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Follow on Google News | 2007 Bounty Baby Name Chart shows saying Grace is back in fashionThe 2007 Bounty Baby Name Chart – a national survey of 380,000 babies born in 2007 indicates that Hollywood legends are still inspiring the top names
By: Pauline Kent The new Bounty (http://www.bounty.com/ The fastest rising girls name in 2007 is Sixties inspired, Summer which moved up 44 places from position 77 in 2006 to 34 in 2007. Ruby, the UK’s second most popular baby name for girls was given a boost by celebrity Charlotte Church who picked the name for her daughter born in September. The traditional boys’ name Jack holds the number one slot for the 13th year running with Charlie in second place followed by Oliver, Thomas and Harry. The name Jack comes from the medieval pet form of John. For years, John was the most common choice for boys; it took second place in 1899, topped the list in 1934 and 1944 and has been a constant feature ever since. The fastest rising boys’ name in 2007 is Jayden which shot up the charts from number 77 in 2006 to number 37 in 2007. Jayden is an American name and again proves the transatlantic influence. This year there had been a mixed response from celebrities to the topic of baby names. For some, like Julia Roberts who chose Henry and Donald Trump who played safe with Donald Jnr. there has been a move towards the traditional. For others, like Katie Price and Peter Andre who gave their baby daughter the name Princess Tiaamii a new baby is an opportunity to be creative. Faye Mingo, Marketing Director of Bounty and a mum, says that the Bounty Baby Name Poll (http://www.bounty.com/ She added, "Grace Kelly was one of Hollywood’s most legendary stars and her name has pure star quality. I am not surprised that it’s top of the charts this year.” Notes to editors: About Bounty Bounty, the UK's favourite parenting club (http://www.bounty.com/ Bounty reaches over 96% of new and expectant mothers and distributes 3.2 million reward bags containing over 60 million product samples. The award winning Bounty website, bounty.com is an active online community with 666,000 mums meeting regularly online. The company philosophy is based on making family life easier and as such all information delivered by Bounty conforms to the latest best practice guidelines. PR contact: Pauline Kent Wildwood Communications Stanninghall House Stanninghall Road Norwich Norfolk NR12 7LY 01603 736069 http://www.bounty.com/ *********************************** Website: www.bounty.com/ End
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