Oliver and Olivia have officially been overtaken! The new #1s for England&Wales are Harry & Amelia!
Here are the key facts for you all:
- Harry is up 1 place to #1, whilst Oliver is now #2
- Amelia is up 4 places to #1, whilst Olivia is now #2
- George is out of the Top 10 and replaced by Jacob
- Evie and Chloe are out of the Top 100 and replaced by Ava and Isabella
- Lily replaced Ruby as the most popular name in Wales, whilst Oliver remains #1
- The biggest riser was Jenson, up 27 places to #65
- Other big climbers were Arthur, Dexter and Riley (boy).
- Biggest fallers were Ben, Kyle, Cameron, Reece, Lewis & Owen
- The biggest riser for girls was Eliza, up 31 places to #62
- Other big climbers were Evelyn, Harriet and Sofia
- Big fallers for girls were Caitlin, Katie, Keira, Tia and Lauren.
NEW TOP 100 NAMES
Elsie at #87; Bella at #69; Blake at #79; Elijah at #91; Francesca at #99;Frankie at #84 (boys); Jackson at #99; Kayla at #98; Lydia at #100; Tommy at #65; Willow at #75.
OUT OF THE TOP 100
Aidan, now at #101; Aimee, now at #104; Alexandra, now at #107; Bradley, now at #105; Brandon, now at #118; Kieran, now at #129; Laila, now at #124; Libby, now at #106; Maisy, now at #102; Sam, now at #112;Tilly, now at #103.
Not wanting to brag or anything, but I predicted the fall of Aimee, Alexandra and Libby here, and predicted Elsie gatecrashing the Top 100 here. 🙂
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
- Harry was the most popular name for boys for 9 months in 2011
- Oliver was the most popular name for boys in January, April & June
- Olivia was the most popular name for girls in January, April, July & August
- Lily was the most popular name for girls in February, March and May
- 13 boys names were in the top 10 for at least one month during 2011, compared with 15 for girls
- Holly was the second most popular name for girls during December, and fell to #54 in July
- Summer peaked at #14 in August, and was as low as #71 in December
REGIONAL VARIATIONS
- There are seven common names in the Top 10 for boys when you split the England&Wales data to English data and Welsh data, compared with 6 common names for girls.
- Oliver is #1 in Wales, not Harry.
- Riley, Ethan and Dylan are all in the Welsh Top 10
- Seren, Ella, Mia and Megan are all in the English Top 10
- Daniel and Isabella were #1 in London, where Harry was #6
- Poppy was in the Top 10 in the South West at #9
- Lucy was in the Top 10 in the North East at #10
- Isla was in the Top 10 in the South East at #10
- Both Mohammed and Muhammad were in the Top 10 in Yorkshire&the Humber, West Midlands & London
- Riley was in the Top 10 at #10 in both Yorkshire&the Humber & East Midlands
Finally, a comment by ONS on the data:
There are a number of possible reasons why the popularity of baby names can change over time.
The popularity of names can be influenced by names of famous figures or current celebrities and
what they name their own babies. However, it is an individual choice which can be influenced by a
number of other factors such as the religious, cultural and/or ethnic identities of the parents or the
names of family, friends or fictional characters. As such, there is a great diversity of baby names. In
2011, there were 723,913 live births in England and Wales (ONS, 2012), with over 28,000 different
boys’ names and just over 35,000 different girls’ names registered. The top ten names only account
for 14 per cent of all names in 2011.
