Oliver、Olivia成英国最受欢迎宝宝名

After a 14-year reign, Jack has lost its stranglehold on the title of England and Wales' top name for newborn boys, replaced by Oliver.

Olivia was the most popular name for newborn girls for the second year in a row, according to figures published by the Office of National Statistics for first names given to babies born in 2009.

Jack remained a popular name for boys, ranking second, while Harry came in third.

Ruby and Chloe were the second and third most popular names chosen for girls.

There were no new entries in the top ten for either boys' or girls' names compared with 2008, although there were regional variations with popularity of names.

Oliver was the most popular name for boys in six English regions, for example, but Jack was still the top name in Wales, and in the north east and north west of England.

Mohammed ranked 16th nationally for boys, but was the most popular name in the West Midlands.

Compared to names chosen for babies 10 years earlier, there was a resurgence in the popularity of names which were once associated with people of the inter-war generation.

Evie was the tenth most popular name given to baby girls in 2009, for example, moving up 157 places since 1999.

Ruby, the second most popular name for girls in 2009, was ranked 91 places lower 10 years ago. Boys names such as Alfie and Charlie have followed a similar trend.

Six names in the boys top ten in 2009 were also there in 1999 - Jack, Joshua, Thomas, James, Daniel and William.

Five girls' names featured in both lists - Olivia, Chloe, Emily, Sophie and Jessica.

There were 706,248 live births in England and Wales in 2009.

Oliver最近获选英格兰和威尔士最受欢迎的新生男孩名字，而在之前14年间，这一殊荣一直为Jack占据。

英国国家统计局公布的2009年新生婴儿名统计数据显示，Olivia已连续两年获选最受欢迎新生女婴名。

Jack仍然是受青睐的男孩名，在榜单中位居第二，亨利紧随其后。

Ruby和Chloe在最受欢迎女孩名榜单中分列第二、三位。

与2008年相比，虽然名字的受欢迎程度在全英各地存在差异，但入选最受欢迎男孩和女孩名榜单前十位的名字没有变化。

例如，尽管Oliver在英格兰六个地区中是最受欢迎的男孩名，但在威尔士以及英格兰东北和西北地区，Jack依然最受欢迎。

Mohammed在全英范围内男孩榜单上排名第16，但在西米德兰兹郡却高居榜首。

与10年前的婴儿名相比，两次世界大战期间出生的那代人常起的名字又有复兴之势。

例如Evie在2009年度最受欢迎女孩名榜单中排名第10，比1999年的名次上升了157位。

Ruby在2009年度最受欢迎女孩名中排名第二，而10年前的名次要靠后91位。Alfie和Charlie等男孩名也有类似趋势。

2009年最受欢迎男孩名榜单前十位中有6个名字也曾在1999年上榜，分别为Jack, Joshua, Thomas, James, Daniel和William。

同时上榜的5个女孩名分别为Olivia, Chloe, Emily, Sophie和Jessica。

2009年，英格兰和威尔士的新生人口共有706248人。

Vocabulary:

resurgence: 复苏，复兴