The Olivers and the Islas of Australia, take a bow. You officially have the most popular baby names of last year. 1,906 parents opted for the name Oliver for their baby born in 2023 while 1,249 parents went with Isla, according to the Australian Baby Names 2024 report by McCrindle.
Oliver and Isla were also crowned the most popular Australian baby names 2023 with Amelia, Charlotte, Mia, Ava and Matilda keeping their spots in the top 10.
Newcomers in the top ten for girls include Harper and Lily while the boys’ list includes Noah, Henry, Leo, Theodore, Hudson, Luca, William, Charlie and Jack.
Take a look at the top 100 Australian baby girl and baby boy names 2024 edition. If you’ve had a baby in the past 12 months, we’d love to know if their name made the list!
The Top Australian Baby Names 2024
The Top 100 Baby Boy Names 2024
The Top 100 Baby Girl Names 2024
The Names to Watch
The biggest risers
These are the names that had the biggest rise across the board, moving up as many as 53 spots. The boys’ list features a mixture of different types of names including retro names, short names and nicknames. Almost every big riser on the girl’s list is a classic or vintage name. How interesting!
BOYS:
- Miles
- Tommy
- August
- Ollie
- Finley
- Spencer
- Jude
- Rory
- Koa
- Isaiah
GIRLS:
- Cleo
- Nina
- Ada
- Lottie
- Maisie
- Margot
- Millie
- Pheobe
- Aubrey
Here’s the newcomers to the top 100 baby names list for 2024
BOYS:
- Miles
- Ollie
- Owen
- August
- Myles
GIRLS:
- Lottie
- Cleo
- Riley
- Kaia
- Athena
The Names Losing Momentum
While some names saw a mega increase in popularity, others went down the list. Below are the names that are no longer in the top 100 or have had the biggest dip. You’ll notice a lot of these names were popular in the 2010s era such as Ashton, Connor, Jaxon and Charlie (girl), Piper and Scarlett. I know so many kids around the ages of 10 to 15 with these names!
Baby names no longer in the top 100
BOYS:
- Ashton
- Connor
- Vincent
- Elias
- Jaxon
GIRLS:
- Charlie
- Jasmine
- Claire
- Lilly
- Gracie
Baby names with the biggest drop in position
BOYS:
- Connor
- Charles
- Remy
- Vincent
- Leon
- Joseph
- Hamish
- Harry
- Logan
- Oakley
GIRLS:
- Eden
- Claire
- Gracie
- Piper
- Scarlett
- Quinn
- Addison
- Eva
- Emily
- Madeline
The top names in each state
No surprises to see Oliver take out the top spot in almost every state with Isla, Amelia, Hazel and Charlotte also securing a top spot.
- NSW: Oliver and Isla
- Victoria: Oliver and Amelia
- Queensland: Oliver and Isla
- Western Australia: Oliver and Isla
- South Australia: Oliver and Isla
- Tasmania: Oliver and Hazel
- ACT: Henry and Amelia/Charlotte
Northern Territory has not updated the top baby names from the previous year and was not included in this year’s analysis.
Australian baby names 2024 trends
The experts at McCrindle not only gather all the data about the top Australian baby names 2024 but they also analyse the various trends in baby naming. Here are the top trends:
1. Classic Names
Strong, elegant and classic names continue to reign supreme on both lists. On the boys side, we’ve got names like William (#8), Alexander (#21), Harrison (#23), George (#26) and Arthur (#24) and girls we’ve got beautiful names like Amelia (#2), Charlotte (#3), Matilda (#7), Sophia (#18) and Audrey (#34).
2. Traditional Christian Names (Boys)
For boys, Christian names are trending including Noah (#2), Samuel (#44), Isaac (#38), Levi (#12), James (#16), Jacob (#52), Joseph (#83), Daniel (#76) and Ezra (#51).
3. Nicknames as names
Abbreviations of names are no longer used as simply nicknames, but as names in and of themselves. On the boys’ side, we’ve got Theodore (#5) and Theo (#36), Harrison (#23) and Harry (#35), William (#8) and Billy (#54), Jackson (#60) and Jack (#10), Oliver (#1) and Ollie (#84) and Leonardo (#94) and Leo (#4).
On the girls’ side, we’ve got Millie (#32) short for Amelia (#2) or Emilia (#54), Bella (#76) short for Isabella (#16), Ellie (#28) short for Eloise (#66), Sophia (#18) and Sofia (#31) short for Sophie (#17).
4. “I” or “Y” (girls)
Names featuring the i and y continue to be a sweet spot for parents looking for the perfect name for their little princess. Here are some of the ones that parents loved the most last year: Isla (#1), Lily (#9), Ivy (#13), Evie (#25), Ruby (#22), Ayla (#42) and Mila (#20).
5. Nature names (girls)
Nature baby names are a common trend so we weren’t surprised to see so many botanical baby names on the list again. This year the top contenders are Lily (#9), Ivy (#13), Willow (#15), Ruby (#22), Daisy (#23), Violet (#24), Luna (#41), Poppy (#46), Summer (#62), Rose (#85).
6. Gender-neutral names
Names such as Charlie, Jordan, Riley, Darcy, Logan, Ali, Aiden and Eden are all found throughout the list.
