Linky or it never happened

[Gonzo]

Why the F* are the government wasting our money on compiling data on popular names? Haven't they got enough to waste it on?

Don't diss the Office of National Statistics website - there's loads of interesting stuff on there to look through if you're bored. Not at all useful ... but interesting.

[Troll]

Three according to that list.

I think that makes it worse... and would mean the peace lovers are out breeding us....

[Sockpuppet]

Why the F* are the government wasting our money on compiling data on popular names? Haven't they got enough to waste it on?

really is "select name from names group by name" on the birth certificate database really that hard?

[wendigo100]

I think that makes it worse... and would mean the peace lovers are out breeding us....

A well-known fact. So within a few generations, most English towns will look like down-town Baghdad.

[threaded]

A well-known fact. So within a few generations, most English towns will look like down-town Baghdad.

Actually that could be an improvement. Baghdad is really very nice in places. Well, it used to be.

[PerlOfWisdom]

really is "select name from names group by name" on the birth certificate database really that hard?

There are consultancies out there who would do it for a mere couple of billion.