to give you a last opportunity to contribute. So if you have any predictions for 2012, now it is here, let us know. So far the Forum of Private Business has said that:- "Clearly 2012 will again be challenging. If a ‘double dip’ recession is to be avoided we must create the conditions necessary to fuel small business growth. Confidence is low but, despite the difficulties they face, there is some optimism among small business owners. More than a quarter of our members surveyed recently plan to grow in the next 6 months. Some are even reporting stronger orders and turnover compared to this time last year." Like many they hope that events such as the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, football’s Euro 2012 and of course the London Olympics and Paralympics will provide a few of the economic ‘bounces’ the UK. So what do you, our readers think?

We can say that this year will be a major year for the UK and we want to know if you think it will be a good year or a bad year... Email us to:- news24@southportreporter.com. The final cut off for being included will be 12 noon on Tuesday, 10 January 2011.