With 300,000 babies born in 2016 there were sure to be some new and unique names, but did you know the most popular names where actually more traditional, with 2,145 boys being named Oliver and 1,817 girls named Charlotte.
There were however a few new names that we had never heard of and according to McCrindle these are the most popular baby names for 2017.
Most Popular Boys names for 2017!
1 Oliver 2145
2 William 1696
3 Jack 1666
4 Noah 1439
5 James 1269
6 Thomas 1254
7 Ethan 1193
8 Lucas 1148
9 Jackson/Jaxon/Jaxson1087
10 Lachlan 1022
11 Mason 1019
12 Alexander 1017
13 Henry 1012
14 Liam 992
15 Charlie 991
16 Max 983
17 Harrison 964
18 Leo 961
19 Samuel 929
20 Hunter 894
21 Jacob 866
22 Isaac 860
23 Hudson 854
24 Benjamin 851
25 Cooper 849
26 Oscar 842
27 Levi 836
28 Harry 786
29 Joshua 781
30 Xavier 777
31 Elijah 763
32 Ryan 726
33 Archer 700
34 Archie 691
35 Riley 662
36 Sebastian 653
37 Harvey 652
38 George 634
39 Daniel 618
40 Jayden 601
41 Logan 584
42 Patrick 579
43 Finn 568
44 Lincoln 561
45 Flynn 549
46 Nate 540
47 Eli 537
48 Edward 520
49 Tyler 508
50 Aiden 507
51 Theodore 502
52 Arlo 492
53 Jordan 490
54 Hugo 485
55 Luca 482
56 Connor 480
57 Kai 474
58 Michael 470
59 Zachary 470
60 Austin 442
61 Angus 440
62 Louis 438
63 Ashton 434
64 Joseph 429
65 Luke 402
66 Blake 398
67 Hamish 392
68 Owen 391
69 Matthew 391
70 Beau 386
71 Nicholas 383
72 Dylan 374
73 Chase 368
74 Jake 366
75 Carter 354
76 Jasper 350
77 Charles 336
78 Caleb 330
79 Adam 321
80 Muhammad 320
81 Toby 313
82 Nathaniel 311
83 Felix 295
84 Sonny 270
85 Nathan 249
86 Ryder 247
87 Darcy 246
88 Dominic 243
89 Christian 237
90 Spencer 234
91 Fletcher 221
92 Gabriel 215
93 Ali 206
94 John 193
95 Lewis 193
96 Maxwell 182
97 Marcus 180
98 Hayden 169
99 Vincent 164
100 Parker 153
Most popular girl names for 2017!
1 Charlotte 1817
2 Olivia 1632
3 Mia 1401
4 Ava 1397
5 Amelia 1375
6 Isla 1203
7 Sophia/Sofia1163
8 Chloe 1115
9 Grace 1082
10 Emily 1076
11 Evie 1072
12 Sophie 1032
13 Lily/Lilly 1017
14 Ella 977
15 Isabella 953
16 Zoe 951
17 Ruby 937
18 Harper 935
19 Evelyn 919
20 Ivy 890
21 Matilda 866
22 Scarlett 786
23 Lucy 778
24 Sienna 761
25Isabelle/Isabel760
26Maddison/723
27 Willow 713
28 Georgia 698
29 Aria 659
30 Emma 649
31 Zara 641
32 Hannah 634
33 Eva 620
34 Mila/Milla 610
35 Layla 554
36 Abigail 551
37 Audrey 531
38 Violet 463
39 Alice 439
40 Piper 434
41 Savannah 407
42 Ellie 406
43 Annabelle 398
44 Stella 392
45 Imogen 392
46 Jasmine 388
47 Mackenzie 376
48 Madeleine/Madeline373
49 Elizabeth 363
50 Alexis 356
51 Maya 356
52 Poppy 350
53 Phoebe 349
54 Penelope 349
55 Frankie 343
56 Sarah 334
57 Eleanor 333
58 Hazel 326
59 Summer 325
60 Emilia 321
61 Chelsea 315
62 Addison 314
63 Anna 305
64 Harriet 298
65 Claire 297
66 Indiana 294
67 Billie 288
68 Eloise 288
69 Ayla 286
70 Bella 283
71 Paige 279
72 Lola 277
73 Elsie 272
74 Eliza 271
75 Jessica 269
76 Rose 269
77 Aurora 268
78 Eden 261
79 Daisy 239
80 Ariana 224
81 Olive 219
82 Bonnie 210
83 Alyssa 203
84 Hayley 198
85 Thea 195
86 Victoria 187
87 Holly 185
88 Aaliyah 180
89 Charlie 176
90 Quinn 174
91 Molly 162
92 Heidi 158
93 Eve 148
94 Aisha 143
95 Lara 141
96 Peyton 138
97 Florence 119
98 Alexandra 108
99 Brooklyn 98
100 Sadie 97
