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 Noah are both at the top of the list and have been for quite some time.

Noah has been a firm favourite for two years now, while Olivia has held the top spot for the last seven years in a row (according to 2022 ONS data, published in 2024).

Plenty of newer monikers have been steadily on the up too in recent years, with TV show-inspired names in particular 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 2022):

Most popular boys' names in 2022

1. Noah

2. Muhammad

3. George

4. Oliver

5. Leo

6. Arthur

7. Oscar

8. Theodore

9. Theo

10. Freddie

11. Archie

12. Luca

13. Henry

14. Jack

15. Harry

16. Charlie

17. Alfie

18. Arlo

19. Thomas

20. Teddy

21. Finley

22. Jacob

23. Tommy

24. William

25. Lucas

26. Isaac

27. Mohammed

28. Alexander

29. Albie

30. Roman

31. Edward

32. Jude

33. Elijah

34. James

35. Joshua

36. Reuben

37. Max

38. Rory

39. Sebastian

40. Louie

41. Adam

42. Mason

43. Ethan

44. Hudson

45. Harrison

46. Ezra

47. Hugo

48. Louis

49. Reggie

50. Joseph

51. Benjamin

52. Ronnie

53. Daniel

54. Logan

55. Jaxon

56. Oakley

57. Albert

58. Hunter

59. Zachary

60. Samuel

61. Rowan

62. David

63. Toby

64. Dylan

65. Frederick

66. Jesse

67. Mohammad

68. Otis

69. Sonny

70. Gabriel

71. Grayson

72. Kai

73. Frankie

74. Caleb

75. Carter

76. Liam

77. Felix

78. Jasper

79. Riley

80. Bobby

81. Alfred

82. Finn

83. Elliot

84. Brody

85. Rupert

86. Ralph

87. Milo

88. Michael

89. Blake

90. Ellis

91. Chester

92. Stanley

93. Yusuf

94. Jackson

95. Leon

96. Elias

97. Myles

98. Tobias

99. Musa

100. Axel
     
     

Most popular girls' names in 2022

1. Olivia

2. Amelia

3. Isla

4. Ava

5. Lily

6. Ivy

7. Freya

8. Florence

9. Isabella

10. Mia

11. Willow

12. Sienna

13. Poppy

14. Sophia

15. Elsie

16. Rosie

17. Grace

18. Millie

19. Emily

20. Sofia

21. Daisy

22. Evelyn

23. Evie

24. Phoebe

25. Ella

26. Charlotte

27. Harper

28. Maya

29. Matilda

30. Ruby

31. Aria

32. Penelope

33. Hallie

34. Luna

35. Bonnie

36. Ada
    

37. Emilia
    

38. Alice

39. Sophie
    

40. Esme
    

41. Isabelle

42. Maisie

43. Violet

44. Delilah

45. Mila

46. Eva

47. Arabella

48. Maeve

49. Aurora

50. Mabel

51. Ayla

52. Lottie

53. Eliza

54. Rose

55. Erin

56. Layla

57. Scarlett

58. Chloe

59. Margot

60. Elizabeth

61. Imogen

62. Eleanor

63. Orla

64. Thea

65. Harriet

66. Iris

67. Nancy

68. Emma

69. Jessica

70. Zara

71. Robyn

72. Gracie

73. Elodie

74. Olive

75. Maria

76. Maryam

77. Bella

78. Lola

79. Lyra

80. Lyla

81. Ophelia

82. Ellie

83. Ottilie

84. Molly

85. Lara

86. Myla

87. Eden

88. Eloise

89. Darcie

90. Lucy

91. Nova

92. Lilly

93. Clara

94. Jasmine

95. Edith

96. Summer

97. Amelie

98. Hannah

99. Fatima

100. Sara

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