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Popular / 1996

Most popular UK names of 1996

Top 100 female and male first names registered in England and Wales in 1996, ranked by the number of babies registered with each name.

Female names

Top 100 female names of 1996
  1. 1 Sophie 7,087
  2. 2 Chloe 6,824
  3. 3 Jessica 6,711
  4. 4 Emily 6,415
  5. 5 Lauren 6,299
  6. 6 Hannah 5,916
  7. 7 Charlotte 5,866
  8. 8 Rebecca 5,828
  9. 9 Amy 5,206
  10. 10 Megan 4,948
  11. 11 Shannon 4,649
  12. 12 Katie 4,337
  13. 13 Bethany 4,271
  14. 14 Emma 4,232
  15. 15 Lucy 3,753
  16. 16 Georgia 3,723
  17. 17 Laura 3,582
  18. 18 Sarah 3,111
  19. 19 Jade 2,750
  20. 20 Danielle 2,641
  21. 21 Abigail 2,595
  22. 22 Eleanor 2,555
  23. 23 Holly 2,498
  24. 24 Olivia 2,456
  25. 25 Alice 2,357
  26. 26 Elizabeth 2,225
  27. 27 Rachel 2,105
  28. 28 Paige 2,052
  29. 29 Molly 2,026
  30. 30 Ellie 1,900
  31. 31 Zoe 1,897
  32. 32 Samantha 1,854
  33. 33 Natasha 1,751
  34. 34 Chelsea 1,735
  35. 35 Leah 1,705
  36. 36 Nicole 1,679
  37. 37 Victoria 1,627
  38. 38 Alexandra 1,595
  39. 39 Georgina 1,593
  40. 40 Amber 1,422
  41. 41 Grace 1,421
  42. 42 Natalie 1,393
  43. 43 Jodie 1,354
  44. 44 Louise 1,309
  45. 45 Abbie 1,297
  46. 46 Melissa 1,282
  47. 47 Anna 1,274
  48. 48 Katherine 1,266
  49. 48 Stephanie 1,266
  50. 50 Gemma 1,261
  51. 51 Kayleigh 1,206
  52. 52 Courtney 1,203
  53. 53 Kirsty 1,202
  54. 54 Jennifer 1,200
  55. 55 Jasmine 1,145
  56. 56 Ella 1,137
  57. 57 Hayley 1,088
  58. 58 Ashleigh 1,081
  59. 59 Kate 1,055
  60. 60 Harriet 1,046
  61. 61 Lydia 1,009
  62. 62 Francesca 966
  63. 63 Amelia 929
  64. 63 Ellen 929
  65. 65 Phoebe 910
  66. 66 Caitlin 906
  67. 67 Hollie 896
  68. 68 Catherine 880
  69. 69 Rosie 879
  70. 70 Aimee 876
  71. 71 Daisy 828
  72. 72 Bethan 825
  73. 73 Kimberley 799
  74. 74 Kelly 789
  75. 75 Naomi 766
  76. 76 Sian 731
  77. 77 Rachael 721
  78. 78 Heather 713
  79. 79 Demi 689
  80. 80 Robyn 683
  81. 81 Mollie 667
  82. 82 Yasmin 661
  83. 83 Beth 656
  84. 84 Rhiannon 654
  85. 85 Lily 651
  86. 86 Kathryn 635
  87. 87 Nicola 629
  88. 88 Leanne 616
  89. 89 Chantelle 609
  90. 90 Claire 564
  91. 91 Imogen 555
  92. 92 Poppy 537
  93. 93 Madeleine 536
  94. 94 Isobel 522
  95. 95 Sophia 516
  96. 96 Maria 511
  97. 97 Stacey 509
  98. 98 Alicia 504
  99. 99 Gabrielle 501
  100. 100 Erin 486

Male names

Top 100 male names of 1996
  1. 1 Jack 10,779
  2. 2 Daniel 10,338
  3. 3 Thomas 9,603
  4. 4 James 9,385
  5. 5 Joshua 7,887
  6. 6 Matthew 7,426
  7. 7 Ryan 6,496
  8. 8 Joseph 6,193
  9. 9 Samuel 6,161
  10. 10 Liam 5,802
  11. 11 Jordan 5,750
  12. 12 Luke 5,664
  13. 13 Connor 5,009
  14. 14 Alexander 4,840
  15. 15 Benjamin 4,805
  16. 16 Adam 4,538
  17. 17 Harry 4,434
  18. 18 Jake 4,331
  19. 19 George 4,287
  20. 20 Callum 4,281
  21. 21 William 4,269
  22. 22 Michael 4,187
  23. 23 Oliver 3,655
  24. 24 Lewis 3,569
  25. 25 Christopher 3,483
  26. 26 Kieran 2,882
  27. 27 Nathan 2,744
  28. 28 Jamie 2,688
  29. 29 Andrew 2,676
  30. 30 Robert 2,644
  31. 31 Bradley 2,557
  32. 32 David 2,517
  33. 33 Aaron 2,511
  34. 34 Ben 2,332
  35. 35 Jacob 2,249
  36. 36 Mohammed 2,112
  37. 37 Kyle 2,046
  38. 38 Charlie 1,912
  39. 39 Jonathan 1,881
  40. 40 Ashley 1,874
  41. 41 Reece 1,811
  42. 42 Cameron 1,791
  43. 43 Alex 1,762
  44. 44 Charles 1,738
  45. 45 Edward 1,658
  46. 46 John 1,649
  47. 47 Sam 1,638
  48. 48 Scott 1,632
  49. 49 Sean 1,594
  50. 50 Joe 1,567
  51. 51 Dominic 1,519
  52. 52 Nicholas 1,385
  53. 53 Brandon 1,337
  54. 54 Rhys 1,259
  55. 55 Mark 1,222
  56. 56 Max 1,192
  57. 57 Dylan 1,186
  58. 58 Henry 1,135
  59. 59 Peter 1,128
  60. 60 Stephen 1,122
  61. 61 Louis 1,100
  62. 62 Richard 1,089
  63. 63 Conor 1,081
  64. 64 Lee 1,053
  65. 65 Anthony 1,045
  66. 66 Patrick 1,039
  67. 67 Tyler 1,007
  68. 68 Ross 1,004
  69. 69 Jason 1,001
  70. 70 Elliot 919
  71. 71 Billy 914
  72. 72 Paul 898
  73. 73 Steven 877
  74. 74 Shane 846
  75. 75 Joel 793
  76. 76 Shaun 773
  77. 77 Toby 761
  78. 78 Curtis 757
  79. 79 Mitchell 725
  80. 80 Dean 719
  81. 81 Craig 705
  82. 82 Timothy 691
  83. 83 Aidan 680
  84. 83 Declan 680
  85. 85 Marcus 674
  86. 86 Harrison 663
  87. 87 Simon 656
  88. 88 Elliott 645
  89. 89 Jay 639
  90. 90 Christian 627
  91. 91 Calum 614
  92. 92 Ethan 604
  93. 93 Rory 601
  94. 94 Josh 595
  95. 95 Macauley 577
  96. 96 Zachary 574
  97. 97 Mohammad 567
  98. 98 Danny 565
  99. 99 Kane 545
  100. 100 Owen 536