🏴 England & Wales
Official first-name statistics for England & Wales from Office for National Statistics: 17,613,715 births recorded 1996–2025. In 2025, the most given names were Olivia and Muhammad.
17,613,715 1996–2025
20,933Names
Office for National StatisticsOpen Government Licence v3.0
Girls · 2025
Rising fast
2020 → 2025
Average name length (letters)
Share of births going to the 10 most common names
Compound names (Jean-Pierre, Mary-Kate)
Are countries choosing the same names?
| Country | Similarity of name choices |
|---|---|
| 🏴 Scotland | 87% |
| 🇦🇺 South Australia | 84% |
| 🇨🇦 Ontario | 78% |
| 🇨🇦 British Columbia | 77% |
| 🇬🇧 Northern Ireland | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 United States | 69% |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | 67% |
| 🇨🇦 Québec | 60% |