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UK first names

First names recorded across England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Browse the full list, then open any name for its meaning, yearly popularity, regional spread and notable bearers.

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Top 100 female first names

By total registrations in the UK baby-name records.

  1. 1 Olivia 123K
  2. 2 Emily 122K
  3. 3 Chloe 111K
  4. 4 Jessica 105K
  5. 5 Sophie 104K
  6. 6 Amelia 95K
  7. 7 Charlotte 89K
  8. 8 Grace 79K
  9. 9 Lily 73K
  10. 10 Megan 71K
  11. 11 Lucy 71K
  12. 12 Ella 69K
  13. 13 Hannah 68K
  14. 14 Mia 67K
  15. 15 Ellie 64K
  16. 16 Ruby 61K
  17. 17 Isabella 59K
  18. 18 Ava 55K
  19. 19 Katie 53K
  20. 20 Evie 53K
  21. 21 Poppy 53K
  22. 22 Amy 52K
  23. 23 Holly 52K
  24. 24 Isla 52K
  25. 25 Emma 51K
  26. 26 Lauren 51K
  27. 27 Freya 51K
  28. 28 Daisy 49K
  29. 29 Georgia 49K
  30. 30 Molly 48K
  31. 31 Phoebe 48K
  32. 32 Sophia 47K
  33. 33 Alice 47K
  34. 34 Isabelle 46K
  35. 35 Rebecca 46K
  36. 36 Abigail 46K
  37. 37 Millie 44K
  38. 38 Bethany 43K
  39. 39 Eleanor 41K
  40. 40 Elizabeth 39K
  41. 41 Rosie 36K
  42. 42 Jasmine 35K
  43. 43 Erin 35K
  44. 44 Scarlett 34K
  45. 45 Imogen 34K
  46. 46 Leah 33K
  47. 47 Florence 33K
  48. 48 Maisie 33K
  49. 49 Sienna 32K
  50. 50 Amber 32K
  51. 51 Matilda 30K
  52. 52 Eva 30K
  53. 53 Sofia 29K
  54. 54 Caitlin 29K
  55. 55 Sarah 28K
  56. 56 Anna 28K
  57. 57 Evelyn 27K
  58. 58 Maya 26K
  59. 59 Shannon 26K
  60. 60 Harriet 25K
  61. 61 Paige 25K
  62. 62 Willow 25K
  63. 63 Lola 25K
  64. 64 Layla 25K
  65. 65 Summer 24K
  66. 66 Zoe 24K
  67. 67 Elsie 24K
  68. 68 Laura 23K
  69. 69 Ivy 23K
  70. 70 Courtney 23K
  71. 71 Emilia 22K
  72. 72 Lilly 22K
  73. 73 Isabel 21K
  74. 74 Esme 21K
  75. 75 Niamh 20K
  76. 76 Isobel 20K
  77. 77 Nicole 20K
  78. 78 Jade 20K
  79. 79 Victoria 20K
  80. 80 Alexandra 19K
  81. 81 Zara 19K
  82. 82 Rachel 19K
  83. 83 Eliza 19K
  84. 84 Francesca 19K
  85. 85 Madison 18K
  86. 86 Gracie 18K
  87. 87 Brooke 18K
  88. 88 Lydia 18K
  89. 89 Amelie 18K
  90. 90 Rose 18K
  91. 91 Hollie 18K
  92. 92 Maria 17K
  93. 93 Abbie 16K
  94. 94 Mollie 16K
  95. 95 Harper 16K
  96. 96 Georgina 16K
  97. 97 Natasha 16K
  98. 98 Tia 16K
  99. 99 Aimee 15K
  100. 100 Annabelle 15K
Top 100 male first names

By total registrations in the UK baby-name records.

