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Children's Names

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One of the things I have noticed whilst working in the toy shop is how children's names have changed in the last decade or so. There are still the traditional names but there seems to be more I suppose imaginative names with various options on the spelling. As with many parents there is a wish to have their child's name on a door for maybe their bedroom, or a play chest and it is harder to find names pre made and we are selling more of these beautifully coloured individual Wooden Animal Letters which will allow you to make up any name you require. A small piece of blu tack or double sided tape will allow you to fix it to any surface and it can be removed at any time. There are also Wooden Animal Numbers from 1 to 9 and both can be used to help with spelling and numeracy. Another variation is our very popular Wooden Train Letters . Once again any name can be made up and not only do the letters join together by a hook and eye system they are also compatible with all the popul...

Most Popular Name Letters

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I have just been building an order for a customer of ours, who asked for the most popular name train letters to fill a couple of display stands. This has made me think how much children's names have changed so much since I was at school. I think the most shocking statistic for me in the most popular name letters top ten, is the letter P at number 25! Yes, that's right, the letter P is less popular in children's names today than X or Z. When I was at school, I had friends named Peter, Paul, Penny, Penelope & Poppy, but don't recall anyone who's name contained the letter Z. Here is the official most popular letters list, based on our wooden letter train sales in 2010. MOST POPULAR Position Letter Percentage of Sales 1 A 13% 2 E 11% 3 L 8% 4 I 7% 5 R 7% 6 O 6% 7 S 5% 8 N 5% 9 H 4% 10 C 4% 11 M 4% 12 J...