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NAMEY

England & Wales baby name data

Explore baby name popularity in England and Wales from 1996 to 2021, based on live birth registrations published by the ONS.

Namey holds 36,413 distinct names and 15,918,088 birth registrations from this dataset, covering 1996 to 2021. Registrations peaked in 2012 with 670,488 births.

Provider: Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

Covers England and Wales only — Scottish births are registered separately by National Records of Scotland (see the Scotland dataset).

Years covered

1996–2021

Distinct names

36,413

Births recorded

15,918,088

Boys share

52%

Girls share

48%

In 1996 the dataset records 614,512 births; in 2021, 569,071.

Top boys' names in England & Wales

  1. 1Jack182,643
  2. 2Thomas155,395
  3. 3Oliver146,458
  4. 4Joshua141,345
  5. 5James137,662
  6. 6Harry135,726
  7. 7Daniel118,043
  8. 8William113,115
  9. 9George110,808
  10. 10Samuel105,783
  11. 11Joseph99,161
  12. 12Charlie98,404
  13. 13Jacob88,723
  14. 14Benjamin87,397
  15. 15Alexander81,053
  16. 16Alfie80,105
  17. 17Matthew79,713
  18. 18Ethan73,842
  19. 19Luke70,909
  20. 20Mohammed69,261
  21. 21Lewis68,703
  22. 22Adam67,745
  23. 23Ryan67,354
  24. 24Jake65,896
  25. 25Callum65,179
  26. 26Noah59,489
  27. 27Oscar59,233
  28. 28Dylan58,319
  29. 29Liam58,263
  30. 30Henry57,703
  31. 31Muhammad57,664
  32. 32Max55,934
  33. 33Leo52,899
  34. 34Connor52,514
  35. 35Archie52,306
  36. 36Edward48,638
  37. 37Nathan45,227
  38. 38Michael45,214
  39. 39Isaac44,425
  40. 40Lucas44,096
  41. 41Harrison42,584
  42. 42Tyler41,385
  43. 43Jamie40,544
  44. 44Cameron39,637
  45. 45Freddie39,335
  46. 46Logan38,159
  47. 47Finley36,655
  48. 48Ben36,076
  49. 49Jordan35,993
  50. 50Riley35,942

Top girls' names in England & Wales

  1. 1Emily117,553
  2. 2Olivia114,149
  3. 3Chloe109,084
  4. 4Jessica103,278
  5. 5Sophie100,849
  6. 6Amelia86,819
  7. 7Charlotte84,446
  8. 8Grace74,602
  9. 9Megan70,604
  10. 10Lucy69,304
  11. 11Hannah66,176
  12. 12Lily66,084
  13. 13Ella65,115
  14. 14Mia62,078
  15. 15Ellie61,674
  16. 16Ruby57,171
  17. 17Isabella53,392
  18. 18Katie52,892
  19. 19Amy52,130
  20. 20Holly51,103
  21. 21Lauren50,544
  22. 22Evie48,808
  23. 23Emma48,681
  24. 24Ava48,408
  25. 25Georgia47,701
  26. 26Poppy47,311
  27. 27Molly46,178
  28. 28Rebecca45,344
  29. 29Isla44,840
  30. 30Daisy44,706
  31. 31Abigail44,561
  32. 32Freya44,387
  33. 33Alice43,845
  34. 34Isabelle43,249
  35. 35Phoebe43,016
  36. 36Bethany42,847
  37. 37Sophia41,834
  38. 38Millie40,089
  39. 39Eleanor38,354
  40. 40Elizabeth37,058
  41. 41Jasmine33,709
  42. 42Erin32,597
  43. 43Leah32,300
  44. 44Scarlett32,200
  45. 45Imogen31,513
  46. 46Rosie30,952
  47. 47Amber30,669
  48. 48Maisie29,565
  49. 49Caitlin28,773
  50. 50Sienna27,365

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