| The answer to the question is; well, it
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| | It will be interesting to see how this
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| depends on who you ask and where you
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| | site's top ten lists compare with the
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| live. In the good old US of A, at the
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| | official 2005 lists:
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| time of writing (February 2006), the
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| | The site's top ten lists for 2005 were as
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| official figures were not yet published.
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| | follows:
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| It therefore remains to be seen whether
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| | Boys: Aidan, Jacob, Ethan, Nicholas,
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| the top two names of 2004, Jacob and
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| | Matthew, Ryan, Tyler, Jack, Joshua ,
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| Emily, will retain their positions as the
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| | Andrew.
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| top baby names of 2005.
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| | Girls: Emma, Emily, Madison, Kaitlyn,
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| Americans retain a very traditional
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| | Sophia, Isabella, Olivia, Hannah,
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| attitude to naming their children and
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| | Makayla, Ava.
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| those two names have actually been at the
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| | While we wait, let's see what the most
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| top of the official list since 1999, the
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| | popular 2005 baby names were in the UK.
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| first year that Jacob beat Michael to the
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| | Looking at the 2005 official girls' names
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| number one spot. Emily has been the most
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| | list, we see that Emily, which was the
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| popular baby girl name every year since
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| | most popular name in the UK as well as
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| 1996!
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| | the US in 2003 and 2004, was replaced in
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| In fact, the top 10 most popular baby
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| | 2005 by Jessica - a name which has been
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| names have hardly changed since the
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| | steadily increasing in popularity in the
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| beginning of the decade. The full lists
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| | UK since the beginning of the century.
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| for 2004 were:
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| | However, in the boys' list, the name Jack
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| Boys:
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| | firmly held onto the top place it has
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| Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew, Ethan,
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| | held for the whole of the last 11 years.
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| Andrew, Daniel, William, Joseph,
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| | The full top ten lists in the UK for 2005
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| Christopher.
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| | were:
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| Girls:
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| | Boys:
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| Emily, Emma, Madison, Olivia, Hannah,
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| | Jack, Joshua, Thomas, James, Oliver,
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| Abigail, Isabella, Ashley, Samantha,
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| | Daniel, Samuel, William, Harry, Joseph
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| Elizabeth.
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| | Girls:
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| As you can see, these are 2 lists of very
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| | Jessica, Emily, Sophie, Olivia, Chloe,
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| traditional names and very much based
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| | Ellie, Grace, Lucy, Charlotte, Katie.
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| around biblical names - particularly in
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| | Reflecting the general trends for more
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| the case of the boys' names.
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| | adventurous naming of baby girls, rather
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| So what can we expect for 2005? Well, in
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| | than baby boys, it seems that Jack reigns
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| the absence of official figures, one
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| | supreme, while there has been yet another
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| indicator comes from a very popular baby
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| | change at the top of the girls' list.
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| name website that has conducted a poll
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| | However, the indications are that the
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| which suggests that in 2005, Jacob and
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| | popularity of Jack is decreasing and it
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| Emily will be beaten into second place by
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| | is a fair bet that it will lose its top
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| Aidan and Emma. Whilst Emma has been
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| | spot in 2006.
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| fighting with Emily for top spot for the
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| | In the meantime, any bets on the most
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| last 3 years (and even sounds very
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| | popular US baby names for 2005? It's fun
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| similar), the sudden popularity of Aidan
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| | to follow the trends and changes, but if
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| is much more surprising, since it was at
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| | you are looking for a name for a
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| number 40 in the official 2004 list.
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| | soon-to-be or new baby, just remember
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| However, perhaps we shouldn't read too
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| | that you don't have to be a slave to
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| much into this, since Aidan was at number
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| | tradition, or popularity. Why not strike
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| 2 in the website's list of the same year.
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| | a blow for individuality - as long as you
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| Obviously that website's member's have a
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| | child won't find it embarrassing in later
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| particular liking for Aidan!
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| | life...
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