Top ten boy names in 2010 in your state

Baby boy name trends across Australia can be a bit predicable. In 2010 Jack remains very popular, in the top three in every state across Australia except in the ACT where it is fourth.

Looking further into each state government’s lists of popular baby boy name trends found on the web the following are some insights gained from the 2010 figures.

Oliver is popular across the country except in NT. It is in the top three in ACT, NSW, TAS and WA, and midway in QLD, SA and VIC.

Conversely, Cooper is only popular in QLD where it has been in first position for the last two years. It is not on the top ten lists in ACT, NT, SA, TAS and WA, and is low down the lists in VIC and NSW.

Likewise, Jacob is only popular in NT where it is ranked second. No other state has it on their top ten lists except WA where it is at the bottom.

William is still in the top three, where it has been for years, in ACT, NSW, SA, TAS, QLD, and VIC. However, it is at the bottom of the list in WA and eighth in NT.

Joshua’s popularity is varied. It is ranked third in SA, midway in VIC, NT and NSW, towards the end of WA, and not ranked in QLD.

ACT Top Ten Boy’s Names 2010

1. Oliver
2. William
3. Lachlan
4. Jack
5. Alexander
6. Ethan
7. James
8. Liam & Thomas
10. Lucas

NSW Top Ten Boy’s Names 2010

1. William
2. Jack
3. Oliver
4. Joshua
5. Thomas
6. Lachlan
7. Cooper
8. Noah
9. Ethan
10. Lucas

NT Top Ten Boy’s Names 2010

1. Jack
2. Jacob
3. Lachlan & Thomas
5. Charlie, James & Joshua
8. William
9. Ethan & Noah

QLD Top Ten Boy’s Names 2010

1. Cooper
2. William
3. Jack
4. Noah
5. Lachlan
6. Oliver
7. Riley
8. Thomas
9. Samuel
10. Ethan

SA Top Ten Boy’s Names 2010

1. Jack
2. William
3. Joshua
4. Oliver
5. Lachlan
6. Ethan
7. Lucas
8. Riley
9. James
10. Max

TAS Top Ten Boy’s Names 2010

1. Oliver
2. Thomas
3. Jack & William
5. Noah
6. Charlie
7. Lucas & Riley
9. Tyler

10. James

VIC Top Ten Boy’s Names 2010

1. Jack
2. William
3. Thomas
4. Oliver
5. Joshua
6. James
7. Ethan
8. Noah
9. Cooper
10. Max

WA Top Ten Boy’s Names in 2010

1. Jack
2. Oliver
3. Lucas
4. James
5. Noah
6. Thomas
7. Ethan & Riley
9. Joshua
10. Jacob

 

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