  1. 1 Jack 189K
  2. 2 Thomas 161K
  3. 3 Oliver 157K
  4. 4 Joshua 145K
  5. 5 James 142K
  6. 6 Harry 142K
  7. 7 George 121K
  8. 8 Daniel 121K
  9. 9 William 118K
  10. 10 Samuel 109K
  11. 11 Charlie 105K
  12. 12 Joseph 102K
  13. 13 Jacob 94K
  14. 14 Benjamin 90K
  15. 15 Alfie 87K
  16. 16 Alexander 86K
  17. 17 Matthew 81K
  18. 18 Ethan 77K
  19. 19 Mohammed 74K
  20. 20 Noah 73K
  21. 21 Luke 72K
  22. 22 Muhammad 72K
  23. 23 Adam 72K
  24. 24 Lewis 70K
  25. 25 Ryan 69K
  26. 26 Oscar 67K
  27. 27 Jake 67K
  28. 28 Callum 66K
  29. 29 Henry 65K
  30. 30 Leo 63K
  31. 31 Dylan 61K
  32. 32 Liam 60K
  33. 33 Archie 60K
  34. 34 Max 60K
  35. 35 Edward 53K
  36. 36 Connor 53K
  37. 37 Isaac 49K
  38. 38 Lucas 49K
  39. 39 Michael 47K
  40. 40 Freddie 47K
  41. 41 Nathan 47K
  42. 42 Harrison 46K
  43. 43 Arthur 44K
  44. 44 Finley 42K
  45. 45 Tyler 42K
  46. 46 Jamie 41K
  47. 47 Logan 41K
  48. 48 Theo 41K
  49. 49 Cameron 40K
  50. 50 Mason 39K
  51. 51 Riley 38K
  52. 52 David 38K
  53. 53 Jordan 37K
  54. 54 Aaron 36K
  55. 55 Ben 36K
  56. 56 Louis 36K
  57. 57 Harvey 36K
  58. 58 Owen 34K
  59. 59 Charles 33K
  60. 60 Sebastian 33K
  61. 61 Alex 33K
  62. 62 Toby 32K
  63. 63 Kieran 30K
  64. 64 Luca 30K
  65. 65 Bradley 30K
  66. 66 Theodore 30K
  67. 67 Zachary 29K
  68. 68 Jayden 29K
  69. 69 Kyle 28K
  70. 70 Robert 27K
  71. 71 Christopher 27K
  72. 72 Brandon 26K
  73. 73 Mohammad 26K
  74. 74 Tommy 25K
  75. 75 Reuben 25K
  76. 76 Kai 24K
  77. 77 Rhys 24K
  78. 78 Reece 24K
  79. 79 Louie 24K
  80. 80 Jude 24K
  81. 81 Elliot 23K
  82. 82 Elijah 22K
  83. 83 Leon 22K
  84. 84 John 22K
  85. 85 Harley 22K
  86. 86 Rory 22K
  87. 87 Sam 21K
  88. 88 Teddy 21K
  89. 89 Gabriel 21K
  90. 90 Dominic 20K
  91. 91 Andrew 20K
  92. 92 Frederick 20K
  93. 93 Ellis 19K
  94. 94 Joe 19K
  95. 95 Arlo 19K
  96. 96 Joel 19K
  97. 97 Hugo 19K
  98. 98 Billy 19K
  99. 99 Finlay 18K
  100. 100 Kian 18K

This section lists 41,937 male and female first-name entries from UK baby-name records.

How UK first-name records are collected

The UK first-name pages bring together official baby-name releases from England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. England and Wales has the longest annual run, with modern yearly files from 1996 onward and older decade snapshots going back to 1904.

Scotland and Northern Ireland publish their own name releases, so the coverage is not identical in every part of the UK. A name can look stronger in one country simply because the local files include a clearer or more recent snapshot for that place.

Why 2024 can still be the latest figure in 2026

Official baby-name data always arrives after the birth year has ended, then each statistics office needs time to clean, check and publish the release. That means a search for baby names in 2026 often still relies on 2024 figures until the newer official release appears.

The pages here use the newest official year available, then make the year clear beside each chart, rank and count.

What the numbers can and cannot show

The ranking tables are useful for seeing which names are common, rising, falling or rare in the published records. They do not explain why parents chose a name, and they do not include every spelling used in everyday life.

Names with separate spellings are treated separately. Olivia, Alivia and Olive are different entries, even when families may see them as related choices.