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Popular / 2016

Most popular UK names of 2016

Top 100 female and male first names registered in England and Wales in 2016, ranked by the number of babies registered with each name.

Female names

Top 100 female names of 2016
  1. 1 Olivia 5,017
  2. 2 Amelia 4,777
  3. 3 Emily 3,554
  4. 4 Isla 3,480
  5. 5 Ava 3,288
  6. 6 Isabella 2,729
  7. 7 Lily 2,722
  8. 8 Jessica 2,703
  9. 9 Ella 2,705
  10. 10 Mia 2,662
  11. 11 Sophia 2,636
  12. 12 Charlotte 2,596
  13. 13 Poppy 2,506
  14. 14 Sophie 2,505
  15. 15 Grace 2,498
  16. 16 Evie 2,487
  17. 17 Alice 2,264
  18. 18 Scarlett 2,096
  19. 19 Freya 2,079
  20. 20 Florence 2,072
  21. 21 Isabelle 2,066
  22. 22 Daisy 2,020
  23. 23 Chloe 1,980
  24. 24 Phoebe 1,975
  25. 25 Matilda 1,915
  26. 26 Ruby 1,904
  27. 27 Evelyn 1,877
  28. 28 Sienna 1,815
  29. 29 Sofia 1,683
  30. 30 Eva 1,641
  31. 31 Elsie 1,574
  32. 32 Willow 1,536
  33. 33 Ivy 1,509
  34. 34 Millie 1,456
  35. 35 Esme 1,416
  36. 36 Rosie 1,403
  37. 37 Imogen 1,400
  38. 38 Elizabeth 1,384
  39. 39 Maya 1,374
  40. 40 Layla 1,358
  41. 41 Emilia 1,356
  42. 42 Lola 1,298
  43. 43 Lucy 1,273
  44. 44 Harper 1,256
  45. 45 Eliza 1,226
  46. 46 Erin 1,212
  47. 47 Eleanor 1,147
  48. 48 Ellie 1,142
  49. 49 Harriet 1,132
  50. 49 Thea 1,132
  51. 51 Maisie 1,111
  52. 52 Holly 1,098
  53. 53 Emma 1,080
  54. 54 Georgia 1,078
  55. 55 Amber 1,066
  56. 56 Molly 1,041
  57. 57 Hannah 1,033
  58. 58 Abigail 1,023
  59. 59 Jasmine 1,018
  60. 60 Lilly 1,018
  61. 61 Annabelle 1,009
  62. 62 Rose 974
  63. 63 Penelope 972
  64. 64 Amelie 964
  65. 65 Violet 959
  66. 66 Bella 950
  67. 67 Aria 926
  68. 68 Zara 876
  69. 69 Maria 853
  70. 70 Nancy 842
  71. 71 Darcie 791
  72. 72 Lottie 782
  73. 73 Anna 779
  74. 74 Summer 760
  75. 75 Martha 756
  76. 76 Heidi 752
  77. 77 Gracie 744
  78. 78 Luna 715
  79. 79 Maryam 711
  80. 80 Beatrice 685
  81. 81 Mila 679
  82. 82 Darcey 662
  83. 83 Megan 658
  84. 84 Iris 648
  85. 85 Lexi 629
  86. 86 Robyn 622
  87. 87 Aisha 626
  88. 88 Clara 611
  89. 88 Francesca 611
  90. 90 Sara 606
  91. 91 Victoria 586
  92. 92 Zoe 584
  93. 93 Julia 578
  94. 94 Arabella 577
  95. 95 Maddison 576
  96. 96 Sarah 572
  97. 97 Felicity 570
  98. 98 Darcy 572
  99. 99 Leah 564
  100. 100 Lydia 563

Male names

Top 100 male names of 2016
  1. 1 Oliver 6,623
  2. 2 Harry 5,284
  3. 3 George 5,263
  4. 4 Jack 4,751
  5. 5 Jacob 4,485
  6. 6 Noah 4,305
  7. 7 Charlie 4,190
  8. 8 Muhammad 3,908
  9. 9 Thomas 3,898
  10. 10 Oscar 3,894
  11. 11 William 3,819
  12. 12 James 3,580
  13. 13 Leo 3,563
  14. 14 Alfie 3,555
  15. 15 Henry 3,527
  16. 16 Joshua 3,495
  17. 17 Freddie 3,287
  18. 18 Archie 2,791
  19. 19 Ethan 2,722
  20. 20 Isaac 2,662
  21. 21 Alexander 2,567
  22. 22 Joseph 2,506
  23. 23 Edward 2,429
  24. 24 Samuel 2,413
  25. 25 Max 2,405
  26. 26 Logan 2,335
  27. 27 Lucas 2,332
  28. 28 Daniel 2,290
  29. 29 Theo 2,279
  30. 30 Arthur 2,270
  31. 31 Mohammed 2,228
  32. 32 Harrison 2,220
  33. 33 Benjamin 2,153
  34. 34 Mason 2,131
  35. 35 Finley 2,022
  36. 36 Sebastian 1,990
  37. 37 Adam 1,815
  38. 38 Dylan 1,784
  39. 39 Zachary 1,670
  40. 40 Riley 1,556
  41. 41 Teddy 1,491
  42. 42 Theodore 1,484
  43. 43 David 1,461
  44. 44 Elijah 1,412
  45. 45 Jake 1,405
  46. 46 Toby 1,400
  47. 47 Louie 1,380
  48. 48 Reuben 1,322
  49. 49 Arlo 1,285
  50. 50 Hugo 1,234
  51. 51 Jaxon 1,161
  52. 52 Luca 1,144
  53. 53 Matthew 1,110
  54. 54 Harvey 1,102
  55. 55 Harley 1,083
  56. 55 Reggie 1,083
  57. 57 Tommy 1,066
  58. 58 Jenson 1,064
  59. 59 Luke 1,056
  60. 59 Michael 1,056
  61. 61 Jayden 1,050
  62. 62 Jude 1,047
  63. 63 Frankie 1,029
  64. 64 Albert 1,028
  65. 65 Stanley 1,019
  66. 66 Elliot 999
  67. 67 Gabriel 995
  68. 68 Mohammad 948
  69. 69 Ollie 923
  70. 70 Ronnie 921
  71. 71 Louis 911
  72. 72 Charles 910
  73. 73 Blake 893
  74. 74 Elliott 892
  75. 75 Lewis 884
  76. 76 Frederick 874
  77. 77 Nathan 872
  78. 78 Tyler 863
  79. 79 Jackson 858
  80. 80 Rory 856
  81. 81 Ryan 855
  82. 82 Carter 839
  83. 83 Dexter 831
  84. 84 Alex 813
  85. 85 Austin 812
  86. 86 Caleb 810
  87. 87 Kai 794
  88. 88 Albie 788
  89. 89 Ellis 783
  90. 90 Bobby 775
  91. 91 Ezra 763
  92. 92 Leon 737
  93. 92 Roman 737
  94. 94 Jesse 723
  95. 95 Aaron 704
  96. 96 Ibrahim 701
  97. 97 Liam 698
  98. 98 Jasper 683
  99. 99 Felix 666
  100. 100 Finn 650