The NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages announced that Axel and Hallie had raced up the popularity charts for the top 100 most popular baby names in 2020, albeit in a year that fewer babies were born overall.
According to Attorney General Mark Speakman, the State welcomed 88,577 new babies in 2020, down from the 93,078 who made their presence known in 2019.
“In 2020, Oliver claimed the prime position for the boys for the seventh straight year, followed by Noah and William,” Mr Speakman said.
“Amelia took out the girls’ top spot ahead of Olivia, while Charlotte went down to third place after being most favoured for the past three years running,” he said.
“Axel had the highest popularity climb for boys from 135 in 2019 to 87 in 2020, Dylan had the largest drop from 76 down to 93.”
He said the name Hallie made the biggest jump for girls, moving up the list from 134 in 2019 to 70 in 2020, while Claire had the largest drop from 63 to 88.
The Attorney General said a greater diversity of baby names continued to trend with the top 100 only representing 39 per cent of all babies born last year.
“This is also represented in the number of babies who were given the most popular name in 2020, with Oliver chosen 637 times and Amelia 514 times,” he said.
“This is significantly less than the top names of 1970, with 2016 boys named David and 1199 girls named Michelle,” Mr Speakman said.
The Registry’s list of the top 100 baby names for 2020 can be accessed at this PS News link.
