NEW parents stuck with old favourites when naming their bundle of joy, with more Amelias, Ellas, Maxs and Jacks born in the south-west last year.A survey of birth notices in The Standard for 2009 showed Amelia and Ella tied as the most popular girls' name while Max took out the top spot for boys.The most popular boys' name in 2008, Lachlan, didn't make it into the top 10 this time around but Jack managed to stay near the top of the list for the third year.Mia fell out of favour after being the hot favourite for girls in 2008, while Ella shot up the list from eighth to share the top spot.Warrnambool's Stephen McGarvie celebrated the birth of his daughter Amelia, who is better known to her family as Millie, on October 11.Amelia was also the top pick in many name surveys including BabyNames.com, which compiles a list each year from the preferences of millions of visitors to the website.Aiden was the most popular boys' name.Co-founder of the website Mallory Moss said the name followed a popular trend of giving girls "old fashioned" names.The origin of Amelia is Latin and means to strive, excel or rival. Little Max Carter was born on September 20 and his mother Lauren Colwell said the name was chosen because it was "short and sweet" like his three-year-old brother Sam.Ms Colwell said she wasn't surprised the name hit the top of the list."I have seen it come up a few times in the birth notices. I think names like that are becoming a lot more popular," she said.The origin of Max is Latin and it means greatest.The top 10 in the south-west saw a number of new names including Cooper, Archie, Grace and Lila, while Marli, Molly and Meg tied with Lily for the fifth spot.Getting more creative with their baby names were the parents of baby boys, with Broly, Rusty, Shelby, River and Berrick while little girls included Kalora, Star, Rainbow, Winter and Banksia.