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Most popular baby names of 1996 in England and Wales

In 1996, the most popular names in England and Wales were Sophie for girls and Jack for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

← 19951997 →

Girls

  1. 1Sophie7,087
  2. 2Chloe6,824
  3. 3Jessica6,711
  4. 4Emily6,415
  5. 5Lauren6,299
  6. 6Hannah5,916
  7. 7Charlotte5,866
  8. 8Rebecca5,828
  9. 9Amy5,206
  10. 10Megan4,948
  11. 11Shannon4,649
  12. 12Katie4,337
  13. 13Bethany4,271
  14. 14Emma4,232
  15. 15Lucy3,753
  16. 16Georgia3,723
  17. 17Laura3,582
  18. 18Sarah3,111
  19. 19Jade2,750
  20. 20Danielle2,641
  21. 21Abigail2,595
  22. 22Eleanor2,555
  23. 23Holly2,498
  24. 24Olivia2,456
  25. 25Alice2,357
  26. 26Elizabeth2,225
  27. 27Rachel2,105
  28. 28Paige2,052
  29. 29Molly2,026
  30. 30Ellie1,900
  31. 31Zoe1,897
  32. 32Samantha1,854
  33. 33Natasha1,751
  34. 34Chelsea1,735
  35. 35Leah1,705
  36. 36Nicole1,679
  37. 37Victoria1,627
  38. 38Alexandra1,595
  39. 39Georgina1,593
  40. 40Amber1,422
  41. 41Grace1,421
  42. 42Natalie1,393
  43. 43Jodie1,354
  44. 44Louise1,309
  45. 45Abbie1,297
  46. 46Melissa1,282
  47. 47Anna1,274
  48. 48Katherine1,266
  49. 49Stephanie1,266
  50. 50Gemma1,261
  51. 51Kayleigh1,206
  52. 52Courtney1,203
  53. 53Kirsty1,202
  54. 54Jennifer1,200
  55. 55Jasmine1,145
  56. 56Ella1,137
  57. 57Hayley1,088
  58. 58Ashleigh1,081
  59. 59Kate1,055
  60. 60Harriet1,046
  61. 61Lydia1,009
  62. 62Francesca966
  63. 63Amelia929
  64. 64Ellen929
  65. 65Phoebe910
  66. 66Caitlin906
  67. 67Hollie896
  68. 68Catherine880
  69. 69Rosie879
  70. 70Aimee876
  71. 71Daisy828
  72. 72Bethan825
  73. 73Kimberley799
  74. 74Kelly789
  75. 75Naomi766
  76. 76Sian731
  77. 77Rachael721
  78. 78Heather713
  79. 79Demi689
  80. 80Robyn683
  81. 81Mollie667
  82. 82Yasmin661
  83. 83Beth656
  84. 84Rhiannon654
  85. 85Lily651
  86. 86Kathryn635
  87. 87Nicola629
  88. 88Leanne616
  89. 89Chantelle609
  90. 90Claire564
  91. 91Imogen555
  92. 92Poppy537
  93. 93Madeleine536
  94. 94Isobel522
  95. 95Sophia516
  96. 96Maria511
  97. 97Stacey509
  98. 98Alicia504
  99. 99Gabrielle501
  100. 100Erin486

Boys

  1. 1Jack10,779
  2. 2Daniel10,338
  3. 3Thomas9,603
  4. 4James9,385
  5. 5Joshua7,887
  6. 6Matthew7,426
  7. 7Ryan6,496
  8. 8Joseph6,193
  9. 9Samuel6,161
  10. 10Liam5,802
  11. 11Jordan5,750
  12. 12Luke5,664
  13. 13Connor5,009
  14. 14Alexander4,840
  15. 15Benjamin4,805
  16. 16Adam4,538
  17. 17Harry4,434
  18. 18Jake4,331
  19. 19George4,287
  20. 20Callum4,281
  21. 21William4,269
  22. 22Michael4,187
  23. 23Oliver3,655
  24. 24Lewis3,569
  25. 25Christopher3,483
  26. 26Kieran2,882
  27. 27Nathan2,744
  28. 28Jamie2,688
  29. 29Andrew2,676
  30. 30Robert2,644
  31. 31Bradley2,557
  32. 32David2,517
  33. 33Aaron2,511
  34. 34Ben2,332
  35. 35Jacob2,249
  36. 36Mohammed2,112
  37. 37Kyle2,046
  38. 38Charlie1,912
  39. 39Jonathan1,881
  40. 40Ashley1,874
  41. 41Reece1,811
  42. 42Cameron1,791
  43. 43Alex1,762
  44. 44Charles1,738
  45. 45Edward1,658
  46. 46John1,649
  47. 47Sam1,638
  48. 48Scott1,632
  49. 49Sean1,594
  50. 50Joe1,567
  51. 51Dominic1,519
  52. 52Nicholas1,385
  53. 53Brandon1,337
  54. 54Rhys1,259
  55. 55Mark1,222
  56. 56Max1,192
  57. 57Dylan1,186
  58. 58Henry1,135
  59. 59Peter1,128
  60. 60Stephen1,122
  61. 61Louis1,100
  62. 62Richard1,089
  63. 63Conor1,081
  64. 64Lee1,053
  65. 65Anthony1,045
  66. 66Patrick1,039
  67. 67Tyler1,007
  68. 68Ross1,004
  69. 69Jason1,001
  70. 70Elliot919
  71. 71Billy914
  72. 72Paul898
  73. 73Steven877
  74. 74Shane846
  75. 75Joel793
  76. 76Shaun773
  77. 77Toby761
  78. 78Curtis757
  79. 79Mitchell725
  80. 80Dean719
  81. 81Craig705
  82. 82Timothy691
  83. 83Aidan680
  84. 84Declan680
  85. 85Marcus674
  86. 86Harrison663
  87. 87Simon656
  88. 88Elliott645
  89. 89Jay639
  90. 90Christian627
  91. 91Calum614
  92. 92Ethan604
  93. 93Rory601
  94. 94Josh595
  95. 95Macauley577
  96. 96Zachary574
  97. 97Mohammad567
  98. 98Danny565
  99. 99Kane545
  100. 100Owen536

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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