Oliver kicks Jack off as top boys' name
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October 29, 2010, Friday
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OLIVER nudged Jack off a 14-year-old perch to reach the top of the 2009 league table for boys' names in England and Wales, Britain's Office for National Statistics reported this week.
The headline ONS report on baby names showed that Oliver ended Jack's reign with 7,364 entries compared to 7,090 for Jack, while Olivia was the top name for girls, followed by Ruby.
However, more than 10 variations on the spelling of the name Mohammad in the statistics accompanying the league tables showed the name of the Islamic prophet was more prominent in England and Wales than its first ranking spelled as Mohammed at 16th place in the 2009 tables suggested.
ONS spokesman Heath Jeffries said yesterday that the statistics office always spelled names on their list as they have been spelled on official documents, so each different spelling for Mohammad and any other names were listed separately.
"If you think about the number of Olivers for instance, there is an Oliver, there are Ollies, there are Oliviers, there are Ollies with a Y and Ollis without an e," he said.
The headline ONS report on baby names showed that Oliver ended Jack's reign with 7,364 entries compared to 7,090 for Jack, while Olivia was the top name for girls, followed by Ruby.
However, more than 10 variations on the spelling of the name Mohammad in the statistics accompanying the league tables showed the name of the Islamic prophet was more prominent in England and Wales than its first ranking spelled as Mohammed at 16th place in the 2009 tables suggested.
ONS spokesman Heath Jeffries said yesterday that the statistics office always spelled names on their list as they have been spelled on official documents, so each different spelling for Mohammad and any other names were listed separately.
"If you think about the number of Olivers for instance, there is an Oliver, there are Ollies, there are Oliviers, there are Ollies with a Y and Ollis without an e," he said.
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