When it comes to naming newborn girls, Wagga's favourite names are wildly different to the rest of the state. / (min cost $ 0 ) or signup to continue reading Hazel was the top baby girls name in Wagga last year, but the name didn't even make it to the , according to a spokesperson for NSW Births, Deaths and Marriages. Wagga mum Rachelle Robertson's daughter Hazel Rose was born in August 2023.
"I honest just think that everyone likes the name because it is apparently an older name," Ms Robertson said. "Funnily enough my husband didn't think it was a popular name." The name was also popular across the rest of .
Of the 244 Hazels born in NSW last year, 13 were born in the region. That's one in 20. Hazel Barnes was born at Griffith Base Hospital in May 2022, her mother Jessie Carter said that she chose the name because it was "not as common".
"I know when you're about to have a baby and you're sitting there going through lists and lists of names ...
it's so daunting because you've literally got to name a child for their life," Ms Carter said. "Hazel was sort of the one that actually stuck out from all the others." "She's the only Hazel in Hay.
" Like Ms Robertson, Ms Carter also liked the name because it was "more old-fashioned". Other popular names among the 368 baby girls born in Wagga last year are Remi, Penelope, Mia, Elsie, Olivia, Delilah, Millie, Grace, Isla, Maggie and Sophia. Only three of these names made the top 10 across the rest of the state - Isla (first), Olivia (th.