Baby names in England and Wales: 2024

Summary

Most popular first names for baby girls and boys in 2024 using birth registration data.

Publications

Baby names explorer

Use our interactive tool to compare changes in the top 100 baby names for boys and girls since 1996.

Data

Top 100 baby names in England and Wales: historical data

Historic lists of top 100 names for baby boys and girls for 1904 to 2024 at 10-yearly intervals.
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, mother's age and month of birth.
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, mother's age and month of birth.
Baby names in England and Wales: from 1996

Ranks and counts of baby names for boys and girls in England and Wales, 1996 to 2024.

Contact details

Name

Child And Lifetime Health Monitoring team

Email

health.data@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 1329 444110

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

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