This year’s official babies’ names figures show that it’s all change for the girls with Olivia and Grace moving up to join Jessica in the top three. Jack, Thomas and Joshua continue to be the three most popular boy’s names, following the trend of previous years
Boys |
Girls |
| 1.Jack 2. Thomas 3. Joshua 4. Oliver 5. Harry 6. James 7. William 8. Samuel 9. Daniel 10.Charlie 11. Benjamin 12. Joseph 13. Callum 14. George 15. Jake 16. Alfie 17. Luke 18. Matthew 19. Ethan 20. Lewis 21. Jacob 22. Mohammed 23. Dylan 24. Alexander 25. Ryan 26. Adam 27. Tyler 28. Harvey 29. Max 30. Cameron 31. Liam 32. Jamie 33. Leo 34. Owen 35. Connor 36. Harrison 37. Nathan 38. Ben 39. Henry 40. Archie 41. Edward 42. Michael 43. Aaron 44. Muhammad 45. Kyle 46. Noah 47. Oscar 48. Lucas 49. Rhys 50. Bradley |
1.Olivia 2.Grace 3.Jessica 4. Ruby 5. Emily 6. Sophie 7. Chloe 8. Lucy 9. Lily 10. Ellie 11. Ella 12. Charlotte 13. Katie 14.Mia 15.Hannah 16.Amelia 17. Megan 18. Amy 19. Isabella 20. Millie 21. Evie 22. Abigail 23. Freya 24. Molly 25. Daisy 26. Holly 27. Emma 28. Erin 29. Isabelle 30. Poppy 31. Jasmine 32. Leah 33. Keira 34. Phoebe 35.Caitlin 36. Rebecca 37. Georgia 38. Lauren 39. Madison 40. Amber 41. Elizabeth 42. Eleanor 43.Bethany 44. Isabel 45. Paige 46. Scarlett 47. Alice 48. Imogen 49. Sophia 50. Anna |
| Source: Office for National Statistics, England and Wales |
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Where to next?
- Can’t decide on what name to choose? Use babyworld’s baby
names finder for inspiration - Top 50 names for England and Wales 2006.
- Top 20 names of 2006 (Scotland)
- Stars in their eyes – 2004 produced some interesting names for celebrity
babies - What’s
in a name? In these modern times do we still follow the tradition
of taking our partner’s name after marriage?
