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Most popular baby names of 2008 in England and Wales

In 2008, the most popular names in England and Wales were Olivia for girls and Jack for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Olivia5,325
  2. 2Ruby4,931
  3. 3Emily4,881
  4. 4Grace4,775
  5. 5Jessica4,672
  6. 6Chloe4,605
  7. 7Sophie4,380
  8. 8Lily4,047
  9. 9Amelia3,440
  10. 10Evie3,281
  11. 11Mia3,121
  12. 12Ella3,042
  13. 13Charlotte2,939
  14. 14Lucy2,876
  15. 15Megan2,515
  16. 16Ellie2,505
  17. 17Isabelle2,460
  18. 18Isabella2,424
  19. 19Hannah2,335
  20. 20Katie2,324
  21. 21Ava2,314
  22. 22Holly2,275
  23. 23Summer2,270
  24. 24Millie2,177
  25. 25Daisy2,134
  26. 26Phoebe2,116
  27. 27Freya2,111
  28. 28Poppy1,975
  29. 29Abigail1,973
  30. 30Erin1,818
  31. 31Emma1,744
  32. 32Molly1,737
  33. 33Imogen1,712
  34. 34Amy1,702
  35. 35Jasmine1,656
  36. 36Isla1,599
  37. 37Scarlett1,574
  38. 38Leah1,559
  39. 39Sophia1,510
  40. 40Elizabeth1,509
  41. 41Eva1,505
  42. 42Brooke1,484
  43. 43Matilda1,418
  44. 44Caitlin1,330
  45. 45Keira1,294
  46. 46Alice1,283
  47. 47Lola1,276
  48. 48Lilly1,268
  49. 49Amber1,228
  50. 50Isabel1,217
  51. 51Lauren1,201
  52. 52Gracie1,172
  53. 53Georgia1,169
  54. 54Eleanor1,151
  55. 55Bethany1,144
  56. 56Madison1,133
  57. 57Amelie1,109
  58. 58Lacey1,066
  59. 59Isobel1,064
  60. 60Paige1,064
  61. 61Sienna1,056
  62. 62Libby1,048
  63. 63Maisie1,042
  64. 64Anna1,028
  65. 65Rosie999
  66. 66Rebecca996
  67. 67Tia992
  68. 68Layla978
  69. 69Maya964
  70. 70Niamh958
  71. 71Zara938
  72. 72Sarah930
  73. 73Lexi904
  74. 74Maddison890
  75. 75Alisha880
  76. 76Skye836
  77. 77Sofia836
  78. 78Nicole784
  79. 79Lexie775
  80. 80Faith761
  81. 81Martha750
  82. 82Harriet749
  83. 83Zoe748
  84. 84Eve742
  85. 85Julia713
  86. 86Aimee710
  87. 87Hollie690
  88. 88Lydia661
  89. 89Evelyn660
  90. 90Alexandra625
  91. 91Maria617
  92. 92Francesca613
  93. 93Tilly611
  94. 94Florence609
  95. 95Alicia604
  96. 96Abbie599
  97. 97Emilia596
  98. 98Courtney590
  99. 99Maryam584
  100. 100Esme555

Boys

  1. 1Jack8,010
  2. 2Oliver7,417
  3. 3Thomas6,062
  4. 4Harry6,008
  5. 5Joshua5,716
  6. 6Alfie5,566
  7. 7Charlie5,291
  8. 8Daniel5,191
  9. 9James5,170
  10. 10William5,169
  11. 11Samuel4,624
  12. 12George4,214
  13. 13Joseph3,764
  14. 14Lewis3,482
  15. 15Ethan3,451
  16. 16Mohammed3,442
  17. 17Dylan3,373
  18. 18Benjamin3,275
  19. 19Alexander3,215
  20. 20Jacob3,127
  21. 21Ryan3,048
  22. 22Liam2,986
  23. 23Jake2,793
  24. 24Max2,708
  25. 25Luke2,582
  26. 26Tyler2,575
  27. 27Callum2,543
  28. 28Matthew2,531
  29. 29Jayden2,519
  30. 30Oscar2,432
  31. 31Archie2,316
  32. 32Adam2,313
  33. 33Riley2,203
  34. 34Harvey2,195
  35. 35Harrison2,153
  36. 36Lucas2,103
  37. 37Muhammad2,081
  38. 38Henry2,003
  39. 39Isaac1,948
  40. 40Leo1,903
  41. 41Connor1,877
  42. 42Edward1,825
  43. 43Finley1,808
  44. 44Logan1,707
  45. 45Noah1,678
  46. 46Cameron1,627
  47. 47Alex1,611
  48. 48Owen1,607
  49. 49Rhys1,600
  50. 50Nathan1,586
  51. 51Jamie1,533
  52. 52Michael1,517
  53. 53Mason1,493
  54. 54Toby1,382
  55. 55Aaron1,362
  56. 56Charles1,346
  57. 57Ben1,339
  58. 58Theo1,295
  59. 59Louis1,205
  60. 60Finlay1,200
  61. 61Freddie1,200
  62. 62Leon1,138
  63. 63Harley1,135
  64. 64David1,134
  65. 65Mohammad1,106
  66. 66Reece1,096
  67. 67Kian1,093
  68. 68Kai1,057
  69. 69Kyle1,030
  70. 70Brandon1,012
  71. 71Hayden1,007
  72. 72Zachary995
  73. 73Kieran975
  74. 74Luca974
  75. 75Ashton955
  76. 76Bailey939
  77. 77Sebastian914
  78. 78Gabriel912
  79. 79Sam901
  80. 80Evan890
  81. 81Bradley849
  82. 82Elliot821
  83. 83John810
  84. 84Taylor791
  85. 85Joe786
  86. 86Corey778
  87. 87Reuben768
  88. 88Joel766
  89. 89Ellis764
  90. 90Robert764
  91. 91Aidan749
  92. 92Blake749
  93. 93Louie729
  94. 94Christopher725
  95. 95Ewan722
  96. 96Jay687
  97. 97Morgan681
  98. 98Billy678
  99. 99Sean649
  100. 100Zak624

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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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