Wodonga mum Allison Stanley was tossing up a few names but thought Oliver fitted well with his middle name, Russell. 

“When he was born it suited him very well, he’s our little Ollie,” she said.

And for Albury mum Lex Summers, calling her daughter Charlotte was a last-minute decision.

“We actually didn’t have any names until the day I gave birth,” she said. “We were like oh my god, what do we call her? We looked at each other and were like, what about Charlotte? And then within five minutes we thought yep, that’s it.”

As for picking the most popular names when their babies were born in August, both mums were a little surprised. 

“I thought I hadn’t heard Charlotte in ages, and now everyone I know has a baby called Charlotte,” Lex said.

The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages revealed Olivia, Mia, Amelia and Ava all remained in the top five most popular baby girls’ names from 2015, while Evelyn broke into the top 20 to replace Sienna.

Jack, William and Noah also made a repeat appearance in the top five boys’ names list for the second year in a row, while James edged out Thomas to round out the top five.

The names Harry and Samuel also replaced Oscar and Benjamin in the top 20.

Oliver is of French origin and means “olive tree”.

Charlotte is the French feminine form of Charles, and was famously chosen by Prince William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with the birth of their daughter in May 2015.

But names for girls were quite different five decades ago with Michelle, Karen, Lisa, Susan and Sharon claiming the top five places.

David, Peter, Michael, Paul and Andrew were the most popular names for boys.

Some names have stood the test of time though, with Lachlan and Jack both featuring in the top 20 names for boys 10 and 20 years ago.

James is the only name to have also appeared in the top 20 list over the past 10, 20 and 50 years.

Olivia, Emily and Chloe remained popular choices for girls’, appearing in the top 20 names in 1996 and 2006.