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Most popular baby names of 2017 in England and Wales

In 2017, 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. 1Olivia5,204
  2. 2Amelia4,358
  3. 3Isla3,373
  4. 4Ava3,289
  5. 5Emily3,121
  6. 6Isabella2,627
  7. 7Mia2,590
  8. 8Poppy2,527
  9. 9Ella2,452
  10. 10Lily2,405
  11. 11Sophia2,398
  12. 12Charlotte2,394
  13. 13Grace2,309
  14. 14Evie2,192
  15. 15Jessica2,139
  16. 16Sophie2,129
  17. 17Alice2,122
  18. 18Daisy2,040
  19. 19Florence2,028
  20. 20Freya2,021
  21. 21Phoebe2,000
  22. 22Evelyn1,967
  23. 23Sienna1,960
  24. 24Isabelle1,876
  25. 25Ivy1,819
  26. 26Willow1,764
  27. 27Matilda1,736
  28. 28Elsie1,699
  29. 29Ruby1,688
  30. 30Scarlett1,687
  31. 31Sofia1,664
  32. 32Chloe1,654
  33. 33Eva1,634
  34. 34Harper1,608
  35. 35Rosie1,388
  36. 36Emilia1,380
  37. 37Millie1,372
  38. 38Layla1,329
  39. 39Imogen1,284
  40. 40Maya1,257
  41. 41Eliza1,248
  42. 42Esme1,235
  43. 43Lola1,201
  44. 44Elizabeth1,174
  45. 45Erin1,161
  46. 46Maisie1,142
  47. 47Aria1,094
  48. 48Luna1,093
  49. 49Lucy1,089
  50. 50Ellie1,055
  51. 51Harriet1,053
  52. 52Emma1,042
  53. 53Thea1,041
  54. 54Eleanor1,027
  55. 55Penelope1,020
  56. 56Holly1,003
  57. 57Hannah998
  58. 58Molly978
  59. 59Bella974
  60. 60Rose932
  61. 61Amber915
  62. 62Violet911
  63. 63Georgia898
  64. 64Lilly884
  65. 65Jasmine871
  66. 66Darcie868
  67. 67Nancy861
  68. 68Annabelle855
  69. 69Lottie851
  70. 70Zara842
  71. 71Maria827
  72. 72Amelie798
  73. 73Abigail782
  74. 74Mila774
  75. 75Anna730
  76. 76Martha718
  77. 77Gracie703
  78. 78Maryam686
  79. 79Robyn680
  80. 80Aurora665
  81. 81Iris654
  82. 82Sara653
  83. 83Arabella639
  84. 84Beatrice628
  85. 85Heidi628
  86. 86Summer626
  87. 87Clara614
  88. 88Orla610
  89. 89Francesca600
  90. 90Aisha580
  91. 91Julia576
  92. 92Darcey568
  93. 93Edith568
  94. 94Victoria568
  95. 95Bonnie563
  96. 96Lyla563
  97. 97Darcy558
  98. 98Hallie556
  99. 99Leah546
  100. 100Megan543

Boys

  1. 1Oliver6,259
  2. 2Harry5,031
  3. 3George4,929
  4. 4Noah4,273
  5. 5Jack4,190
  6. 6Jacob3,968
  7. 7Leo3,781
  8. 8Oscar3,738
  9. 9Charlie3,724
  10. 10Muhammad3,691
  11. 11William3,437
  12. 12Alfie3,287
  13. 13Henry3,246
  14. 14Thomas3,246
  15. 15Joshua3,166
  16. 16Freddie3,127
  17. 17James2,925
  18. 18Archie2,803
  19. 19Arthur2,795
  20. 20Logan2,730
  21. 21Theo2,616
  22. 22Alexander2,524
  23. 23Edward2,461
  24. 24Isaac2,432
  25. 25Lucas2,407
  26. 26Ethan2,323
  27. 27Max2,165
  28. 28Joseph2,153
  29. 29Samuel2,083
  30. 30Mohammed1,982
  31. 31Finley1,944
  32. 32Daniel1,942
  33. 33Benjamin1,927
  34. 34Harrison1,923
  35. 35Sebastian1,881
  36. 36Adam1,788
  37. 37Mason1,776
  38. 38Theodore1,761
  39. 39Teddy1,626
  40. 40Dylan1,577
  41. 41Elijah1,511
  42. 42Arlo1,470
  43. 43Riley1,427
  44. 44David1,416
  45. 45Zachary1,385
  46. 46Louie1,365
  47. 47Toby1,316
  48. 48Hugo1,311
  49. 49Reuben1,309
  50. 50Jude1,288
  51. 51Reggie1,280
  52. 52Jaxon1,257
  53. 53Harley1,246
  54. 54Rory1,187
  55. 55Luca1,171
  56. 56Jake1,135
  57. 57Albie1,114
  58. 58Jenson1,099
  59. 59Albert1,066
  60. 60Frankie1,055
  61. 61Tommy1,036
  62. 62Carter1,025
  63. 63Ronnie978
  64. 64Gabriel967
  65. 65Bobby955
  66. 66Harvey951
  67. 67Matthew948
  68. 68Michael934
  69. 69Elliot921
  70. 70Stanley914
  71. 71Jayden900
  72. 72Frederick879
  73. 73Charles877
  74. 74Jackson876
  75. 75Roman871
  76. 76Luke868
  77. 77Caleb853
  78. 78Hunter841
  79. 79Mohammad837
  80. 80Elliott834
  81. 81Ezra827
  82. 82Louis819
  83. 83Ryan817
  84. 84Blake799
  85. 85Lewis790
  86. 86Dexter788
  87. 87Ollie788
  88. 88Nathan779
  89. 89Ellis765
  90. 90Jesse750
  91. 91Liam723
  92. 92Alex716
  93. 93Kai691
  94. 94Ibrahim684
  95. 95Tyler677
  96. 96Finn672
  97. 97Austin670
  98. 98Leon669
  99. 99Ralph669
  100. 100Felix661

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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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