Oh, here is the new Top 100, including the change in rank since 2010:
| 1 | HARRY | 7,523 | +2 | AMELIA | 5,054 | +4 |
| 2 | OLIVER | 7,007 | -1 | OLIVIA | 4,938 | -1 |
| 3 | JACK | 6,844 | -1 | LILY | 4,761 | +1 |
| 4 | ALFIE | 5,524 | – | JESSICA | 3,984 | +2 |
| 5 | CHARLIE | 5,516 | – | EMILY | 3,974 | -2 |
| 6 | THOMAS | 5,353 | – | SOPHIE | 3,923 | -4 |
| 7 | JACOB | 5,047 | +5 | RUBY | 3,702 | – |
| 8 | JAMES | 4,945 | +2 | GRACE | 3,691 | +1 |
| 9 | JOSHUA | 4,786 | -1 | AVA | 3,621 | +2 |
| 10 | WILLIAM | 4,632 | -3 | ISABELLA | 3,464 | +2 |
| 11 | ETHAN | 4,581 | +2 | EVIE | 3,385 | -1 |
| 12 | GEORGE | 4,347 | -3 | CHLOE | 3,347 | -4 |
| 13 | RILEY | 4,226 | +12 | MIA | 3,346 | – |
| 14 | DANIEL | 3,928 | -3 | POPPY | 2,932 | +2 |
| 15 | SAMUEL | 3,803 | -1 | ISLA | 2,849 | +7 |
| 16 | NOAH | 3,287 | +2 | ELLA | 2,783 | +2 |
| 17 | OSCAR | 3,251 | +2 | ISABELLE | 2,719 | – |
| 18 | JOSEPH | 3,089 | -3 | SOPHIA | 2,661 | +9 |
| 19 | MOHAMMED | 3,054 | -2 | FREYA | 2,619 | – |
| 20 | MAX | 3,043 | +3 | DAISY | 2,458 | -5 |
| 21 | DYLAN | 2,962 | -5 | CHARLOTTE | 2,390 | -1 |
| 22 | MUHAMMAD | 2,854 | +9 | MAISIE | 2,230 | -8 |
| 23 | ALEXANDER | 2,819 | -2 | LUCY | 2,228 | -2 |
| 24 | ARCHIE | 2,805 | – | PHOEBE | 2,008 | +4 |
| 25 | BENJAMIN | 2,789 | -3 | SCARLETT | 1,987 | -1 |
| 26 | LUCAS | 2,716 | -7 | HOLLY | 1,971 | -1 |
| 27 | LEO | 2,664 | +9 | LILLY | 1,950 | +12 |
| 28 | HENRY | 2,625 | +6 | ELLIE | 1,893 | +1 |
| 29 | JAKE | 2,619 | – | MEGAN | 1,799 | -6 |
| 30 | LOGAN | 2,549 | -2 | LAYLA | 1,780 | +14 |
| 31 | TYLER | 2,520 | +1 | LOLA | 1,777 | +2 |
| 32 | JAYDEN | 2,353 | -6 | IMOGEN | 1,773 | -6 |
| 33 | ISAAC | 2,352 | +4 | EVA | 1,714 | +4 |
| 34 | FINLEY | 2,245 | +1 | SUMMER | 1,711 | -4 |
| 35 | MASON | 2,171 | +11 | MILLIE | 1,641 | -3 |
| 36 | RYAN | 2,151 | -6 | SIENNA | 1,585 | +11 |
| 37 | HARRISON | 2,122 | +5 | ALICE | 1,554 | +6 |
| 38 | ADAM | 2,062 | +1 | ABIGAIL | 1,493 | -4 |
| 39 | LEWIS | 2,035 | -12 | ERIN | 1,491 | -4 |
| 40 | EDWARD | 1,935 | +3 | LACEY | 1,475 | -4 |
| 41 | LUKE | 1,830 | -3 | HANNAH | 1,462 | -10 |
| 42 | FREDDIE | 1,819 | +3 | JASMINE | 1,429 | -1 |
| 43 | MATTHEW | 1,743 | -2 | FLORENCE | 1,406 | +11 |
| 44 | LIAM | 1,690 | -11 | ELIZABETH | 1,396 | +5 |
| 45 | ZACHARY | 1,664 | +6 | LEXI | 1,324 | +1 |
| 46 | CALLUM | 1,580 | -6 | MOLLY | 1,322 | -4 |
| 47 | SEBASTIAN | 1,493 | +11 | SOFIA | 1,249 | +15 |
| 48 | CONNOR | 1,471 | -4 | MATILDA | 1,225 | +5 |
