This was originally posted on August 22, 2010
Double barrelled (or hyphenated) first names – how popular are they, and which names are parents picking? We’ve been trawling through the 2008 official baby names data from the UK government to find out.
Note: the data we’ve received does not include very rare names – i.e. those only used once or twice. This is to protect the anonymity of the individuals, and to limit the data a bit too!
As you might expect, double-barrel first names are more common in girls. 6,718 girls in 2008 were given hyphenated names, compared to only 1,094 boys.
The most popular hyphenated girls name in 2008 was Ellie-May, used 239 times. For comparison, Olivia was the most popular girl’s name overall, given to 5,317 baby girls.
Moving to boys, the top double-barreled name in 2008 was Tyler-James, chosen by only 32 families. This trails the leading boys name by some margin – Jack was used 8,007 times in 2008.
| Number | Girl’s names | Number | Boy’s names |
| 239 186 186 176 125 113 110 107 80 72 63 62 54 54 54 53 52 49 47 47 45 44 43 43 39 37 37 36 35 34 33 31 29 28 28 27 26 25 25 24 24 23 23 22 22 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 20 20 20 19 19 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 |
ELLIE-MAY ELLIE-MAE LILY-MAY LILY-MAE LILY-ROSE DEMI-LEIGH ELLIE-MAI LILLY-MAY ELLA-LOUISE LILLY-MAE LILLIE-MAE LILY-MAI ELLA-MAE ELLA-ROSE LILY-GRACE GRACIE-MAE JAMIE-LEIGH ELLA-MAY EVIE-MAE RUBY-MAY LILY-ANN RUBY-MAE LACEY-MAE LILLY-ROSE ELLIE-ROSE DEMI-LEE LILY-ANNE LILLY-MAI SUMMER-LOUISE ELLIE-LOUISE DAISY-MAY GRACIE-MAY DAISY-MAE BILLIE-JO LACEY-MAY TIA-LOUISE AMELIA-ROSE AMY-LEIGH EMILY-ROSE KEIRA-LEIGH LACEY-MAI EMMA-LOUISE LOLA-ROSE ELLA-MAI MILLIE-MAE EMILY-MAY EVIE-MAY EVIE-ROSE KATIE-MAY LILLIE-MAI LILLIE-MAY LILLY-ANN RUBY-LEIGH RUBY-ROSE SUMMER-ROSE AMBER-ROSE LILLY-ANNE LILLY-ELLA LILY-ELLA SUMMER-LEIGH CASEY-LEIGH CHLOE-LOUISE LEXI-MAE LILLI-MAE LILLIE-ROSE LILLY-GRACE MIA-LOUISE MIA-ROSE MILLIE-MAY RUBY-MAI AMY-LOUISE DEMI-LEA ELLA-GRACE JAMIE-LEE KACEY-LEIGH LEAH-MARIE LOLA-MAE LUCY-JO AVA-MAE MILLIE-ROSE SARAH-JANE SARAH-LOUISE AVA-GRACE AVA-ROSE CHLOE-ANNE ELLA-MARIE JAIME-LEIGH OLIVIA-MAE ROSIE-MAY RUBY-ANN RUBY-GRACE ANNIE-MAY ELLE-MAY EVIE-GRACE LILY-SUE LISA-MARIE ROSIE-MAE SCARLETT-ROSE AIMEE-LEIGH AVA-MAY |
32 29 26 26 23 22 20 20 19 19 17 16 16 15 13 13 13 12 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
TYLER-JAMES JAYDEN-LEE HARVEY-LEE TOMMY-LEE BRANDON-LEE ALFIE-LEE ABDUR-RAHMAN JAMIE-LEE ALFIE-JAMES JOHN-PAUL TYLER-JAY JAYDEN-JAMES T-JAY JAY-JAY COREY-LEE KENZIE-LEE TAYLOR-JAMES JOSHUA-JAMES ARCHIE-LEE BILLY-JOE BOBBY-LEE HARLEY-JAY ALFIE-JAY ALFIE-JOE KAL-EL KAYDEN-LEE THOMAS-JAMES ABDUL-RAHEEM ABDUR-RAHMAAN ABU-BAKR ALFIE-JACK CAMERON-JAMES DYLAN-JAMES TAYLOR-JAY DANNY-LEE HARRY-JAMES RYAN-LEE ABDUL-RAHMAN ALFIE-JOHN ASHTON-LEE CALLUM-JAMES FRANKIE-LEE KY-MANI LEWIS-JAMES THOMAS-JAY TOMMY-JAY TYLER-JOE ABDUL-KAREEM ABDUR-RAHEEM ALEX-JAMES BAILEY-JAY BOBBY-JOE C-JAY CHARLIE-JAMES CODY-LEE CONNOR-LEE COREY-JAMES HARVEY-JAMES JEAN-LUC KIAN-LEE LOGAN-LEE MASON-LEE TOMMY-JOE A-JAY ALFIE-GEORGE CODY-JAY JACK-JAMES JESSE-JAMES LEIGHTON-JAMES LEVI-JAY MARLEY-JAY RILEY-JAMES RYAN-JAMES TYLER-JOHN ABDUL-AHAD ABDUL-MALIK ABDUR-REHMAN AL-AMEEN AL-AMIN ALFIE-RAY BAILEY-JAMES BAILEY-RAY BILLY-JAMES BOBBY-JAMES BRADLEY-JOHN CAMERON-JAY CAYDEN-LEE CHARLIE-RAY CHRIS-JUNIOR CONNOR-JAMES ETHAN-JAMES ETHAN-LEE JACOB-JAMES JAIDEN-LEE JAMES-DEAN JAYDEN-JOHN JESSE-LEE JOSHUA-LEE LEWIS-JAY OLIVER-JAMES |
We’re expecting the latest UK baby names data for 2009 to arrive shortly, so expect a follow-up post in the coming weeks.
