Baby Name trends: Classic baby names drop out of Australia’s top 100, 16 new ones grow in popularity according to the McCrindle report

The top 100 baby names in Australia have been revealed and some classic names haven’t made the cut as new parents begin to favour less traditional monikers.

McCrindle has released the 2025 Baby Names Australia report which observes baby naming trends throughout the country and several names that were among the 100 most popular in 2023 slipped out of the top ranks in 2024.

The classic boys’ names Michael, Hamish, Owen, Zachary and Charles have all dropped in popularity and fallen off the Top 100 list.

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Other boys names to drop off the list are Ari, Ollie, Reuben and August.

The name Owen had the biggest decline, dropping 50 places in McCrindle’s ranking from 91st place to 141st place. 

Ari, Michael, Charles and Reuben also saw significant changes, each dropping by more than 20 places in the ranking.

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Overall 16 names dropped out of the Top 100 list. Nine of those were boy names.

As for the girls, seven names have slipped from the Top 100 list.

But interestingly, these names are less traditional names than that of the boys cohort.

The biggest change was the name Thea, which dropped a whopping 93 places in McCrindle’s ranking. The name just scraped into the Top 100 list in 2023 at number 95 but in 2024 moved down to 188.

The names Harlow, Quinn, Cleo, Peyton, Athena and Lara have also dropped from the Top 100.

These are names we are less likely to see as the new generation beta enters the world.

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Here are all the boys and girls names to drop out of the Top 100:

Boys’ names to exit the Top 100

• Michael
• Ari
• Ollie
• Hamish
• Owen
• Reuben
• Zachary
• Charles
• August

Girls’ names to exit the Top 100

• Harlow
• Quinn
• Cleo
• Thea
• Peyton
• Athena
• Lara

Of course, while some baby names lose their popularity others will inevitably take their place.

There were 16 baby names that entered McCrindle’s Top 100, nine of which haven’t been seen on the list since 2010.

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Grayson, Isaiah, Finley, Julian, Rory, Maverick, Elodie, Amara and Lainey have each made the Top 100 for the first time in more than 15 years.

Some other boys’ names to enter the Top 100 include Elias, Vincent and Caleb.

As for the girls, Lyla, Jasmine, Charlie and Claire have all increased in popularity.

Here are all the boys and girls names to enter the Top 100:

Boys’ names to enter the Top 100

• Elias
• Vincent
• Grayson
• Isaiah
• Finley
• Julian
• Caleb
• Rory
• Maverick

Girls’ names to enter the Top 100

• Lyla
• Jasmine
• Charlie
• Elodie
• Amara
• Claire
• Lainey 

Of these names, Lyla saw the biggest jump in popularity jumping 41 places from 129 in 2023 to 88 in 2024.

The name Vincent also saw a considerable jump in popularity moving from 118th place to 81st. This is particularly interesting as similar classic names have dropped out of the Top 100.

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According to McCrindle, there is a growing preference for less traditional baby names.

“After surveying different generations of parents and those planning to become parents across he nation, we found there is a preference for unique names over traditional ones,” McCrindle noted in the report.

“This trend is being driven by younger generations, who are embracing unique names more than any generation before them.”

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