Ever wonder what the most popular names in Britain are?
If so, you're in luck -- below are the most recent baby name popularity lists for England & Wales (combined), Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
Based on these lists, it's clear that the more popular British baby names include Sophie, Katie, Grace, Lucy and Ellie for girls and Jack, James, Daniel, Thomas and Matthew for boys.
| Northern Ireland (2007) | |
| 1. Katie 2. Grace 3. Sophie 4. Lucy 5. Emma 6. Ellie 7. Sarah 8. Erin 9. Hannah 10. Anna 11. Chloe 12. Emily 13. Jessica 14. Amy 15. Caitlin 16. Molly 17. Aoife 18. Cara (tie) 18. Eva (tie) 20. Niamh | 1. Jack 2. James 3. Matthew 4. Daniel 5. Ryan 6. Thomas 7. Adam 8. Joshua 9. Dylan 10. Ben 11. Ethan 12. Conor 13. Charlie 14. Aaron 15. Jamie 16. Callum 17. Sean 18. Harry 19. Michael 20. Luke |
| England and Wales (2007) | |
| 1. Grace 2. Ruby 3. Olivia 4. Emily 5. Jessica 6. Sophie 7. Chloe 8. Lily 9. Ella 10. Amelia 11. Lucy 12. Charlotte 13. Ellie 14. Mia 15. Evie 16. Hannah 17. Megan 18. Katie 19. Isabella 20. Isabelle | 1. Jack 2. Thomas 3. Oliver 4. Joshua 5. Harry 6. Charlie 7. Daniel 8. William 9. James 10. Alfie 11. Samuel 12. George 13. Joseph 14. Benjamin 15. Ethan 16. Lewis 17. Mohammed 18. Jake 19. Dylan 20. Jacob |
| Scotland (2007) | |
| 1. Sophie 2. Emma 3. Lucy 4. Katie 5. Erin 6. Ellie 7. Amy 8. Emily 9. Chloe 10. Olivia 11. Hannah 12. Jessica 13. Grace 14. Ava 15. Rebecca 16. Isla 17. Brooke 18. Megan 19. Niamh 20. Eilidh | 1. Lewis 2. Jack 3. Ryan 4. James 5. Callum 6. Cameron 7. Daniel 8. Liam 9. Jamie (tie) 9. Kyle (tie) 9. Matthew (tie) 12. Logan 13. Finlay 14. Adam 15. Alexander 16. Dylan 17. Aiden 18. Andrew 19. Ben 20. Aaron & Connor (tie) |
My sources are the General Register Office for Scotland, the General Register Office for England and Wales, and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA).
