THE special supplement ‘Born in 2023’ is out today, Thursday, and we can reveal the top ten boys’ and girls’ names for babies born in Mid Cheshire last year.
Over the past 12 months, we have been appealing to Northwich and Winsford Guardian and Knutsford Guardian readers to send in pictures of their newborns via our website.
Now, we have put together a special eight-page supplement celebrating Mid Cheshire’s newest residents featuring more than 150 babies.
Our annual ‘Born in….’ souvenir edition always special and this year’s is no exception - the ‘Born in 2023’ supplement will be one for family members to cherish.
Whether babies were born at hospital or at home, or if mums went into labour in an unusual place, we were again inundated with pictures from proud mums and dads across the area and we have tried to include as many newborn babies as possible.
Thank you to everyone who has submitted a photograph for ‘Born in 2023’ and don’t forget to keep hold of a copy or two for your son or daughter’s memory box.
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Did you welcome one of the 2,927 new arrivals in Mid Cheshire in 2023?
Harry / Harrison, Ronnie and Reggie all feature in the most popular names for boys and Isla, Lily / Lilly were among the favourites for girls.
Noah, Hughie and Luca were new entries for boys in 2023 as they didn’t appear in the area’s list the year before as were for girls.
Harry / Harrison took top spot from Theo / Theodore and Arthur, Freddie and Elijah as well as George, Henry and Hunter replaced Albie / Albert, Thomas and Toby / Tobias as well as Charlie and Rory on the list.
Also popular last year were Teddy / Teddie, Alfie and Leo.
Isla topped the table with Lily / Lilly and Daisy featuring in the girls’ list again last year and Lucia, Alice and Harper as well as Arabella, Clara and Mila replaced Luna, Ophelia and Penelope as well as Sienna and Robyn.
Here are the top 10 baby names in Mid Cheshire in 2023 (list compiled from the names submitted to the Northwich and Winsford Guardian, and the Knutsford Guardian, over the past 12 months):
TOP BOYS’ NAMES IN 2023
HARRY / HARRISON
RONNIE
REGGIE
NOAH
LUCA
LEO
HUGHIE
ARTHUR
FREDDIE
ALFIE
ELIJAH
GEORGE
HENRY
HUNTER
TEDDY / TEDDIE
TOP GIRLS’ NAMES IN 2023
ISLA
LILY / LILLY
WILLOW
ROSIE
MILA
LUCIA
HARPER
ALICE
ARABELLA
CLARA
DAISY
EDIE / EADIE
For comparison, here are the top ten baby names in Mid Cheshire in 2022:
TOP TEN BOYS’ NAMES IN 2022
THEO / THEODORE
ALBIE / ALBERT
ALFIE
LEO / LEONARDO
THOMAS
TOBY / TOBIAS
CHARLIE
HARRY
HARRISON
RORY
TOP TEN GIRLS’ NAMES IN 2022
OLIVIA
ELLA
DAISY
ISLA
LILY / LILLY
LUNA
OPHELIA
PENELOPE
SIENNA
ROBYN
The most popular names for baby girls and boys nationally this year look a little different to the top names in Mid Cheshire.
Research from pregnancy and parenting destination, BabyCentre, revealed the most popular baby names of 2023 were Olivia and Muhammad.
Muhammad held onto the title of the most popular name for boys last year, while Olivia became the most popular name for girls taking over from Sophia.
Sophia dropped down the list to 8th due to an increase in alternative spellings of the name and this affected many of the popular names in 2023.
Unusually spelled names are on the rise and among names with lots of different spelling are Aiden, which boasted no less than 17 variations in the 2023 registrations and Eliana had 10.
In a recent survey, the overwhelming majority of BabyCentre parents said the spelling of their baby’s name was important to mark it out either as classic or as an unusual version of the traditional spelling.
In response, BabyCentre decided to no longer combine variations of the same name within its rankings.
Most popular baby names of 2023
These are the top girls names of 2023:
- Olivia
- Amelia
- Isla
- Lily
- Ava
- Freya
- Ivy
- Sophia
- Grace
- Willow
- Mia
- Isabella
- Daisy
- Elsie
- Evie
- Florence
- Ella
- Emily
- Evelyn
- Luna
And the top boys names of 2023:
- Muhammad
- Noah
- Theo
- Leo
- Oliver
- Arthur
- George
- Luca
- Freddie
- Jack
- Ethan
- Charlie
- Henry
- Oscar
- Jude
- Alfie
- Archie
- Lucas
- Liam
- Arlo
If you are expecting your own new arrival in 2024, make sure you keep an eye out for our forthcoming appeals each month, where you can send a photo of your baby along with their name, date of birth, weight at birth and the area of Mid Cheshire you live.
We will be celebrating all the babies born in 2024 with another special supplement at the beginning of next year.
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