Most popular British baby names 2025-2026

Top 100 girls names UK »

  1. Olivia
  2. Amelia
  3. Lily
  4. Isla
  5. Ivy

Top 100 boys names UK »

  1. Muhammad
  2. Noah
  3. Oliver
  4. Arthur
  5. Leo

Baby Names UK provide these names after analysing the official UK statistics for births that took place during 2025.

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Baby names by region

England »

Boys

  1. Noah
  2. Arthur
  3. Muhammad
  4. Oliver
  5. George

Girls

  1. Olivia
  2. Amelia
  3. Florence
  4. Isla
  5. Lily

N Ireland »

Boys

  1. James
  2. Cillian
  3. Noah
  4. Jack
  5. Theo

Girls

  1. Grace
  2. Olivia
  3. Fiadh
  4. Aoife
  5. Emily

Scotland »

Boys

  1. Noah
  2. Muhammad
  3. Rory
  4. Theo
  5. Leo

Girls

  1. Olivia
  2. Isla
  3. Freya
  4. Lily
  5. Millie

Wales »

Boys

  1. Noah
  2. Luca
  3. Oliver
  4. Arthur
  5. Archie

Girls

  1. Olivia
  2. Amelia
  3. Isla
  4. Poppy
  5. Freya
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Historic UK baby names

We have historic baby name data going back over 100 years. Not only does this allow you to check out what names were hot in the 60s, 70s and 80s, but means you to dig back to the turn of the century for inspiration.

In addition you can also search up the most popular names for a given age. For example what are the most popular names for 12 year old boys or what are the top names for 10 year old girls.

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