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Baby names: Olivia top as William makes way for Muhammad
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Baby names: Olivia top as William makes way for Muhammad
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/baby-names-2017
- Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
- Created: 2017-09-20T10:40:15.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2017-10-05T10:32:10.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-09-13T12:50:26.104Z (9 months ago)
- Topics: names, ons
- Homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41160596
- Size: 476 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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# Baby names: Olivia top as William makes way for Muhammad
In September 2017 we [reported on the latest data on baby name popularity](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41160596). Data journalist **Dan Wainwright** was also [interviewed for a liveblog from a maternity ward](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-suffolk-41284694?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=59c927f6e4b012e04d70d0ff%26When%20is%20the%20busiest%20day%20for%20births%3F%26&ns_fee=0#post_59c927f6e4b012e04d70d0ff)
## Get the data
* ONS: [Baby names in England and Wales: 2016](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/bulletins/babynamesenglandandwales/2016)
* XLS: [Girls' names 2016](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/baby-names-2017/blob/master/2016girlsnames.xls)
* XLS: [Boys' names 2016](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/baby-names-2017/blob/master/2016boysnames.xls)
## Visualisation and interactivity
* Widget: How popular is my name? (interactive tool by William Dahlgreen)
* Line chart: Number of names per 1,000 babies - girls names compared to boys names
* Table: How the top names in 2016 have changed since 1996 (rankings)
## Background
* [Methodology for baby name statistics (ONS)](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/methodologies/babynamesqmi)