The 2022 rankings for England and Wales are lastly right here!
Two years in the past, England and Wales welcomed over to 605,000 infants.
What have been the most well-liked names amongst these infants? Olivia and Noah.
Listed here are England and Wales’ high 50 woman names and high 50 boy names of 2022:
Woman names
- Olivia, 3,289 child women
- Amelia, 2,884
- Isla, 2,613
- Ava, 2,293
- Lily, 2,281
- Ivy, 2,195
- Freya, 2,162
- Florence, 1,971
- Isabella, 1,927
- Mia, 1,868
- Willow, 1,867
- Sienna, 1,859
- Poppy, 1,848
- Sophia, 1,813
- Elsie, 1,763
- Rosie, 1,686
- Grace, 1,675
- Millie, 1,670
- Emily, 1,609
- Sofia, 1,576
- Daisy, 1,563
- Evelyn, 1,560
- Evie, 1,534
- Phoebe, 1,531
- Ella, 1,522
- Charlotte, 1,496
- Harper, 1,449
- Maya, 1,406
- Matilda, 1,363
- Ruby, 1,271
- Aria, 1,229
- Penelope, 1,206
- Hallie, 1,202
- Luna, 1,174
- Bonnie, 1,148
- Ada, 1,138
- Emilia, 1,128
- Alice, 1,119
- Sophie, 1,115
- Esme, 1,101
- Isabelle, 1,089
- Maisie, 1,072
- Violet, 1,057
- Delilah, 1,054
- Mila, 1,042
- Eva, 1,029
- Arabella, 1,019
- Maeve, 990
- Aurora, 972
- Mabel, 964
Boy names
- Noah, 4,586 child boys
- Muhammad, 4,177
- George, 3,699
- Oliver, 3,691
- Leo, 3,610
- Arthur, 3,603
- Oscar, 2,883
- Theodore, 2,835
- Theo, 2,808
- Freddie, 2,760
- Archie, 2,684
- Luca, 2,625
- Henry, 2,624
- Jack, 2,431
- Harry, 2,403
- Charlie, 2,391
- Alfie, 2,304
- Arlo, 2,176
- Thomas, 2,101
- Teddy, 2,030
- Finley, 2,025
- Jacob, 1,892
- Tommy, 1,824
- William, 1,806
- Lucas, 1,771
- Isaac, 1,733
- Mohammed, 1,694
- Alexander, 1,651
- Albie, 1,641
- Roman, 1,640
- Edward, 1,612
- Jude, 1,601
- Elijah, 1,549
- James, 1,534
- Joshua, 1,478
- Reuben, 1,475
- Max, 1,459
- Rory, 1,435
- Sebastian, 1,409
- Louie, 1,396
- Adam, 1,374
- Mason, 1,369
- Ethan, 1,268 (tie)
- Hudson, 1,268 (tie)
- Harrison, 1,236
- Ezra, 1,217
- Hugo, 1,193
- Louis, 1,184
- Reggie, 1,159
- Joseph, 1,158
Based on the press launch from the Workplace of Nationwide Statistics…
- Within the women’ high 10, Isabella changed Willow.
- Within the boys’ high 10, Theodore, Theo, and Freddie changed Harry, Henry, and Archie.
- Within the women’ high 100, Ophelia, Ottilie, Eloise, Nova, and Fatima changed Holly, Heidi, Anna, Amber, and Beatrice.
- Within the boys’ high 100, Leon, Elias, Musa, Axel, and Ibrahim changed Charles, Harvey, Ollie, and Nathan.
England and Wales are two separate nations inside the UK. (The remainder of the UK is made up of Scotland and Northern Eire.) By way of inhabitants, England has about 56.5 million residents, whereas Wales has round 3.1 million.
Listed here are the highest 10 woman names and high 10 boy names in every of the 2 nations individually:
| England | Wales | |
| Prime woman names | 1. Olivia, 3,144 child women 2. Amelia, 2,755 3. Isla, 2,476 4. Ava, 2,179 5. Lily, 2,158 6. Ivy, 2,081 7. Freya, 2,051 8. Florence, 1,878 9. Isabella, 1,847 10. Sienna, 1,788 |
1. Olivia, 145 child women 2. Isla, 137 3. Amelia 129 4. Lily, 122 5. Elsie, 120 6. Ava, 114 (tie) 7. Ivy, 114 (tie) 8. Millie, 111 9. Freya, 110 10. Ella, 104 |
| Prime boy names | 1. Noah, 4,320 child boys 2. Muhammad, 4,136 3. George, 3,548 4. Oliver, 3,502 5. Leo, 3,470 6. Arthur, 3,423 7. Oscar, 2,729 8. Theodore, 2,720 9. Freddie, 2,620 10. Theo, 2,611 |
1. Noah, 264 child boys 2. Theo, 196 3. Oliver, 188 4. Arthur, 180 5. Luca, 166 6. Oscar, 154 7. George, 149 8. Archie, 144 9. Freddie, 140 10. Leo, 139 |
And now let’s take a look at a collection of names from the different finish of the spectrum.
Every of the uncommon names beneath was given to simply 3 infants in England and Wales (mixed) in 2022:
| Uncommon woman names | Uncommon boy names |
| Accalia, Briseis, Casiana, Diellza, Ettalie, Farishta, Gwenna, Hestia, Irida, Iseult, Jun, Kanika, Larsa, Myfanwy, Nehizena, Ovelia, Prunella, Quinne, Renaelia, Siella, Tamima, Urte, Varnika, Wafaa, Xiana, Yuet, Zartasha | Aurion, Boyan, Cary, Daxson, Eifion, Flavian, Granth, Henrick, Ilai, Jasser, Klaidi, Llyr, Mordy, Naoise, Oax, Petrit, Quillon, Ransford, Sanchez, Torrin, Usaid, Volodymyr, Wolfy, Xand, Yudhveer, Zaamin |
Renaelia’s utilization was little question impressed by British influencer Imogen Horton, who welcomed a child woman named Renaelia in September of 2022. A number of weeks after the delivery, Imogen posted a video wherein she and her husband Spencer revealed the newborn’s identify and defined the way it was coined.
Volodymyr’s utilization could have been influenced by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Lastly, right here’s a hyperlink to England and Wales’ 2021 rankings, in case you’d prefer to examine them out.
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Picture: Tailored from Flag of the UK (public area)
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