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Most popular baby names of 2018 in England and Wales

In 2018, 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. 1Olivia4,598
  2. 2Amelia3,941
  3. 3Ava3,110
  4. 4Isla3,046
  5. 5Emily2,676
  6. 6Mia2,490
  7. 7Isabella2,369
  8. 8Sophia2,344
  9. 9Ella2,326
  10. 10Grace2,301
  11. 11Poppy2,226
  12. 12Charlotte2,202
  13. 13Lily2,184
  14. 14Ivy2,104
  15. 15Florence2,062
  16. 16Evie2,052
  17. 17Sophie2,007
  18. 18Freya1,921
  19. 19Evelyn1,902
  20. 20Willow1,900
  21. 21Phoebe1,883
  22. 22Elsie1,875
  23. 23Sienna1,834
  24. 24Alice1,827
  25. 25Jessica1,812
  26. 26Rosie1,808
  27. 27Harper1,796
  28. 28Daisy1,769
  29. 29Sofia1,728
  30. 30Isabelle1,701
  31. 31Matilda1,618
  32. 32Ruby1,531
  33. 33Eva1,409
  34. 34Emilia1,398
  35. 35Scarlett1,393
  36. 36Chloe1,375
  37. 37Maya1,260
  38. 38Esme1,234
  39. 39Eliza1,220
  40. 40Millie1,196
  41. 41Imogen1,179
  42. 42Aria1,178
  43. 43Luna1,162
  44. 44Layla1,152
  45. 45Harriet1,128
  46. 46Maisie1,089
  47. 47Elizabeth1,076
  48. 48Penelope1,068
  49. 49Mila1,050
  50. 50Erin1,024
  51. 51Eleanor985
  52. 52Lola982
  53. 53Violet970
  54. 54Bella969
  55. 55Rose960
  56. 56Emma957
  57. 57Holly957
  58. 58Molly929
  59. 59Thea920
  60. 60Ellie919
  61. 61Lucy910
  62. 62Hannah849
  63. 63Lottie824
  64. 64Nancy819
  65. 65Ada811
  66. 66Maria799
  67. 67Lilly785
  68. 68Zara765
  69. 69Aurora752
  70. 70Amber751
  71. 71Georgia747
  72. 72Robyn742
  73. 73Gracie719
  74. 74Summer718
  75. 75Jasmine703
  76. 76Annabelle695
  77. 77Abigail690
  78. 78Darcie686
  79. 79Hallie680
  80. 80Amelie653
  81. 81Bonnie645
  82. 82Iris634
  83. 83Maryam634
  84. 84Beatrice629
  85. 85Anna628
  86. 86Heidi621
  87. 87Orla621
  88. 88Arabella619
  89. 89Clara609
  90. 90Delilah601
  91. 91Edith599
  92. 92Aisha568
  93. 93Francesca567
  94. 94Martha560
  95. 95Ayla556
  96. 96Zoe546
  97. 97Lyla539
  98. 98Sara535
  99. 99Margot534
  100. 100Felicity522

Boys

  1. 1Oliver5,390
  2. 2George4,960
  3. 3Harry4,512
  4. 4Noah4,107
  5. 5Jack3,988
  6. 6Leo3,721
  7. 7Arthur3,644
  8. 8Muhammad3,507
  9. 9Oscar3,459
  10. 10Charlie3,365
  11. 11Jacob3,350
  12. 12Thomas3,243
  13. 13Henry3,172
  14. 14William3,015
  15. 15Alfie2,977
  16. 16Archie2,950
  17. 17Joshua2,922
  18. 18Freddie2,838
  19. 19Theo2,741
  20. 20Isaac2,578
  21. 21James2,536
  22. 22Alexander2,517
  23. 23Logan2,320
  24. 24Edward2,197
  25. 25Ethan2,106
  26. 26Lucas2,098
  27. 27Joseph1,989
  28. 28Sebastian1,964
  29. 29Theodore1,932
  30. 30Finley1,926
  31. 31Max1,867
  32. 32Mohammed1,846
  33. 33Samuel1,788
  34. 34Harrison1,765
  35. 35Benjamin1,743
  36. 36Arlo1,715
  37. 37Daniel1,676
  38. 38Adam1,672
  39. 39Teddy1,663
  40. 40Mason1,540
  41. 41Elijah1,519
  42. 42Reuben1,504
  43. 43Dylan1,465
  44. 44Hunter1,410
  45. 45Reggie1,356
  46. 46Jaxon1,346
  47. 47Rory1,323
  48. 48Louie1,319
  49. 49David1,307
  50. 50Tommy1,299
  51. 51Luca1,291
  52. 52Albie1,284
  53. 53Hugo1,279
  54. 54Zachary1,265
  55. 55Albert1,264
  56. 56Jude1,182
  57. 57Toby1,178
  58. 58Riley1,168
  59. 59Ezra1,118
  60. 60Carter1,030
  61. 61Gabriel1,022
  62. 62Roman1,018
  63. 63Frankie1,013
  64. 64Harley1,011
  65. 65Frederick1,010
  66. 66Ronnie989
  67. 67Jake988
  68. 68Elliot945
  69. 69Louis941
  70. 70Jenson912
  71. 71Mohammad880
  72. 72Stanley877
  73. 73Bobby872
  74. 74Michael869
  75. 75Jesse861
  76. 76Finn817
  77. 77Jayden792
  78. 78Harvey779
  79. 79Caleb776
  80. 80Jackson764
  81. 81Charles758
  82. 82Matthew757
  83. 83Grayson742
  84. 84Blake733
  85. 85Liam731
  86. 86Elliott728
  87. 87Ellis726
  88. 88Ralph719
  89. 89Jasper708
  90. 90Rowan708
  91. 91Alex696
  92. 92Ryan696
  93. 93Felix689
  94. 94Luke677
  95. 95Dexter676
  96. 96Ollie659
  97. 97Leon655
  98. 98Tobias647
  99. 99Sonny640
  100. 100Dominic634

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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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