January 11- Victoria’s Minister for Planning Matthew Guy today announced the top 100 names for 2013, for girls- Carlotte, Ava and Olivia and for boys: William, Jack and Oliver.
In 2012, Jack and Olivia topeed the lists.
Mr Guy said the year’s results showed Victorian parents had chosen a range of traditional and contemporary names.
“Beign a father f three boys I know that the arrival of a baby is a very significant time for all families and choosing a name can be difficult on its on right,” said Mr Guy.
“I congratulate all those who made this very important decision for the 75,148 babies born in Vicoria in 2013.:
The Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages reported 47 girl names and 67 by names were registered 100 times or more.
Director and Registrar Erin Keleher said that parents chose names for a range of reasons incuding honouring their family tradition and popular culture.
Indeed, the arrival of Prince George in July may have inspired some of the 95 Victorians to choose this name following the royal birth
Some celebrity names failed to set a trend with no parents naming their daughters “North after Kim Kardashian and Kanya West’s baby girl.
In Victoria, there were 6,932 unique baby girls names and 5,965 unique boys names registered in 2013.