Baby name data released in Australia for 2012 shows that…
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Jack is the number one fave for both NZ and Australian parents naming sons.
The girls top 15 share all the same names except Isla & Emma (NZ) and Grace & Sienna (AUS)
Braxton launches into the NZ top 100 at #28 and at #41 in AUS. (interesting it hasn’t broken the USA top 100 yet)
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Girls names appear in AUS top 100 (not NZ)
Amelie, Angelina, Audrey, Caitlin, Chelsea, Claire,
Ebony, Eloise, Eve, Gabriella, Heidi, Imogen,
Indiana, Jade, Josephine, Lacey, Lara, Lillian,
Madeleine, Mariam, Savannah, Skye, Tahlia, Victoria,
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Boys names appear in AUS top 100 (not NZ)
Ali, Andrew, Anthony, Archer, Bailey, Christian,
Darcy, Declan, Gabriel, Hamish, Hudson, Jonathan,
Jesse, Kai, Mitchell, Muhammad, Nicholas, Owen.
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First & Last
BOYS
AUS: 1. Jack & 100. Muhammad
NZ: 1. Jack & 100. Nate
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GIRLS
AUS 1. Charlotte & 100. Lillian
NZ 1. Olivia & 100. Kayla
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*side note Australian name data analysis is awesome knocks NZ out of the water! Thanks 🙂
New Zealand Baby Names 
waltzingmorethanmatilda said,
April 28, 2013 @ 2:32 am
We must have posted at about the same time … nice to compare, and wow, Braxton is even more popular in New Zealand!
babynamelover said,
April 30, 2013 @ 8:28 am
Just read yours 🙂 love to see the changes in AUS stats thanks for all your analyzing 🙂
waltzingmorethanmatilda said,
May 1, 2013 @ 9:15 am
I guess “Home and Away” is pretty popular in New Zealand?
babynamelover said,
May 1, 2013 @ 7:26 pm
IS that where Braxton hails from?
waltzingmorethanmatilda said,
May 2, 2013 @ 2:36 am
Yep! It’s a family of bad boy surfer thugs.
http://waltzingmorethanmatilda.com/category/name-themes-and-lists/
babynamelover said,
June 4, 2013 @ 8:12 am
Aha that would explain it lol