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Popular / 2008

Most popular UK names of 2008

Top 100 female and male first names registered in England and Wales in 2008, ranked by the number of babies registered with each name.

Female names

Top 100 female names of 2008
  1. 1 Olivia 5,325
  2. 2 Ruby 4,934
  3. 3 Emily 4,881
  4. 4 Grace 4,775
  5. 5 Jessica 4,672
  6. 6 Chloe 4,605
  7. 7 Sophie 4,380
  8. 8 Lily 4,059
  9. 9 Amelia 3,440
  10. 10 Evie 3,284
  11. 11 Mia 3,121
  12. 12 Ella 3,047
  13. 13 Charlotte 2,939
  14. 14 Lucy 2,876
  15. 15 Megan 2,515
  16. 16 Ellie 2,523
  17. 17 Isabelle 2,460
  18. 18 Isabella 2,424
  19. 19 Hannah 2,335
  20. 20 Katie 2,327
  21. 21 Ava 2,317
  22. 22 Holly 2,275
  23. 23 Summer 2,276
  24. 24 Millie 2,177
  25. 25 Daisy 2,134
  26. 26 Phoebe 2,116
  27. 27 Freya 2,111
  28. 28 Poppy 1,975
  29. 29 Abigail 1,973
  30. 30 Erin 1,818
  31. 31 Emma 1,744
  32. 32 Molly 1,741
  33. 33 Imogen 1,712
  34. 34 Amy 1,702
  35. 35 Jasmine 1,656
  36. 36 Isla 1,599
  37. 37 Scarlett 1,574
  38. 38 Leah 1,559
  39. 39 Sophia 1,510
  40. 40 Elizabeth 1,509
  41. 41 Eva 1,505
  42. 42 Brooke 1,484
  43. 43 Matilda 1,418
  44. 44 Caitlin 1,330
  45. 45 Keira 1,294
  46. 46 Alice 1,283
  47. 47 Lola 1,276
  48. 48 Lilly 1,268
  49. 49 Amber 1,228
  50. 50 Isabel 1,217
  51. 51 Lauren 1,201
  52. 52 Gracie 1,178
  53. 53 Georgia 1,169
  54. 54 Eleanor 1,151
  55. 55 Bethany 1,144
  56. 56 Madison 1,133
  57. 57 Amelie 1,109
  58. 58 Lacey 1,072
  59. 59 Isobel 1,064
  60. 59 Paige 1,064
  61. 61 Sienna 1,056
  62. 62 Libby 1,048
  63. 63 Maisie 1,042
  64. 64 Anna 1,028
  65. 65 Rosie 999
  66. 66 Rebecca 996
  67. 67 Tia 992
  68. 68 Layla 978
  69. 69 Maya 964
  70. 70 Niamh 958
  71. 71 Zara 938
  72. 72 Sarah 930
  73. 73 Lexi 904
  74. 74 Maddison 890
  75. 75 Alisha 880
  76. 76 Skye 836
  77. 76 Sofia 836
  78. 78 Nicole 784
  79. 79 Lexie 778
  80. 80 Faith 761
  81. 81 Martha 750
  82. 82 Harriet 749
  83. 83 Zoe 748
  84. 84 Eve 742
  85. 85 Julia 713
  86. 86 Aimee 710
  87. 87 Hollie 690
  88. 88 Lydia 661
  89. 89 Evelyn 660
  90. 90 Alexandra 625
  91. 91 Maria 617
  92. 92 Francesca 613
  93. 93 Tilly 611
  94. 94 Florence 609
  95. 95 Alicia 604
  96. 96 Abbie 599
  97. 97 Emilia 596
  98. 98 Courtney 590
  99. 99 Maryam 584
  100. 100 Esme 555

Male names

Top 100 male names of 2008
  1. 1 Jack 8,010
  2. 2 Oliver 7,417
  3. 3 Thomas 6,062
  4. 4 Harry 6,008
  5. 5 Joshua 5,716
  6. 6 Alfie 5,566
  7. 7 Charlie 5,291
  8. 8 Daniel 5,191
  9. 9 James 5,170
  10. 10 William 5,169
  11. 11 Samuel 4,624
  12. 12 George 4,214
  13. 13 Joseph 3,764
  14. 14 Lewis 3,482
  15. 15 Ethan 3,451
  16. 16 Mohammed 3,442
  17. 17 Dylan 3,373
  18. 18 Benjamin 3,275
  19. 19 Alexander 3,215
  20. 20 Jacob 3,127
  21. 21 Ryan 3,048
  22. 22 Liam 2,986
  23. 23 Jake 2,793
  24. 24 Max 2,708
  25. 25 Luke 2,582
  26. 26 Tyler 2,575
  27. 27 Callum 2,543
  28. 28 Matthew 2,531
  29. 29 Jayden 2,519
  30. 30 Oscar 2,432
  31. 31 Archie 2,316
  32. 32 Adam 2,313
  33. 33 Riley 2,203
  34. 34 Harvey 2,195
  35. 35 Harrison 2,153
  36. 36 Lucas 2,103
  37. 37 Muhammad 2,081
  38. 38 Henry 2,003
  39. 39 Isaac 1,948
  40. 40 Leo 1,903
  41. 41 Connor 1,877
  42. 42 Edward 1,825
  43. 43 Finley 1,808
  44. 44 Logan 1,707
  45. 45 Noah 1,678
  46. 46 Cameron 1,627
  47. 47 Alex 1,611
  48. 48 Owen 1,607
  49. 49 Rhys 1,600
  50. 50 Nathan 1,586
  51. 51 Jamie 1,533
  52. 52 Michael 1,517
  53. 53 Mason 1,493
  54. 54 Toby 1,382
  55. 55 Aaron 1,362
  56. 56 Charles 1,346
  57. 57 Ben 1,339
  58. 58 Theo 1,295
  59. 59 Louis 1,205
  60. 60 Finlay 1,200
  61. 60 Freddie 1,200
  62. 62 Leon 1,138
  63. 63 Harley 1,135
  64. 64 David 1,134
  65. 65 Mohammad 1,106
  66. 66 Reece 1,096
  67. 67 Kian 1,093
  68. 68 Kai 1,057
  69. 69 Kyle 1,030
  70. 70 Brandon 1,015
  71. 71 Hayden 1,007
  72. 72 Zachary 995
  73. 73 Kieran 975
  74. 74 Luca 974
  75. 75 Ashton 955
  76. 76 Bailey 939
  77. 77 Sebastian 914
  78. 78 Gabriel 912
  79. 79 Sam 901
  80. 80 Evan 890
  81. 81 Bradley 849
  82. 82 Elliot 821
  83. 83 John 810
  84. 84 Taylor 791
  85. 85 Joe 786
  86. 86 Corey 778
  87. 87 Reuben 768
  88. 88 Joel 766
  89. 89 Ellis 764
  90. 89 Robert 764
  91. 91 Aidan 749
  92. 91 Blake 749
  93. 93 Louie 729
  94. 94 Christopher 725
  95. 95 Ewan 722
  96. 96 Jay 687
  97. 97 Morgan 681
  98. 98 Billy 678
  99. 99 Sean 649
  100. 100 Zak 624