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Popular / 2018

Most popular UK names of 2018

Top 100 female and male first names registered in England and Wales in 2018, ranked by the number of babies registered with each name.

Female names

Top 100 female names of 2018
  1. 1 Olivia 4,598
  2. 2 Amelia 3,941
  3. 3 Ava 3,110
  4. 4 Isla 3,046
  5. 5 Emily 2,676
  6. 6 Mia 2,490
  7. 7 Isabella 2,369
  8. 8 Sophia 2,344
  9. 9 Ella 2,326
  10. 10 Grace 2,301
  11. 11 Poppy 2,226
  12. 12 Charlotte 2,202
  13. 13 Lily 2,184
  14. 14 Ivy 2,104
  15. 15 Florence 2,062
  16. 16 Evie 2,052
  17. 17 Sophie 2,007
  18. 18 Freya 1,921
  19. 19 Evelyn 1,902
  20. 20 Willow 1,900
  21. 21 Phoebe 1,883
  22. 22 Elsie 1,875
  23. 23 Sienna 1,834
  24. 24 Alice 1,827
  25. 25 Jessica 1,812
  26. 26 Rosie 1,808
  27. 27 Harper 1,796
  28. 28 Daisy 1,769
  29. 29 Sofia 1,728
  30. 30 Isabelle 1,701
  31. 31 Matilda 1,618
  32. 32 Ruby 1,531
  33. 33 Eva 1,409
  34. 34 Emilia 1,398
  35. 35 Scarlett 1,393
  36. 36 Chloe 1,375
  37. 37 Maya 1,260
  38. 38 Esme 1,234
  39. 39 Eliza 1,220
  40. 40 Millie 1,196
  41. 41 Imogen 1,179
  42. 42 Aria 1,178
  43. 43 Luna 1,162
  44. 44 Layla 1,152
  45. 45 Harriet 1,128
  46. 46 Maisie 1,089
  47. 47 Elizabeth 1,076
  48. 48 Penelope 1,068
  49. 49 Mila 1,050
  50. 50 Erin 1,024
  51. 51 Eleanor 985
  52. 52 Lola 982
  53. 53 Violet 970
  54. 54 Bella 969
  55. 55 Rose 960
  56. 56 Emma 957
  57. 56 Holly 957
  58. 58 Molly 929
  59. 59 Thea 920
  60. 60 Ellie 919
  61. 61 Lucy 910
  62. 62 Hannah 849
  63. 63 Lottie 824
  64. 64 Nancy 819
  65. 65 Ada 811
  66. 66 Maria 799
  67. 67 Lilly 785
  68. 68 Zara 765
  69. 69 Aurora 752
  70. 70 Amber 751
  71. 71 Georgia 747
  72. 72 Robyn 742
  73. 73 Gracie 719
  74. 74 Summer 718
  75. 75 Jasmine 703
  76. 76 Annabelle 695
  77. 77 Abigail 690
  78. 78 Darcie 686
  79. 79 Hallie 680
  80. 80 Amelie 653
  81. 81 Bonnie 645
  82. 82 Iris 634
  83. 82 Maryam 634
  84. 84 Beatrice 629
  85. 85 Anna 628
  86. 86 Heidi 621
  87. 86 Orla 621
  88. 88 Arabella 619
  89. 89 Clara 609
  90. 90 Delilah 601
  91. 91 Edith 599
  92. 92 Aisha 568
  93. 93 Francesca 567
  94. 94 Martha 560
  95. 95 Ayla 556
  96. 96 Zoe 546
  97. 97 Lyla 539
  98. 98 Sara 535
  99. 99 Margot 534
  100. 100 Felicity 522

Male names

Top 100 male names of 2018
  1. 1 Oliver 5,390
  2. 2 George 4,960
  3. 3 Harry 4,512
  4. 4 Noah 4,107
  5. 5 Jack 3,988
  6. 6 Leo 3,721
  7. 7 Arthur 3,644
  8. 8 Muhammad 3,507
  9. 9 Oscar 3,459
  10. 10 Charlie 3,365
  11. 11 Jacob 3,350
  12. 12 Thomas 3,243
  13. 13 Henry 3,172
  14. 14 William 3,015
  15. 15 Alfie 2,977
  16. 16 Archie 2,950
  17. 17 Joshua 2,922
  18. 18 Freddie 2,838
  19. 19 Theo 2,741
  20. 20 Isaac 2,578
  21. 21 James 2,536
  22. 22 Alexander 2,517
  23. 23 Logan 2,320
  24. 24 Edward 2,197
  25. 25 Ethan 2,106
  26. 26 Lucas 2,098
  27. 27 Joseph 1,989
  28. 28 Sebastian 1,964
  29. 29 Theodore 1,932
  30. 30 Finley 1,926
  31. 31 Max 1,867
  32. 32 Mohammed 1,846
  33. 33 Samuel 1,788
  34. 34 Harrison 1,765
  35. 35 Benjamin 1,743
  36. 36 Arlo 1,715
  37. 37 Daniel 1,676
  38. 38 Adam 1,672
  39. 39 Teddy 1,663
  40. 40 Mason 1,540
  41. 41 Elijah 1,519
  42. 42 Reuben 1,504
  43. 43 Dylan 1,465
  44. 44 Hunter 1,410
  45. 45 Reggie 1,356
  46. 46 Jaxon 1,346
  47. 47 Rory 1,323
  48. 48 Louie 1,319
  49. 49 David 1,307
  50. 50 Tommy 1,299
  51. 51 Luca 1,291
  52. 52 Albie 1,284
  53. 53 Hugo 1,279
  54. 54 Zachary 1,265
  55. 55 Albert 1,264
  56. 56 Jude 1,182
  57. 57 Toby 1,178
  58. 58 Riley 1,168
  59. 59 Ezra 1,118
  60. 60 Carter 1,030
  61. 61 Gabriel 1,022
  62. 62 Roman 1,018
  63. 63 Frankie 1,013
  64. 64 Harley 1,011
  65. 65 Frederick 1,010
  66. 66 Ronnie 989
  67. 67 Jake 988
  68. 68 Elliot 945
  69. 69 Louis 941
  70. 70 Jenson 912
  71. 71 Mohammad 880
  72. 72 Stanley 877
  73. 73 Bobby 872
  74. 74 Michael 869
  75. 75 Jesse 861
  76. 76 Finn 817
  77. 77 Jayden 792
  78. 78 Harvey 779
  79. 79 Caleb 776
  80. 80 Jackson 764
  81. 81 Charles 758
  82. 82 Matthew 757
  83. 83 Grayson 742
  84. 84 Blake 733
  85. 85 Liam 731
  86. 86 Elliott 728
  87. 87 Ellis 726
  88. 88 Ralph 719
  89. 89 Jasper 708
  90. 89 Rowan 708
  91. 91 Alex 696
  92. 91 Ryan 696
  93. 93 Felix 689
  94. 94 Luke 677
  95. 95 Dexter 676
  96. 96 Ollie 659
  97. 97 Leon 655
  98. 98 Tobias 647
  99. 99 Sonny 640
  100. 100 Dominic 634