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Musical Minis Top 10 Names In 2013

Following on with our tradition of analysing names for the children attending Musical Minis classes, the list below is for the children who attended during 2013. It isn't necessarily children who were born in 2013. Furthermore, it doesn't include children who attend Children's Centre sessions or nursery sessions.

The numbers in brackets following the name are the position for the name last year in 2012.
Top 10 Boys Names:-
1 Harry (=2)
2 Oliver (1)
=3 Charlie (=4)
=3 Henry
5 Jack (=2)
=6 James (=6)
=6 Ethan (8)
=8 Thomas (=4)
=8 George (=6)
10 William (=9)

The only name that has dropped out of the top 10 boys names is Daniel. This has been replaced with Henry. Harry, Charlie and Ethan have become more popular over the year and moved up the top 10, whilst Oliver, Jack, Thomas, George and William have become less popular and moved down the top 10.

Top 10 Girls Names:-
1 Emily (1)
=2 Isla
=2 Sophie (=2)
=4 Jessica (4)
=4 Ava
=6 Amelia
=6 Chloe
=6 Olivia (=2)
=9 Charlotte (5)
=9 Isabelle (=6)

There have been more changes in the girls names. Emily remains the most popular girls name. New entrants are Isla, Ava, Amelia and Chloe whilst Lily, Isabella, Lucy and Matilda have dropped out of the top 10. Charlotte and Isabelle have lost popularity over the year and moved down the top 10.

From the popular names to the unusual names, from Aaron to Zofia (in our A - Z for 2013), there is a huge variety of names. It was interesting to see this year how little names differ across the UK. In both the North and South, Harry was the most popular name for a boy and Emily for a girl. In Scotland the most popular names were Harry for a boy and Lucy for a girl. In Wales the most popular names were Harry or Harri for a boy and Sophia for a girl. 

Names are obviously a personal choice by the parents. What one person loves another might not. If you would like to know how popular your child's name is or fancy finding a unique name for your baby, just let me know.

Once again it is my 20 year old daughter, Emily, who has analysed the list of names. Her name has been the top girls name for the 4th year in a row. She is still happy being called Emily, so parents of Emilys we have chosen well! Oliver is the boys name that has been in the top 3 since we started analysing the names 4 years ago but as neither of my boys are called Oliver I can't comment on how happy Olivers are with the choice! 

The Taj Mahal - The Most Beautiful Building I've Ever Seen

The Taj Mahal was the reason I wanted to go to India - I really wanted to see it and they refused to move it to another country so I had to go to India!

We had travelled from Delhi to Agra by car on a near empty toll road. The scenery en route was quite beautiful. People were working in the paddy fields, there were areas popular for brick making as they harvested the straw and hay and we saw antelope and monkeys. The contrast when we arrived in Agra couldn't have been greater. The roads were just dirt tracks and we were surrounded by poverty. The most disturbing sight was of a man sitting outside a medical centre. His daughter waved cheerfully whilst the small child he held in his arms was still and listless.

We were relieved to get to the hotel, the Oberoi Amarvilas where we were greeted with a yellow bindi on our forehead and a refreshing drink. Every bedroom in the hotel has a view of the Taj Mahal. Whilst there is smog in the Autumn, it was still quite exciting to see.

Musical Minis Wishes You All A Happy 2014