Baby Names: Top 100 in England and Wales
September 9th 2009 by Dr.MOZ in Baby Names, Baby News
The top 100 baby names in England and Wales have been announced and they’re looking a lot like the favorite baby names in the US. The 10 most popular baby boy and baby girl names include:
- Top Ten Baby Boy Names: (1) Jack (2) Oliver (3) Thomas (4) Harry (5) Joshua (6) Alfie (7) Charlie (8) Daniel (9) James (10) William
- Top Ten Baby Girl Names: (1) Olivia (2) Ruby (3) Emily (4) Grace (5) Jessica (6) Chloe (7) Sophie (8) Lily (9) Amelia (10) Evie
The largest increase in popularity in the top 100 list was “Lexi” which moved up 40 spots to it’s current position of the 73rd most popular baby girl name. The largest drop was “Madison” which dropped 20 spots to the 56th most popular baby girl name.
Have a great weekend!
Dr.MOZ
> also see: Baby News: Most Popular Baby Names in 2008 (USA)
see the entire name list: guardian.co.uk
September 9th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Thanks for sharing this information! I’m thinking about having a baby soon and was looking for a few baby names myself. This will definitely help
September 9th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
We were stuck between Emily and Allison when we were picking names. Although we liked Emily more, we decided against it due to its popularity.
September 9th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Great info. Lots of cute names out there to choose but I just pick Samantha for our newly born baby girl.
September 10th, 2009 at 3:56 am
yeah great names
and we are thinking about Emma
September 10th, 2009 at 4:16 am
Very sweet names available here which suits our child as an angel or cupid.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:43 am
I have a Joshua. I had no idea it was a popular name!
Really surprised about Oliver too. I don’t know any Olivers myself…
September 10th, 2009 at 5:18 am
Thanks for the list of top baby names some of them are really in my relatives families also great !:)
September 10th, 2009 at 7:27 am
I must say, its a very good list. Joshua and Jessica are my favorites. Absolutely perfect for twins in my opinion.
September 10th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
I love the list of girl’s names. Its a nice mix of traditional names with a couple of trendy popular names I’ve heard alot lately such as Chloe and Sophie. The boys list seems to be swaying on the traditional side. Interesting to see how names are trending these days.
September 11th, 2009 at 11:08 am
In my country those names are not usual to use.. Very different.. Thank you for nice info..
September 11th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
I’m glad to see that those are the most popular names. I like the more “traditional” names than all the new “trendy” names.
September 12th, 2009 at 5:02 am
Alfie sounds funny
Well, different countries – different names 
Greetings from Germany!
September 12th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
I love the name Chloe!
September 12th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
When I was in school it seemed that every other classmate was named with one of the top three popular baby names of that year. There were more Jennifers and Christophers than the teachers could find ways to keep track of. After that came a contest to see how many spelling variations and original names new parents could come up with. After a few decades of breaking away from tradition, things seem to have come full circle. I think Oliver and Olivia would be very cute for fraternal twins.
September 12th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
i totally agree with you, have a friend and his son name is Oliver. Choosing a child name is difficult sometimes, and the names depend on the country. For ex in Germany, an usual name is Hans…
September 13th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Are you sure these names aren’t for the more affluent areas.
With the state of the UK regarding teenage pregnancies I would have thought the likes of Apple, Pumpkin and all the other ridiculous names celebrities call their offspring to appear here. Just look at the names of Jamie Olivers children for a shining example.
September 18th, 2009 at 12:17 am
Most of the boys popular name came from the bible. I think that says a lot. And the girls popular name mostly came from horror movies hehehehehehe just joking.
September 30th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
My niece’s name is Lexi and my cousin just had a baby and named her Olivia. So our family makes it on the list twice:)
My oldest daughter is pregnant right now and she is trying to choose a biblical name.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
I love Chloe!
That name is so cuteee…
December 11th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
We were stuck between Emily and Allison when we were picking names. Although we liked Emily more, we decided against it due to its popularity.
December 12th, 2009 at 11:10 am
My oldest son is 2 years old and is named Oliver. Did we win a prize? ok, just kidding, he was named after a relative named Olivier, which is a very popular first name in French speaking countries. I see that Olivia is popular too, and this is how he would have been christened if he were a girl. Why are these names that popular, this is beyond me?