- 黑桃云
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After a 14-year reign
Jack has lost its stranglehold on the title of England and Wales" top name for newborn boys
replaced by Oliver.
Oliver最近获选英格兰和威尔士最受欢迎的新生男孩名字,而在之前14年间,这一殊荣一直为Jack占据。
Olivia was the most popular name for newborn girls for the second year in a row
according to figures published by the Office of National Statistics for first names given to babies born in 2009.
英国国家统计局公布的2009年新生婴儿名统计数据显示,Olivia已连续两年获选最受欢迎新生女婴名。
Jack remained a popular name for boys
ranking second
while Harry came in third.
Jack仍然是受青睐的男孩名,在榜单中位居第二,亨利紧随其后。
Ruby and Chloe were the second and third most popular names chosen for girls.
Ruby和Chloe在最受欢迎女孩名榜单中分列第二、三位。
There were no new entries in the top ten for either boys" or girls" names pared with 2008
although there were regional variations with popularity of names.
与2008年相比,虽然名字的受欢迎程度在全英各地存在差异,但入选最受欢迎男孩和女孩名榜单前十位的名字没有变化。
Oliver was the most popular name for boys in six English regions
for example
but Jack was still the top name in Wales
and in the north east and north west of England.
例如,尽管Oliver在英格兰六个地区中是最受欢迎的男孩名,但在威尔士以及英格兰东北和西北地区,Jack依然最受欢迎。
Mohammed ranked 16th nationally for boys
but was the most popular name in the West Midlands.
Mohammed在全英范围内男孩榜单上排名第16,但在西米德兰兹郡却高居榜首。
Compared to names chosen for babies 10 years earlier
there was a resurgencein the popularity of names which were once associated with people of the inter-war generation.
与10年前的婴儿名相比,两次世界大战期间出生的那代人常起的名字又有复兴之势。
Evie was the tenth most popular name given to baby girls in 2009
for example
moving up 157 places since 1999.
例如Evie在2009年度最受欢迎女孩名榜单中排名第10,比1999年的名次上升了157位。
Ruby
the second most popular name for girls in 2009
was ranked 91 places lower 10 years ago. Boys names such as Alfie and Charlie have followed a similar trend.
Ruby在2009年度最受欢迎女孩名中排名第二,而10年前的名次要靠后91位。Alfie和Charlie等男孩名也有类似趋势。
Six names in the boys top ten in 2009 were also there in 1999 - Jack
Joshua
Thomas
James
Daniel and William.
2009年最受欢迎男孩名榜单前十位中有6个名字也曾在1999年上榜,分别为Jack
Joshua
Thomas
James
Daniel和William。
Five girls" names featured in both lists - Olivia
Chloe
Emily
Sophie and Jessica.
同时上榜的5个女孩名分别为Olivia
Chloe
Emily
Sophie和Jessica。
There were 706
248 live births in England and Wales in 2009.
2009年,英格兰和威尔士的新生人口共有706248人。