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Most popular baby names of 2016 in England and Wales

In 2016, the most popular names in England and Wales were Olivia for girls and Oliver for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Olivia5,017
  2. 2Amelia4,777
  3. 3Emily3,551
  4. 4Isla3,476
  5. 5Ava3,285
  6. 6Isabella2,729
  7. 7Lily2,722
  8. 8Jessica2,703
  9. 9Ella2,702
  10. 10Mia2,662
  11. 11Sophia2,636
  12. 12Charlotte2,596
  13. 13Poppy2,506
  14. 14Sophie2,505
  15. 15Grace2,498
  16. 16Evie2,487
  17. 17Alice2,264
  18. 18Scarlett2,096
  19. 19Freya2,079
  20. 20Florence2,072
  21. 21Isabelle2,066
  22. 22Daisy2,020
  23. 23Chloe1,980
  24. 24Phoebe1,975
  25. 25Matilda1,915
  26. 26Ruby1,904
  27. 27Evelyn1,877
  28. 28Sienna1,815
  29. 29Sofia1,683
  30. 30Eva1,641
  31. 31Elsie1,574
  32. 32Willow1,536
  33. 33Ivy1,509
  34. 34Millie1,456
  35. 35Esme1,416
  36. 36Rosie1,403
  37. 37Imogen1,400
  38. 38Elizabeth1,384
  39. 39Maya1,374
  40. 40Layla1,358
  41. 41Emilia1,356
  42. 42Lola1,298
  43. 43Lucy1,273
  44. 44Harper1,256
  45. 45Eliza1,226
  46. 46Erin1,212
  47. 47Eleanor1,147
  48. 48Ellie1,142
  49. 49Harriet1,132
  50. 50Thea1,132
  51. 51Maisie1,111
  52. 52Holly1,098
  53. 53Emma1,080
  54. 54Georgia1,078
  55. 55Amber1,066
  56. 56Molly1,041
  57. 57Hannah1,033
  58. 58Abigail1,023
  59. 59Jasmine1,018
  60. 60Lilly1,014
  61. 61Annabelle1,009
  62. 62Rose974
  63. 63Penelope972
  64. 64Amelie964
  65. 65Violet959
  66. 66Bella946
  67. 67Aria926
  68. 68Zara876
  69. 69Maria853
  70. 70Nancy842
  71. 71Darcie791
  72. 72Lottie782
  73. 73Anna779
  74. 74Summer760
  75. 75Martha756
  76. 76Heidi752
  77. 77Gracie744
  78. 78Luna715
  79. 79Maryam711
  80. 80Beatrice685
  81. 81Mila679
  82. 82Darcey662
  83. 83Megan658
  84. 84Iris648
  85. 85Lexi626
  86. 86Robyn622
  87. 87Aisha617
  88. 88Clara611
  89. 89Francesca611
  90. 90Sara606
  91. 91Victoria586
  92. 92Zoe584
  93. 93Julia578
  94. 94Arabella577
  95. 95Maddison576
  96. 96Sarah572
  97. 97Felicity570
  98. 98Darcy566
  99. 99Leah564
  100. 100Lydia563

Boys

  1. 1Oliver6,623
  2. 2Harry5,284
  3. 3George5,263
  4. 4Jack4,751
  5. 5Jacob4,485
  6. 6Noah4,305
  7. 7Charlie4,190
  8. 8Muhammad3,908
  9. 9Thomas3,898
  10. 10Oscar3,894
  11. 11William3,819
  12. 12James3,580
  13. 13Leo3,563
  14. 14Alfie3,555
  15. 15Henry3,527
  16. 16Joshua3,495
  17. 17Freddie3,287
  18. 18Archie2,791
  19. 19Ethan2,722
  20. 20Isaac2,662
  21. 21Alexander2,567
  22. 22Joseph2,506
  23. 23Edward2,429
  24. 24Samuel2,413
  25. 25Max2,405
  26. 26Logan2,335
  27. 27Lucas2,332
  28. 28Daniel2,290
  29. 29Theo2,279
  30. 30Arthur2,270
  31. 31Mohammed2,228
  32. 32Harrison2,220
  33. 33Benjamin2,153
  34. 34Mason2,131
  35. 35Finley2,022
  36. 36Sebastian1,990
  37. 37Adam1,815
  38. 38Dylan1,784
  39. 39Zachary1,670
  40. 40Riley1,556
  41. 41Teddy1,491
  42. 42Theodore1,484
  43. 43David1,461
  44. 44Elijah1,412
  45. 45Jake1,405
  46. 46Toby1,400
  47. 47Louie1,380
  48. 48Reuben1,322
  49. 49Arlo1,285
  50. 50Hugo1,234
  51. 51Jaxon1,161
  52. 52Luca1,144
  53. 53Matthew1,110
  54. 54Harvey1,102
  55. 55Harley1,083
  56. 56Reggie1,083
  57. 57Tommy1,066
  58. 58Jenson1,064
  59. 59Luke1,056
  60. 60Michael1,056
  61. 61Jayden1,050
  62. 62Jude1,047
  63. 63Frankie1,029
  64. 64Albert1,028
  65. 65Stanley1,019
  66. 66Elliot999
  67. 67Gabriel995
  68. 68Mohammad948
  69. 69Ollie923
  70. 70Ronnie921
  71. 71Louis911
  72. 72Charles910
  73. 73Blake893
  74. 74Elliott892
  75. 75Lewis884
  76. 76Frederick874
  77. 77Nathan872
  78. 78Tyler863
  79. 79Jackson858
  80. 80Rory856
  81. 81Ryan855
  82. 82Carter839
  83. 83Dexter831
  84. 84Alex813
  85. 85Austin812
  86. 86Caleb810
  87. 87Kai794
  88. 88Albie788
  89. 89Ellis783
  90. 90Bobby775
  91. 91Ezra763
  92. 92Leon737
  93. 93Roman737
  94. 94Jesse723
  95. 95Aaron704
  96. 96Ibrahim701
  97. 97Liam698
  98. 98Jasper683
  99. 99Felix666
  100. 100Finn650

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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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