| 49 | JAMIE | 1,445 | – | EMMA | 1,221 | -1 |
| 50 | THEO | 1,407 | – | BROOKE | 1,216 | -5 |
| 51 | TOBY | 1,389 | +3 | AMY | 1,213 | -13 |
| 52 | HARVEY | 1,388 | -5 | AMBER | 1,201 | – |
| 53 | MICHAEL | 1,364 | – | GRACIE | 1,162 | -2 |
| 54 | NATHAN | 1,319 | -6 | AMELIE | 1,128 | +1 |
| 55 | HARLEY | 1,308 | +2 | ROSIE | 1,124 | +4 |
| 56 | KAI | 1,211 | – | LEAH | 1,120 | -6 |
| 57 | DAVID | 1,163 | +7 | KATIE | 1,105 | -17 |
| 58 | AARON | 1,147 | -3 | MAYA | 1,072 | -1 |
| 59 | ALEX | 1,129 | -7 | ELEANOR | 1,049 | +2 |
| 60 | CHARLES | 1,090 | +2 | GEORGIA | 1,022 | -4 |
| 61 | AIDEN | 1,077 | +5 | EMILIA | 1,007 | +10 |
| 62 | LEON | 1,069 | -2 | ELIZA | 955 | +31 |
| 63 | MOHAMMAD | 1,037 | +4 | FAITH | 914 | +2 |
| 64 | LUCA | 982 | +6 | BETHANY | 913 | -5 |
| 65 | TOMMY | 980 | +91* | EVELYN | 871 | +22 |
| 66 | FINLAY | 967 | +2 | ISABEL | 857 | -8 |
| 67 | JENSON | 966 | +29 | ANNA | 827 | -4 |
| 68 | ARTHUR | 961 | +14 | HOLLIE | 825 | +1 |
| 68 | LOUIS | 961 | +1 | BELLA | 823 | +35* |
| 70 | RHYS | 946 | -5 | PAIGE | 811 | -7 |
| 71 | OWEN | 943 | -12 | HARRIET | 809 | +15 |
| 72 | REUBEN | 941 | -1 | ESME | 797 | +2 |
| 73 | OLLIE | 933 | -10 | ZARA | 790 | +3 |
| 74 | LOUIE | 887 | – | LEXIE | 788 | -6 |
| 75 | GABRIEL | 874 | +3 | WILLOW | 772 | +37* |
| 76 | BOBBY | 869 | +7 | ROSE | 764 | +14 |
| 77 | CAMERON | 848 | -16 | MADISON | 760 | -10 |
| 78 | DEXTER | 833 | +20 | JULIA | 759 | -1 |
| 79 | BLAKE | 831 | +26* | ANNABELLE | 758 | +10 |
| 80 | STANLEY | 824 | +8 | ISOBEL | 754 | -5 |
| 81 | KIAN | 800 | -9 | NIAMH | 733 | -3 |
| 82 | EVAN | 770 | -6 | MADDISON | 731 | -1 |
| 83 | JUDE | 764 | +3 | MARTHA | 723 | +2 |
| 84 | FRANKIE | 756 | +24* | SKYE | 717 | -11 |
| 85 | ELLIOT | 755 | – | LAUREN | 710 | -15 |
| 86 | HAYDEN | 747 | -6 | CAITLIN | 708 | -20 |
| 87 | ASHTON | 727 | -10 | ELSIE | 699 | +21* |
| 88 | JOEL | 712 | -7 | KEIRA | 693 | -16 |
| 89 | CALEB | 709 | -2 | REBECCA | 693 | -6 |
| 90 | BAILEY | 704 | -11 | SARAH | 663 | -7 |
| 91 | ELIJAH | 701 | +29* | HEIDI | 652 | +2 |
| 92 | TAYLOR | 696 | +5 | ZOE | 649 | -8 |
| 93 | ROBERT | 694 | -3 | MARIA | 628 | -2 |
| 94 | KAYDEN | 686 | +5 | MARYAM | 616 | +5 |
| 95 | KYLE | 683 | -21 | AISHA | 613 | +1 |
| 96 | FREDERICK | 669 | -1 | TIA | 613 | -16 |
| 97 | BEN | 667 | -24 | NICOLE | 605 | -5 |
| 98 | REECE | 656 | -14 | KAYLA | 604 | +21* |
| 99 | JACKSON | 647 | +40* | FRANCESCA | 602 | +3* |
| 100 | JOHN | 645 | -6 | LYDIA | 589 | +7* |
