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Most popular baby names in England and Wales (1996)

The rankings exactly as Office for National Statistics published them for 1996. England and Walespublishes a girls' list and a boys' list separately, so they are shown separately — there is no official combined ranking, and Namewise does not invent one.

This source has published 30 complete rankings, from 1996 to 2025. Data sources

Girls' names

Top 100 in England and Wales, 1996

  1. 1Sophie
  2. 2Chloe
  3. 3Jessica
  4. 4Emily
  5. 5Lauren
  6. 6Hannah
  7. 7Charlotte
  8. 8Rebecca
  9. 9Amy
  10. 10Megan
  11. 11Shannon
  12. 12Katie
  13. 13Bethany
  14. 14Emma
  15. 15Lucy
  16. 16Georgia
  17. 17Laura
  18. 18Sarah
  19. 19Jade
  20. 20Danielle
  21. 21Abigail
  22. 22Eleanor
  23. 23Holly
  24. 24Olivia
  25. 25Alice
  26. 26Elizabeth
  27. 27Rachel
  28. 28Paige
  29. 29Molly
  30. 30Ellie
  31. 31Zoe
  32. 32Samantha
  33. 33Natasha
  34. 34Chelsea
  35. 35Leah
  36. 36Nicole
  37. 37Victoria
  38. 38Alexandra
  39. 39Georgina
  40. 40Amber
  41. 41Grace
  42. 42Natalie
  43. 43Jodie
  44. 44Louise
  45. 45Abbie
  46. 46Melissa
  47. 47Anna
  48. 48Katherine
  49. 48Stephanie
  50. 50Gemma
  51. 51Kayleigh
  52. 52Courtney
  53. 53Kirsty
  54. 54Jennifer
  55. 55Jasmine
  56. 56Ella
  57. 57Hayley
  58. 58Ashleigh
  59. 59Kate
  60. 60Harriet
  61. 61Lydia
  62. 62Francesca
  63. 63Amelia
  64. 63Ellen
  65. 65Phoebe
  66. 66Caitlin
  67. 67Hollie
  68. 68Catherine
  69. 69Rosie
  70. 70Aimee
  71. 71Daisy
  72. 72Bethan
  73. 73Kimberley
  74. 74Kelly
  75. 75Naomi
  76. 76Sian
  77. 77Rachael
  78. 78Heather
  79. 79Demi
  80. 80Robyn
  81. 81Mollie
  82. 82Yasmin
  83. 83Beth
  84. 84Rhiannon
  85. 85Lily
  86. 86Kathryn
  87. 87Nicola
  88. 88Leanne
  89. 89Chantelle
  90. 90Claire
  91. 91Imogen
  92. 92Poppy
  93. 93Madeleine
  94. 94Isobel
  95. 95Sophia
  96. 96Maria
  97. 97Stacey
  98. 98Alicia
  99. 99Gabrielle
  100. 100Erin

Boys' names

Top 100 in England and Wales, 1996

  1. 1Jack
  2. 2Daniel
  3. 3Thomas
  4. 4James
  5. 5Joshua
  6. 6Matthew
  7. 7Ryan
  8. 8Joseph
  9. 9Samuel
  10. 10Liam
  11. 11Jordan
  12. 12Luke
  13. 13Connor
  14. 14Alexander
  15. 15Benjamin
  16. 16Adam
  17. 17Harry
  18. 18Jake
  19. 19George
  20. 20Callum
  21. 21William
  22. 22Michael
  23. 23Oliver
  24. 24Lewis
  25. 25Christopher
  26. 26Kieran
  27. 27Nathan
  28. 28Jamie
  29. 29Andrew
  30. 30Robert
  31. 31Bradley
  32. 32David
  33. 33Aaron
  34. 34Ben
  35. 35Jacob
  36. 36Mohammed
  37. 37Kyle
  38. 38Charlie
  39. 39Jonathan
  40. 40Ashley
  41. 41Reece
  42. 42Cameron
  43. 43Alex
  44. 44Charles
  45. 45Edward
  46. 46John
  47. 47Sam
  48. 48Scott
  49. 49Sean
  50. 50Joe
  51. 51Dominic
  52. 52Nicholas
  53. 53Brandon
  54. 54Rhys
  55. 55Mark
  56. 56Max
  57. 57Dylan
  58. 58Henry
  59. 59Peter
  60. 60Stephen
  61. 61Louis
  62. 62Richard
  63. 63Conor
  64. 64Lee
  65. 65Anthony
  66. 66Patrick
  67. 67Tyler
  68. 68Ross
  69. 69Jason
  70. 70Elliot
  71. 71Billy
  72. 72Paul
  73. 73Steven
  74. 74Shane
  75. 75Joel
  76. 76Shaun
  77. 77Toby
  78. 78Curtis
  79. 79Mitchell
  80. 80Dean
  81. 81Craig
  82. 82Timothy
  83. 83Aidan
  84. 83Declan
  85. 85Marcus
  86. 86Harrison
  87. 87Simon
  88. 88Elliott
  89. 89Jay
  90. 90Christian
  91. 91Calum
  92. 92Ethan
  93. 93Rory
  94. 94Josh
  95. 95Macauley
  96. 96Zachary
  97. 97Mohammad
  98. 98Danny
  99. 99Kane
  100. 100Owen