Looking at the Bounty list I thought many of the boys' names sounded a bit awful. I have s son James and my grandson is called Edward William. At least names such as these will take them through every stage of life from University to job interviews through to being retired.

E Pickford, Wickford, Essex

well my name is ffion.and i really like it. its different and gives a lil insight to where im from. its a nice welsh name and im proud to have a lil of my culture with me at all times.

ffion llewellyn, swansea, wales

My little girl is called Freya, which I love to bits. We named her after the goddess of love and fertility, as she is a very special little girl who we waited a long time to have. My second baby is on the way and Im finding it very hard to choose names, we dont know if we are having a girl or a boy!

wendy, bury, lancs

I am really pleased that Emma is still in the top 50 girls name, it was the most popular name in England and America when i was born but it its really nice to know babies are still being called that!!! lol !!!

Emma, Grimsby,

I am called Tillie-Vanessa.
I love my name!
No-One else has it like anywhere!
Plus, I really like Vanessa Hudgens...
Shes my IDOL x

Tillie-Vanessa, Hordle,

I must say i am very happy that my name (Olivia) is kinda popular. i have always hated it, and have considered changing it to Rachel, but thats not on list. I think i might stick with Olivia.

Olivia, Liverpool, England

I'm rather pleased that my name is not in the Top 100. My girls are called Mila (as in my-la. I've heard people say Mee-la before) and Lelani- unusual but not something that is a target for bullies. My boys are called Liam and Tyler- I find it's harder to be creative with boys names.

Amelie, Cornwall, UK

The name ive chosen fo my daughter due any day is 'Maya' and isnt up there which is great as i want a name no one else will have but isnt to drastic. Oh and mine isnt on there either (Ashlee) maybe as its seen more as a boys name?

ashlee , Reading, Berkshire

Where is vicki i ranked 18th o the most popular names of the ninties please dont dis my name ye

vicki, Birmingham,

Yay!
Mine aren't on there!
I don't really think I want to follow the crowd choosing them from the "top 100" anyway!
Creativity is good, but in moderation, because you don't want them to get bullied.
My name happens to be on the list...(shame on you, mother). But things may have been different that long ago :)

Holly, Wales,

My boys are Joe (Joseph is #13 but my son is christened 'Joe') and Syd.

Syd doesn't seem to be on there yet, maybe it never will be, we checked with our registrars and he is the first 'syd' since the 1950's in our town !!

jools, darlington,

I was interested to see that Harrison appears, I have an 8 month baby boy named Lennon after John of course!

Lauren G, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND

My auntie was called Loveday and she was a wonderful lady.

I don't know about showing creativity? I never wanted to land my children with a strange name that everyone would question for all of their lives. I am happy to say that my 3 choices are all in the top 15.

Sarah, Staffs,

The best boy's name of all -- Evan -- is not on the list ...thank goodness!!!

Mel Markby, adelaide, sa

What about Bob?

robert miller, Three Oaks, USA/MI

Nothing wrong with Loveday, Frank - it's a traditional West-Country name with an honourable ancestry.

Jane, Wincanton, Somerset

It's quite different from the USA list. The SSA won't publish the 2007 list for a couple months, but data up until 2006 is here: http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/ . Britney was already down to 474th last year (it peaked at 137th in 2000), and you can bet it has only declined further. What do you Brits have against "Michael"? It has been first or second each of the last 50 years. And we don't name boys Jack, we name them Jacob and John and Jackson and then call them all Jack.

Randall Bart, Seattle, WA, USA

Kirsten -- at first glance, it seems the names of your daughters together seem unusual, but I think they're quite harmonious. Gwendolyn, a traditional Welsh name; Aislinn, a Gaelic name, and Emma, which seems very English. Is a Scottish girl's name in wait for a possible fourth child?

Most of the boys' names in the list are shortened variants of traditional names. Alfie/Alfred, William/Liam, Henry/Harry. But still the names are quite conservative, whereas the girls' names are a mix of old and new, from Charlotte to Summer. I suppose it's much easier to pick something more unusual for a girl than a boy.

Kiley, Los Angeles, USA

I am very pleased that neither of our children's names (boy 3 yrs, girl 1.5 yrs) appear. Likewise our planned names for our next child are also absent. Show some creativity people...

Carlos, Basel,

Very different than the Canadian list, where Emma and Emily seem to be favored. I named my youngest Emma five years ago, when it was number two. But her older sisters are the rarer and very traditional Gwendolyn and the very rare and constantly mispronounced Aislinn. It's gotten to the point where Aislinn no longer responds to the traditional pronouciation, but the very butchered Aizlynn. What can I say, I asked for it.

Kirsten, calgary, canada

Work at a US ENT centre and see many oddly named children. Qortni stands out (courtney) along with Irish and Robiela. This last name is the first syllable of the father, robert, and the last of the mother, shiela.

frank, atlanta, ga/usa

I think it's harder for children with rhyming names, they often get teased and taunted unnecessarily, which can be a main source of bullying.

Rosanna, Winchester, Hampshire

Loveday?

Carol, God forbid that I should have you as a midwife.

Fred, Leeds,

I'm happy to see that my childrens' names, Rosalind and Laurence, have not yet made it to the top 100....

As verger of my parish church one of my duties is to fill in the Baptism Register - and I remember once having the name Chay Oasis to inscribe a baptism certificate for. Assuming (pretty obviously I thought) that this was a boy's name I duly filled in "him" and "his" in the appropriate spaces, but had to redo it when the parents discovered I'd called their daughter "him"....

Margaret Eccles, Cheltenham,

As a midwife I met a newborn baby girl today called LOVEDAY.How beautiful it sounds and how beautiful she is.

carol, nottingham, notts