Popular Names in England and Wales

Information from National Statistics
Boys
Rank Name +/-
1.
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John
0
2.
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Peter
+9
3.
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William
-1
4.
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Brian
+62
5.
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David
+16
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James
-2
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Michael
+33
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Ronald
-2
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Kenneth
-2
10.
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George
-7
11.
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Robert
-3
12.
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Thomas
-7
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Alan
+24
14.
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Derek
+38
15.
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Raymond
+13
16.
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Anthony
+33
17.
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Roy
+24
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Donald
+11
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Dennis
+1
20.
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Edward
-8
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Gordon
+18
22.
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Terence
+46
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Joseph
-7
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Frederick
-14
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Arthur
-16
26.
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Colin
+35
27.
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Eric
-9
28.
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Richard
+4
29.
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Charles
-15
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Norman
-8
31.
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Leslie
-16
32.
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Patrick
+12
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Geoffrey
+3
34.
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Frank
-15
35.
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Albert
-22
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Keith
+50
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Leonard
-12
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Bernard
+4
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Stanley
-22
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Gerald
+11
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Reginald
-10
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Francis
+1
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Maurice
+4
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Douglas
-6
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Henry
-21
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Malcolm
new
47.
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Ernest
-24
48.
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Harold
-22
49.
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Alfred
-22
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Graham
+42
51.
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Harry
-21
52.
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Jack
-19
53.
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Barry
new
54.
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Walter
-20
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Ian
+30
56.
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Philip
-3
57.
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Christopher
+12
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Bryan
new
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Trevor
+20
60.
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Clifford
-12
61.
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Cyril
-26
62.
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Victor
-12
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Paul
+25
64.
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Denis
-6
65.
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Allan
+10
66.
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Alexander
-12
67.
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Roger
new
68.
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Mohammed
+23
69.
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Sidney
-24
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Clive
new
71.
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Daniel
+1
72.
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Lawrence
-10
73.
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Herbert
-27
74.
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Edwin
-18
75.
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Samuel
-18
76.
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Ralph
-12
77.
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Derrick
-3
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Abdul
new
79.
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Andrew
-6
80.
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Martin
+9
81.
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Hugh
-10
82.
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Robin
new
83.
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Neville
new
84.
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Stephen
-8
85.
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Vincent
-7
86.
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Jeffrey
new
87.
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Ivor
-10
88.
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Desmond
-23
89.
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Wilfred
-34
90.
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Sydney
-31
91.
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Ivan
+6
92.
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Barrie
new
93.
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Royston
new
94.
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Cecil
-34
95.
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Neil
new
96.
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Noel
new
97.
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Fred
-34
98.
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Arnold
-17
99.
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Rodney
new
100.
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Alec
-6
Girls
Rank Name +/-
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Margaret
0
2.
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Jean
+10
3.
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Mary
-1
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Joan
-1
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Patricia
+26
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Sheila
+37
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Barbara
+11
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Doreen
+7
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June
+71
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Shirley
new
11.
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Dorothy
-6
12.
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Joyce
-8
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Maureen
+82
14.
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Elizabeth
-5
15.
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Audrey
+6
16.
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Brenda
+42
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Kathleen
-11
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Sylvia
+24
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Eileen
-9
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Pamela
+40
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Betty
-10
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Beryl
+17
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Ann
+53
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Irene
-16
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Janet
+71
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Anne
+35
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Rita
+52
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Pauline
+47
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Mavis
+54
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Iris
+4
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Marjorie
-18
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Valerie
new
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Doris
-26
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Marion
+15
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Marina
new
36.
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Catherine
+1
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Vera
-21
38.
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Josephine
+33
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Edna
-19
40.
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Lilian
-15
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Norma
new
42.
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Rosemary
+55
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Phyllis
-19
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Hazel
+25
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Evelyn
-10
46.
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Edith
-24
47.
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Olive
-20
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Winifred
-29
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Florence
-26
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Ruth
+5
51.
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Elsie
-34
52.
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Muriel
-19
53.
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Marie
+10
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Daphne
+18
55.
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Frances
-9
56.
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Christine
+38
57.
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Thelma
+27
58.
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Gladys
-44
59.
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Maria
+7
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Gwendoline
-20
61.
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Hilda
-35
62.
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Violet
-33
63.
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Helen
-1
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Rose
-20
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Cynthia
new
66.
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Alice
-36
67.
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Gillian
new
68.
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Enid
+9
69.
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Annie
-41
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Yvonne
new
71.
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Freda
-23
72.
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Ellen
-31
73.
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Ivy
-41
74.
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Jane
-1
75.
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Peggy
-39
76.
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Sarah
-23
77.
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Marlene
new
78.
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Nancy
-28
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Bridget
+7
80.
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Diana
new
81.
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Grace
-30
82.
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Teresa
new
83.
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Veronica
new
84.
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Agnes
-30
85.
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Angela
new
86.
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Constance
-41
87.
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Jennifer
new
88.
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Marian
new
89.
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Jill
new
90.
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Wendy
new
91.
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Ethel
-53
92.
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Joy
new
93.
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Jacqueline
new
94.
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Gloria
new
95.
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Lily
-48
96.
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Molly
new
97.
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Heather
new
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May
-42
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Monica
-12
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Judith
new