Finding personalised gifts for Dylan might not actually be as difficult outside of Wales as I suspected. According to the
office of national statistics his name was the 17th most popular choice for a boy in England and Wales in 2008, up 2 places from 2007 and up 28 places from 1998 (and, incidentally, only 2 places in front of my own name). It would even appear that one of his middle names ranks fairly well in the popularity stakes - Henry sits at no 38 in the 2008 rankings (-3 from 2007, +18 from 1998), although there's no sign of Ivor in the top 100.
On the flipside it would rather seem that my son and I are the family commoners from a naming point of view. No sign of Helen or either grandfathers, grandmothers, uncles or even pets names in the 2008 top 100 - only aunty Becky manages to join us at no 65 in the girls names list (-18 from 2007, -56 from 1998, and in joint place with Mohammad in the boys list interestingly enough). Mind you it could also be said that we're the fashionable ones as far as our names are concerned!
Alex(ander), aka Babydaddy
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