Below I have compiled the combined spellings for the Top Baby Names in England and Wales, 2009. To make it neater I have just listed the most popular spelling of the name. For example, Millie ranks higher than the spelling Milly so 'Millie' is listed below, however they have both been counted under the name.
The number in brackets shows the names' original rank.
Top 100 with combined spellings:
1. Lily (8) +7
2. Olivia (1) -1
3. Ruby (2) -1
4. Emily (4) 0
5. Chloe (3) -2
6. Sophie (5) -1
7. Amelia (9) +2
8. Jessica (6) -2
9. Grace (7) -2
10. Isabelle (17) +7
11. Evie (10) -1
12. Amy (28) +16
13. Ella (13) 0
14. Holly (19) +5
15. Mia (11) -4
16. Ava (12) -4
17. Lucy (16) -1
18. Isabella (15) -3
19. Charlotte (14) -5
20. Sophia (35) +15
21. Ellie (27) +6
22. Daisy (18) -4
23. Scarlett (25) -2
24. Maisie (34) +10
25. Millie (26) +1
26. Lexi (47) +21
27. Jasmine (37) +10
28. Freya (21) -7
29. Layla (48) +19
30. Poppy (22) -8
31. Megan (20) -11
32. Maya (66) +34
33. Hannah (29) -4
34. Summer (24) -10
35. Alisha (96) +61
36. Phoebe (23) -13
37. Katie (31) -6
38. Molly (40) +2
39. Caitlin (58) +19
40. Isla (30) -10
41. Madison (59) +18
42. Keira (63) +21
43. Erin (33) -10
44. Eva (38) -6
45. Imogen (32) -13
46. Abigail (36) -10
47. Leah (44) -3
48. Brooke (39) -9
49. Lola (42) -7
50. Emma (41) -9
51. Eleanor (56) +5
52. Sarah (79) +27
53. Elizabeth (43) -10
54. Niamh (76) +22
55. Matilda (46) -9
56. Zara (75) +19
57. Sienna (49) -8
58. Darcey (107) +49
59. Lacey (67) +8
60. Gracie (54) -6
61. Aisha (101) +40
62. Alice (50) -12
63. Georgia (55) -8
64. Amber (52) -12
65. Casey (159) +94
66. Bethany (53) -13
67. Amelie (57) -10
68. Skye (71) +3
69. Annabelle (105) +36
70. Anna (64) -6
71. Lauren (61) -10
72. Rosie (62) -10
73. Maryam (102) +29
74. Macey (148) +74
75. Tia (72) -3
76. Aaliyah (132) +56
77. Paige (65) -12
78. Rebecca (77) -1
79. Libby (78) -1
80. Faith (73) -7
81. Tilly (86) +5
82. Alexandra (87) +5
83. Zoe (83) 0
84. Maria (93) +9
85. Evelyn (85) 0
86. Florence (80) -6
87. Tegan (137) +50
88. Abbie (117) +29
89. Martha (81) -8
90. Julia (84) -6
91. Esme (95) +4
92. Harriet (89) -3
93. Madeleine (123) +30
94. Victoria (102) +8
95. Miley (104) +9
96. Nicole (88) -8
97. Gabriella (106) +9
98. Lydia (91) -7
99. Fatima (134) +35
100. Alyssa (168) +68
In this combined list Darcey, Aisha, Casey, Annabelle, Maryam, Macey, Aaliyah, Tegan, Abbie, Madeleine, Victoria, Miley, Gabriella, Fatima and Alyssa all move into the top 100 while Eve, Francesca, Rose and Heidi drop out.
Below the top 100 the following names made the biggest jumps:
104. Taylor (150) +46
108. Katherine (169) +61
111. Lyla (188) +77
112. Kara (197) +85
118. Aleena (190) +72
119. Kelsey (183) +64
I next put names into family/etymological groups - e.g. Sophie & Sophia, Isabelle & Isabella etc.
Top 20 'family' names grouped:
1. Emily/Emilia/Amelie/Amelia
2. 'Lil' names (Lily/Lilia/Lilian/Liliana etc)
3. Ella/Ellie/Eleanor
4. Sophia/Sophie
5. Isabelle/Isabella
6. 'Ev' names (Evie/Eve/Eva/Evelyn/Evelina/Evangeline etc)
7. 'Lex' names (Lexi/Alexandra/Alexa/Alexis etc)
8. 'Liv' names (Olivia, Olive, Livia etc)
9. Grace/Gracie/Graciela
10. Mia/Maya
11. Caitlin/Katherine/Katie/Kate
12. Ruby/Rubina
13. Chloe
14. Jessica/Jessie/Jess
15. Alice/Alicia/Alyssa
16. Elizabeth/Eiza/Elsa/Elsie/Lizzy/Libby/Betty/Bess
17. Charlotte/Charlie/Lottie/Lotta
18. 'Luc' names (Lucy/Luciana/Lucia/Lucinda/Lucille etc)
19. Amy
20. Holly
NOTE: There is a strong trend of hyphen names at the moment (Lily-Ella, Molly-Sue, Daisy-May, Chloe-Anne etc) and all these count as separate names in the data. As well as combining the different spellings, I have also taken the first name of each hyphen name and added with the others. So for example, all the Mollie-Mae entries got added to the Molly count.
