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Evan Bartlett
Sep 02, 2016
Oliver and Amelia have retained their titles as the most popular baby names in England and Wales, according to the latest ONS statistics.
Beyond the top of the list, we've already learned that the likes of Connor, Callum and Jamie are going out of fashion and surging in popularity are Jaxon, Roman, Reggie and Carter.
But what about some other trends in British baby name culture? Well, there's only one site to turn to...
From the penis beaker furore, to campaigns to "ban" dinosaurs, Mumsnet can be a strange place.
Not to be left out on the great name debate, a recent conversation on the parenting forum centred on whether anyone had ever met "actually met a child called Tarquin or Jocasta". Because why not.
In response, Mumsnetters listed the "poshest" names they've ever encountered:
1. Horace
2. Hector
3. Millicent
4. Django
5. Merlin
6. Tristan
7. Inigo
8. Tybalt
9. Cosmo
10. Merville
11. Algernon
12. Araminta
13. Jago
14. Lucious
15. Mungo
16. Crispin
17. Cuthbert
18. Octavia
19. Tuppence
20. Otterly
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