Vida Alves weighed in at 7 lbs 7 oz, and was born at 12:13 am on Sunday January the 3rd.

The name Vida is originally Latin in origin, and means “life”.

“Camila’s recovering wonderfully and we are both truly honoured to welcome this little lady into our family…thanks for all of your well wishes and prayers along the way, another blessed day, we give thanks, just keep livin,” said Matthew and Camila on Matthew’s blog.

A great way to start the year for the couple - welcome to the world, Vida Alves McConaughey!

Whether it be a snowly Lapland retreat, a spot of winter sun further south, a romantic European city break at Christmas markets or a UK Christmas escape, we’ll be covering it.

Sparrow weighed in at 7 pounds 14 ounces.

According to Nicole’s website, “Nicole, Joel, Harlow and Sparrow are all doing well. Thank you for all of your good wishes”.

Sparow James Midnight joins sister Harlow Winter Kate.

Bird names were distinctly lacking from 2008’s most popular baby names, but maybe 2009 will see a surge?  Stranger things have happened!

UPDATE: Check out our Nicole Richie Baby Name Generator!

The leaders

Once again, the most popular boys name in the UK last year was Jack.  The top girls name was Olivia, jumping two places into first.

The top 30

Image: We have put together a chart to help you visualise the top 30 baby names for both boys and girls.  This provides more insight than simply knowing the ranking, as the margins of popularity between different names are apparent.  You can click the chart above to view it full size.

Interestingly, the top two boys names - Jack and Oliver - are streets ahead of the competition.  The rest of the top ten are fairly even, with only a slight slope on the graph.  However, outside of the top ten, the popularity of the names begins to drop rapidly.

The girls names are a lot more evenly matched - Olivia narrowly pips Ruby and Emily by a few hundred births.

Girls names - more unique?

You’ll also notice that the top 30 girls names represent less births than the top 30 boys names.  An explanation for this could be the larger number of girls names out there.  This means parents have more choice, and feel less restricted to popular names.It should be noted though that more boys than girls were born last year - 51% of newborns were male.

Seasonal names

Anecdotal evidence has suggested for a long time that parents tend to name their babies differently over the Christmas period.  The new data we have seen proves this, with Holly rising to the number one baby name in December 2008.  Holly’s overall ranking for 2008 was 22.  The name’s popularity grew by 150% in December!  No such festive trend was present with boys names.

The other notable seasonal change was Summer, the girls name that shot into the top 10 - you guessed it - June, July and August.

Geographical trends

London must know something the rest of the UK doesn’t - as Londoners were the only region to put Isabella in their top 10 girls names - the name actually ranked 2nd in the capital.

The North East was fond of the name Katie, a name that didn’t make any other regional top 10s.

Movers and shakers

Some names made major moves this year just gone.  Riley was the boys’ biggest gainer, rising 24 places to 33rd.  Kyle was less fortunate, dropping 18 places to 69th.

Isla shot up 29 places to 36th, possibly attributed to actress Isla Fisher, who starred in Definitely, Maybe last year.  Madison was heavily shunned, falling 20 places to 56th.

What will this year’s trends be?  Browse our main baby names site and you could end up influencing them!

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The interesting middle names come from Parker’s family background.

10% of male members on one popular dating website were named Andrew.

However, the Andrews do not get much attention from girls on the website, with names James, Nick, Mark and Ben all fairing much better.

Pure coincidence, or something more?

Check it out here - http://www.babynames.co.uk/celebrity-baby-names-guide/ 

I think Max Armstrong a very apt name for the son of such a sporting superstar.  Also, possibly one of the most macho names I’ve ever heard!

What do you think of the name?  Also, what do you think about announcing your new baby on Twitter?

This is an awful name for a boy - let alone a girl.  Don’t you agree?  Please leave your comments!

EDIT: The flood of comments telling me Bandit Lee Way is in fact the MCR SINGER’s daughter have left me slightly red-faced, but I’m thankful for the responses nevertheless!