left2write

Names

Most popular baby names of 2005 in England and Wales

In 2005, the most popular names in England and Wales were Jessica for girls and Jack for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

← 20042006 →

Girls

  1. 1Jessica5,030
  2. 2Emily4,752
  3. 3Sophie4,422
  4. 4Olivia4,282
  5. 5Ellie4,049
  6. 6Chloe4,017
  7. 7Grace3,653
  8. 8Lucy3,534
  9. 9Charlotte3,499
  10. 10Ella3,220
  11. 11Katie3,201
  12. 12Ruby3,149
  13. 13Megan3,109
  14. 14Hannah2,990
  15. 15Amelia2,976
  16. 16Lily2,871
  17. 17Amy2,717
  18. 18Mia2,539
  19. 19Holly2,465
  20. 20Abigail2,461
  21. 21Millie2,418
  22. 22Molly2,355
  23. 23Emma2,144
  24. 24Isabella2,065
  25. 25Leah2,045
  26. 26Caitlin1,889
  27. 27Lauren1,888
  28. 28Daisy1,879
  29. 29Evie1,879
  30. 30Isabelle1,800
  31. 31Freya1,794
  32. 32Erin1,788
  33. 33Rebecca1,748
  34. 34Georgia1,597
  35. 35Poppy1,574
  36. 36Phoebe1,569
  37. 37Keira1,565
  38. 38Amber1,562
  39. 39Madison1,556
  40. 40Bethany1,512
  41. 41Jasmine1,478
  42. 42Elizabeth1,435
  43. 43Eleanor1,328
  44. 44Alice1,307
  45. 45Paige1,290
  46. 46Scarlett1,261
  47. 47Isabel1,232
  48. 48Libby1,131
  49. 49Aimee1,121
  50. 50Niamh1,110
  51. 51Isobel1,098
  52. 52Anna1,096
  53. 53Abbie1,004
  54. 54Tia1,004
  55. 55Eve964
  56. 56Sarah962
  57. 57Alisha957
  58. 58Courtney949
  59. 59Maisie949
  60. 60Sophia940
  61. 61Rosie914
  62. 62Shannon914
  63. 63Maddison899
  64. 64Madeleine888
  65. 65Imogen868
  66. 66Summer852
  67. 67Zoe829
  68. 68Nicole823
  69. 69Faith813
  70. 70Sienna803
  71. 71Brooke743
  72. 72Alicia731
  73. 73Harriet711
  74. 74Lilly703
  75. 75Francesca700
  76. 76Eva695
  77. 77Hollie684
  78. 78Demi683
  79. 79Rachel681
  80. 80Natasha680
  81. 81Mollie668
  82. 82Ava657
  83. 83Amelie655
  84. 84Lydia649
  85. 85Zara640
  86. 86Gracie637
  87. 87Alexandra634
  88. 88Skye631
  89. 89Matilda620
  90. 90Lola613
  91. 91Morgan594
  92. 92Kiera588
  93. 93Eloise583
  94. 94Laura571
  95. 95Tilly557
  96. 96Sofia542
  97. 97Layla530
  98. 98Maya527
  99. 99Kayleigh524
  100. 100Naomi510

Boys

  1. 1Jack7,434
  2. 2Joshua7,167
  3. 3Thomas6,792
  4. 4James5,654
  5. 5Oliver5,516
  6. 6Daniel5,270
  7. 7Samuel5,219
  8. 8William5,106
  9. 9Harry4,638
  10. 10Joseph4,523
  11. 11Benjamin4,414
  12. 12Charlie4,033
  13. 13Luke3,771
  14. 14Callum3,637
  15. 15Matthew3,633
  16. 16Jake3,552
  17. 17George3,540
  18. 18Ethan3,528
  19. 19Lewis3,343
  20. 20Mohammed3,146
  21. 21Jacob3,057
  22. 22Alexander3,015
  23. 23Alfie3,005
  24. 24Dylan2,990
  25. 25Ryan2,933
  26. 26Adam2,869
  27. 27Harvey2,431
  28. 28Liam2,390
  29. 29Tyler2,331
  30. 30Connor2,321
  31. 31Max2,279
  32. 32Ben2,204
  33. 33Jamie2,197
  34. 34Cameron2,121
  35. 35Nathan2,108
  36. 36Owen2,013
  37. 37Leo1,723
  38. 38Archie1,685
  39. 39Bradley1,643
  40. 40Harrison1,643
  41. 41Kyle1,638
  42. 42Michael1,627
  43. 43Louis1,611
  44. 44Henry1,595
  45. 45Aaron1,557
  46. 46Edward1,552
  47. 47Brandon1,433
  48. 48Toby1,374
  49. 49Charles1,372
  50. 50Kieran1,352
  51. 51Noah1,346
  52. 52Muhammad1,318
  53. 53Alex1,302
  54. 54Isaac1,302
  55. 55Oscar1,262
  56. 56Reece1,256
  57. 57Finlay1,172
  58. 58Lucas1,126
  59. 59Rhys1,102
  60. 60Mason1,087
  61. 61David1,079
  62. 62Bailey1,061
  63. 63Kian1,052
  64. 64Finley1,049
  65. 65Joe1,028
  66. 66Kai1,024
  67. 67Sam1,009
  68. 68Mohammad990
  69. 69Joel978
  70. 70Harley959
  71. 71Billy955
  72. 72John946
  73. 73Robert938
  74. 74Riley917
  75. 75Leon914
  76. 76Christopher908
  77. 77Logan895
  78. 78Aidan865
  79. 79Freddie843
  80. 80Morgan825
  81. 81Jay820
  82. 82Elliot797
  83. 83Luca784
  84. 84Jayden769
  85. 85Taylor761
  86. 86Dominic756
  87. 87Ellis754
  88. 88Andrew723
  89. 89Sebastian692
  90. 90Ewan677
  91. 91Corey665
  92. 92Patrick651
  93. 93Jonathan650
  94. 94Sean638
  95. 95Zachary625
  96. 96Gabriel611
  97. 97Evan607
  98. 98Frederick606
  99. 99Scott595
  100. 100Zak582

Naming a character born in 2005?

Make character names from 2005

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).

Finished your book? Publish it at BookPublish.app →