In Not the News today (content may offend), the Office of Births, Deaths and Marriages of the Department of Internal Affairs has released the list of the most popular baby names registered in 2010.

This year's top boys' name is Liam. Ranked seventh in 2009, Liam jumped to the top to overtake Jack, which had been the most popular since 2005.

Jack was the fourth most popular name in 2010. Sophie remains the most popular name for girls, and has been heading the list since 2008.

Not the News descended deep down into the depths of the list to discover just how unpopular and unfashionable some names have become over the past year.

The usually unpopular Adolf was beaten this time by Clayton, which was just marginally ahead of Garth, with low numbers for David and any name stolen from a dead baby.

Graham is holding mid-table, but could go either way in the coming year, as could John and Philip.

Barak started 2010 as a hopeful, but fell off sharply, scoring less than Osama and, of course, Hone.

Henry showed a sharp rise towards the latter part of the year, pushing Anand lower, and outscoring Tamati and Corin.

Girls' names showed little change, with Helen bringing up the rear, but expected to be pushed easily out of last place by Petra very soon.