The top 10 baby names list may not have changed much since 2013, but there were some monikers which came suddenly into vogue in 2014, rocketing up the charts through the top 100.
On the other hand, many new mums and dads appeared to turn up their noses at some of last year's popular names. For the boys, Braxton dropped a whopping 45 spots, while Chelsea saw a fall of 36.
As always, there were differences in spelling that made the list compilation a little tricky. We kept the spellings as they were intended by the parents, so Madeline made it to number 81 - rising up 23 places since last year - while the one letter longer version, Madeleine, fell 11 spots to number 78.
Likewise, Madison - which slipped from 15 to number 45 - seems to be being replaced by the longer Maddison, which made its top 100 debut at the 37th spot.
Here are the lists of the fastest moving names - both up and down - for 2014.
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Name | # of places moved up |
Position in top 100 |
Louis | +35 | 72 |
George | +32 | 43 |
Ryder | +26 | 71 |
Lincoln | +25 | 49 |
Archer | +24 | 41 |
Leo | +22 | 32 |
Hudson | +21 | 31 |
Elijah | +20 | 30 |
Nate | +20 | 34 |
Edward | +19 | 48 |
Name | # of places moved up |
Position in top 100 |
Aria | +49 | 40 |
Evelyn | +31 | 32 |
Ellie | +28 | 47 |
Madeline | +23 | 81 |
Eloise | +20 | 73 |
Harper | +17 | 22 |
Maddison | *new in top 100 | 37 |
Elsie | *new in top 100 | 67 |
Ariana | *new in top 100 | 75 |
Ayla | *new in top 100 | 83 |
Frankie | *new in top 100 | 84 |
Penelope | *new in top 100 | 85 |
Eleanor | *new in top 100 | 88 |
Name | # of places moved down |
Position in top 100 |
Braxton | -45 | 79 |
Mitchell | -29 | 84 |
Beau | -23 | 81 |
Nicholas | -23 | 67 |
Adam | -19 | 78 |
Tyler | -17 | 42 |
Anthony | -16 | 98 |
Jake | -16 | 53 |
Alex | -15 | 100 |
Eli | -15 | 50 |
Nathan | -15 | 75 |
Riley | -15 | 35 |
Name | # of places moved down |
Position in top 100 |
Chelsea | -36 | 66 |
Madison | -34 | 45 |
Lilly | -26 | 55 |
Eliza | -22 | 86 |
Hayley | -21 | 71 |
Jessica | -19 | 51 |
Jade | -18 | 96 |
Sarah | -18 | 56 |
Molly | -16 | 74 |
Mackenzie | -13 | 58 |