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Most popular baby names of 2012 in England and Wales

In 2012, the most popular names in England and Wales were Amelia for girls and Harry for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Amelia7,061
  2. 2Olivia4,585
  3. 3Jessica4,165
  4. 4Emily4,029
  5. 5Lily3,802
  6. 6Ava3,779
  7. 7Mia3,524
  8. 8Isla3,501
  9. 9Sophie3,496
  10. 10Isabella3,358
  11. 11Evie3,280
  12. 12Ruby3,231
  13. 13Poppy3,203
  14. 14Grace3,188
  15. 15Sophia2,855
  16. 16Chloe2,776
  17. 17Isabelle2,594
  18. 18Ella2,559
  19. 19Freya2,557
  20. 20Charlotte2,290
  21. 21Scarlett2,248
  22. 22Daisy2,209
  23. 23Lola2,010
  24. 24Eva1,946
  25. 25Holly1,937
  26. 26Millie1,912
  27. 27Lucy1,908
  28. 28Phoebe1,825
  29. 29Layla1,796
  30. 30Maisie1,658
  31. 31Sienna1,625
  32. 32Alice1,577
  33. 33Lilly1,536
  34. 34Florence1,531
  35. 35Ellie1,527
  36. 36Erin1,504
  37. 37Imogen1,454
  38. 38Elizabeth1,446
  39. 39Molly1,434
  40. 40Summer1,408
  41. 41Megan1,388
  42. 42Hannah1,357
  43. 43Sofia1,336
  44. 44Abigail1,316
  45. 45Jasmine1,313
  46. 46Lexi1,301
  47. 47Matilda1,284
  48. 48Rosie1,263
  49. 49Lacey1,220
  50. 50Emma1,149
  51. 51Amelie1,146
  52. 52Gracie1,104
  53. 53Maya1,072
  54. 54Hollie1,062
  55. 55Georgia1,055
  56. 56Emilia1,050
  57. 57Evelyn1,034
  58. 58Bella1,027
  59. 59Brooke1,026
  60. 60Amber1,023
  61. 61Eliza996
  62. 62Amy995
  63. 63Eleanor989
  64. 64Leah944
  65. 65Esme934
  66. 66Katie914
  67. 67Harriet904
  68. 68Anna902
  69. 69Willow892
  70. 70Elsie888
  71. 71Zara886
  72. 72Annabelle884
  73. 73Bethany868
  74. 74Faith868
  75. 75Madison846
  76. 76Isabel774
  77. 77Martha770
  78. 78Rose764
  79. 79Julia751
  80. 80Paige715
  81. 81Maryam700
  82. 82Maddison696
  83. 83Heidi678
  84. 84Mollie672
  85. 85Niamh672
  86. 86Skye666
  87. 87Aisha642
  88. 88Ivy633
  89. 89Darcey632
  90. 90Francesca622
  91. 91Zoe620
  92. 92Keira610
  93. 93Tilly610
  94. 94Maria609
  95. 95Sarah592
  96. 96Lydia590
  97. 97Caitlin589
  98. 98Isobel585
  99. 99Sara584
  100. 100Violet580

Boys

  1. 1Harry7,168
  2. 2Oliver6,669
  3. 3Jack6,230
  4. 4Charlie5,571
  5. 5Jacob5,286
  6. 6Thomas4,893
  7. 7Alfie4,843
  8. 8Riley4,825
  9. 9William4,590
  10. 10James4,495
  11. 11Joshua4,444
  12. 12George4,408
  13. 13Ethan4,221
  14. 14Noah3,912
  15. 15Samuel3,499
  16. 16Daniel3,404
  17. 17Oscar3,289
  18. 18Max3,220
  19. 19Muhammad3,161
  20. 20Leo3,134
  21. 21Tyler3,125
  22. 22Joseph3,074
  23. 23Archie3,062
  24. 24Henry2,928
  25. 25Lucas2,858
  26. 26Mohammed2,853
  27. 27Alexander2,836
  28. 28Dylan2,800
  29. 29Logan2,700
  30. 30Isaac2,682
  31. 31Mason2,625
  32. 32Benjamin2,564
  33. 33Jake2,423
  34. 34Finley2,248
  35. 35Harrison2,224
  36. 36Edward2,088
  37. 37Jayden1,977
  38. 38Freddie1,936
  39. 39Adam1,907
  40. 40Zachary1,722
  41. 41Sebastian1,705
  42. 42Ryan1,675
  43. 43Lewis1,654
  44. 44Theo1,629
  45. 45Luke1,557
  46. 46Harley1,543
  47. 47Matthew1,518
  48. 48Harvey1,456
  49. 49Toby1,398
  50. 50Liam1,374
  51. 51Callum1,322
  52. 52Arthur1,310
  53. 53Michael1,302
  54. 54Jenson1,284
  55. 55Tommy1,281
  56. 56Nathan1,212
  57. 57Bobby1,186
  58. 58Connor1,152
  59. 59David1,148
  60. 60Mohammad1,125
  61. 61Luca1,117
  62. 62Charles1,088
  63. 63Kai1,075
  64. 64Jamie1,070
  65. 65Alex1,064
  66. 66Blake1,046
  67. 67Frankie1,046
  68. 68Reuben1,014
  69. 69Aaron959
  70. 70Dexter955
  71. 71Jude920
  72. 72Leon918
  73. 73Ollie907
  74. 74Stanley890
  75. 75Elliot876
  76. 76Gabriel858
  77. 77Cameron849
  78. 78Owen839
  79. 79Louie832
  80. 80Aiden825
  81. 81Louis815
  82. 82Elijah792
  83. 83Finlay791
  84. 84Rhys769
  85. 85Caleb763
  86. 86Evan744
  87. 87Frederick733
  88. 88Hugo724
  89. 89Kian701
  90. 90Sonny686
  91. 91Seth683
  92. 92Kayden678
  93. 93Taylor677
  94. 94Kyle676
  95. 95Elliott672
  96. 96Robert660
  97. 97Theodore655
  98. 98Bailey646
  99. 99Rory642
  100. 100Ellis627

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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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