Australia's top baby names of 2015
The top baby name statistics for last year have been released.
Baby Name Inspiration lists
Finding the right baby name doesn't need to be fraught with anguish and worry. Essential Baby has thousands of baby name ideas for you to choose the perfect baby girl name or baby boy name.
Here, we have created some lists of names under popular categories. Browse through to find a name you love.
Musical Names
- Rock n Roll names
- Jazz, Blues & Soul music names
- Classical music names
- Britpop baby names
- Baby names from Hip Hop and Rap
- Baby names from pop music
- Baby names from heavy metal and hard rock
International Names
- Irish baby names
- French baby names
- Top Australian baby names of 2015
- Baby names from Asia
- Baby names from Northern & Western Europe
- Baby names from Eastern Europe
Need more help finding the perfect baby name?
Head to our Baby Name Tool to browse by letter, meaning, gender or origin.
Use our Baby Name Tester tool to see how a name sounds in a variety of situations.
Talk to others and use the forum as a sounding board with baby names on our baby names forums. There are lots of naming fanatics ready to help with name ideas, sibsets and to warn you off no-go names in the baby name forum.
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