What Amit & Pooja decide to call their kids (Part 2) (Delhi Schools – 3/n)

Posted on by Hari Balaji

Story so far: Part 0 | Part 1

Getting straight to it:

Girls vs Women

  • 8% of girls in the 2013-15 cohort have their name starting with AA
  • ~25% of all girls have a name starting with the letter A
  • SA continues to be the perennial favourite (5.5% in the 2013-15 cohort and 5.2% with the mums)
  • Names starting with NE and SH have dropped the most in popularity

Boys vs Men

  • 5.6% of boysin the 2013-15 cohort have their name starting with AA
  • ~20% of all boys have a name that starting with the letter A
  • VI continues to remain the perennial favourite (5.3% and 5.5%) – that said Vijay & Vikram have given way to Vihaan & Vivaan
  • Names starting with RA and SU have seen a steep drop in popularity
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Girls’ Names – First & Second Letters
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Mums’ Names – First & Second Letters
Girls vs Mums
Girls vs Mums (Blue = More common in Girls, Red = More common in mums)
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Boys’ Names – First & Second Letter
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Dads’ Names – First & Second Letters
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Boys vs Dads (Blue = More common in boys, Red = More common in dads)

 

This tweet from @feelwelcome feels appropriate:

 

More when I find the time….