These are officially the most popular baby names in the UK right now

Whether you're keen to follow the trends with baby names, or you're desperate to know what everyone else is calling their newborns (so your child won't be one of five in a class with the same name), it's always interesting to take a look at what the most popular baby names are in the UK – and rather handily, the Office of National Statistics have just shared their latest update.

Of course, while baby naming trends come and go over the years, plenty do seem to stick around for a long stretch of time, so it probably won't come as much of a shock then that Olivia and Oliver both topped the list of most popular baby names for five consecutive years from 2016 to 2021. Surprisingly, this year Oliver has been knocked off the top spot, but Olivia is still the number one for parents welcoming baby girls.

Plenty of newer monikers have been steadily on the up too, such as TV show-inspired names that are catching the eye of new parents. Uh, hello baby Maddy!

Here's the full low down on the 100 most popular baby names right now (using the most recent data available from babies born in England and Wales in 2021):

Most popular Boys' names

1. Noah

2. Oliver

3. George

4. Arthur

5. Muhammad

6. Leo

7. Harry

8. Oscar

9. Archie

10. Henry

11. Theodore

12. Freddie

13. Jack

14. Charlie

15. Theo

16. Alfie

17. Jacob

18. Thomas

19. Finley

20. Arlo

21. William

22. Lucas

23. Roman

24. Tommy

25. Isaac

26. Teddy

27. Alexander

28. Luca

29. Edward

30. James

31. Joshua

32. Albie

33. Elijah

34. Max

35. Mohammed

36. Reuben

37. Mason

38. Sebastian

39. Rory

40. Jude

41. Louie

42. Benjamin

43. Ethan

44. Adam

45. Hugo

46. Joseph

47. Reggie

48. Ronnie

49. Harrison

50. Louis

51. Ezra

52. Jaxon

53. Logan

54. Daniel

55. Zachary

56. Samuel

57. Dylan

58. Albert

59. Hudson

60. Hunter

61. Frederick

62. David

63. Rowan

64. Jesse

65. Frankie

66. Toby

67. Oakley

68. Grayson

69. Carter

70. Riley

71. Felix

72. Finn

73. Bobby

74. Blake

75. Sonny

76. Caleb

77. Gabriel

78. Michael

79. Jasper

80. Alfred

81. Otis

82. Stanley

83. Milo

84. Mohammad

85. Ralph

86. Liam

87. Chester

88. Ellis

89. Elliot

90. Brody

91. Charles

92. Kai

93. Rupert

94. Yusuf

95. Harvey

96. Ollie

97. Jackson

98. Tobias

99. Nathan

100. Myles

Some of the new names on the list include Rupert (which has jumped 13 places from last year) and Brody (which has risen by a whopping 36 places since 2020). Tobias, Blake and Nathan also found themselves in the top 100 compared to last year!

Most popular Girls' names

1. Olivia

2. Amelia

3. Isla

4. Ava

5. Ivy

6. Freya

7. Lily

8. Florence

9. Mia

10. Willow

11. Rosie

12. Sophia

13. Isabella

14. Grace

15. Daisy

16. Sienna

17. Poppy

18. Elsie

19. Emily

20. Ella

21. Evelyn

22. Phoebe

23. Sofia

24. Evie

25. Charlotte

26. Harper

27. Millie

28. Matilda

29. Maya

30. Sophie

31. Alice

32. Emilia

33. Isabelle

34. Ruby

35. Luna

36. Maisie

37. Aria

38. Penelope

39. Mila

40. Bonnie

41. Eva

42. Hallie

43. Eliza

44. Ada

45. Violet

46. Esme

47. Arabella

48. Imogen

49. Jessica

50. Delilah

51. Lottie

52. Chloe

53. Thea

54. Layla

55. Eleanor

56. Aurora

57. Margot

58. Mabel

59. Erin

60. Elizabeth

61. Emma

62. Scarlett

63. Harriet

64. Lola

65. Nancy

66. Orla

67. Ayla

68. Rose

69. Zara

70. Iris

71. Robyn

72. Bella

73. Molly

74. Olive

75. Maria

76. Lyla

77. Maeve

78. Ellie

79. Gracie

80. Lyra

81. Darcie

82. Maryam

83. Edith

84. Heidi

85. Lucy

86. Myla

87. Amelie

88. Amber

89. Hannah

90. Summer

91. Eden

92. Jasmine

93. Elodie

94. Clara

95. Holly

96. Lilly

97. Anna

98. Lara

99. Beatrice

100. Sara

Only two new names made it into the 100 most popular girls' names this year, with Beatrice – perhaps inspired by Princess Beatrice? – rising 10 places and Sara rising two.

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