Live births

Live births by age, sex, marital status, country of birth, socio-economic status, previous children and UK area of parent. Also includes trends in baby names.

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Births in England and Wales: 2022

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  • There were 605,479 live births in England and Wales in 2022, a 3.1% decrease from 624,828 in 2021 and the lowest number since 2002; the number remains in line with the recent trend of decreasing live births observed before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
  • In 2022, there were 2,433 stillbirths, a decrease of 164 (6.3%) from 2,597 in 2021.
  • The stillbirth rate in 2022 decreased to 4.0 stillbirths per 1,000 total births from 4.1 in 2021; this is higher than the rate observed before the coronavirus pandemic in 2019 (3.9).
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Births by parents’ country of birth, England and Wales: 2022

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  • In England and Wales, 30.3% of all live births were to non-UK-born mothers in 2022; an increase from 28.8% in 2021, continuing the long-term trend of the percentage of live births to non-UK-born mothers generally increasing.
  • In 2022, India replaced Romania as the most common country of birth for non-UK-born mothers, and Pakistan as the most common country of birth for non-UK-born fathers.
  • In 2022, two-thirds of live births in London occurred to parents where either one or both parents were born outside of the UK; London continues to have the highest percentage of such births out of all the English regions and Wales.
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Baby names in England and Wales

Most popular first names for baby boys and girls in 2021 using birth registration data.

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  • Baby names for boys in England and Wales

    Rank and count of the top names for baby boys, changes in rank since the previous year and breakdown by country, region and month of birth.

  • Baby names for girls in England and Wales

    Rank and count of the top names for baby girls, changes in rank since the previous year and breakdown by country, region and month of birth.

  • Parents’ country of birth

    Annual data on live births in England and Wales by parents' country of birth.

  • Births in England and Wales: summary tables

    Live births and stillbirths annual summary statistics, by sex, age of mother, whether inside marriage or civil partnership, percentage of non-UK-born mothers, birth rates and births by month and mothers' area of usual residence.

  • Births by parents’ characteristics

    Annual live births in England and Wales by age of mother and father, type of registration, median interval between births, number of previous live-born children and National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC). Commentary for both publications is covered in the Birth characteristics in England and Wales: 2020 bulletin.

  • Birth characteristics

    Annual live births in England and Wales by sex, birthweight, gestational age, ethnicity and month, maternities by place of birth and with multiple births, and stillbirths by age of parents and calendar quarter.

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