Release

Baby names in England and Wales: 2021

Released: 5 October 2022 9:30am
Next release: August to September 2023 (provisional)

Summary

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

Publications

Data

Methodology

  • Baby names QMI

    Quality and methodology information for baby names statistics produced for England and Wales.

Contact details

Name

Kanak Ghosh and Chloe Stevens

Email

health.data@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 1329 444 110

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest