​Olivia and Oliver get Australia's top spots in 2015.

​Around 1 in 10 Australian babies last year were given one of the Top 10 baby names; a total of 30,581 babies. There were 2,189 boys named Oliver and 1,796 girls named Olivia last year.

The Social Security Administration officially released the annual list of the most popular baby names in America on Friday. The top five boys' and girls' names were nearly unchanged from the previous year; Ava and Isabella swapped spots.

Noah was the most popular boy's baby name for the third year in a row in 2015, while Emma was the most popular girl's baby name for the second year in a row.

2015's list:

Emily was the most popular baby name given to baby girls in 2015. Ella came in second, closely followed by Grace. Since reporting of baby names began in 1997, Emily has held the top position on 3 occasions, Sophie on 3 occasions, whilst Chloe and Katie have held the top spot on 6 occassions each. 

James was the most popular baby name given to baby boys in 2015. Jack followed a close second, followed by Noah. James has not held the top spot since the reporting of baby first names began in 1997. Whereas Jack has held the top spot 13 times during this period. 

In 2014, there were 695,233 live births in England and Wales (ONS, 2014), with over 27,000 different boys’ names and over 35,000 different girls’ names registered. 


There were 6 new entries in the top 100 most popular girls’ babies names in 2014:

• Thea at number 79 (up 42 places from 121)
  
  
• Darcie at number 80 (up 23 places from 103)
  
  
• Lottie at number 84 (up 20 places from 104)
  
  
• Harper at number 89 (up 71 places from 160)
  
  
• Nancy at number 90 (up 21 places from 111)
  
  
• Robyn at number 100 (up 19 places from 119)
  
  

These replaced Niamh (103), Paige (104), Skye (109), Tilly (110), Isobel (111), Maddison and Madison (equal 117) which fell out of the top 100. In 2013, Lydia and Sara shared the same ranking at number 100; consequently 6 names entered the top 100 in 2014 with 7 names leaving.

Aisha showed the largest rise within the top 100, gaining 18 places to number 76. Elsie and Heidi (up 15 places to 32 and 84 respectively), Evelyn (up 14 places to 31), and Eliza, Georgia, Ivy and Darcey (up 12 places to 47, 48, 54 and 72 respectively) were also high climbers within the top 100.

Lexi (down 22 places to number 64), Megan (down 16 places to 65), Hannah, Lacey and Julia (down 15 places to 59, 68 and 97 respectively) and Faith (down 14 places to 88) showed the largest falls within the top 100.

There were 3 new entries in the top 100 most popular boys’ babies names in 2014:

• Ellis at number 94 (up 9 places from 103)
  
  
• Joey at number 97 (up 5 places from 102)
  
  
• Jackson at number 100 (up 6 places from 106)
  
  

These replaced Evan (102), Aiden (103) and Cameron (123) which fell out of the top 100.

Kian showed the largest rise within the top 100, gaining 41 places to reach number 54. Teddy (up 20 places to 66), Theodore (up 19 places to 59), Elijah (up 16 places to 53), Albert (up 15 places to 84) and Freddie (up 15 places to 20) were also high climbers within the top 100.

Jamie (down 20 places to number 88), Ryan (down 18 places to 69), Riley (down 14 places to 35), Kai and Connor (down 13 places to 77 and 79 respectively) and Bobby and Finlay (down 12 places to 71 and 99 respectively) showed the largest falls within the top 100.