Names at their highest recorded position

Names whose highest recorded position in an official list is its most recent year.

The strongest thing that can be said from a published record without predicting anything: whatever this name has done before, the last list it appeared in is the highest it has ever been recorded. It is a statement about the record, not a forecast.

60 names, selected from the 2,577 names in the catalogue with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon). Based on official statistics from national registrars. Data sources · Methodology

• Freya

  Highest recorded position #1 among girls in Scotland in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 2024.

• Noah

  Highest recorded position #1 among boys in New Zealand in 2023, its most recent published year, across a record running from 2001.

• Cillian

  Highest recorded position #2 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2024, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1997.

• Isla

  Highest recorded position #2 among girls in Scotland in 2024, its most recent published year, across a record running from 2024.

• Lily

  Highest recorded position #2 among girls in England and Wales in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1996.

• Olivia

  Highest recorded position #2 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2024, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1997.

• Leo

  Highest recorded position #3 among boys in England and Wales in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1996.

• Aoife

  Highest recorded position #4 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2024, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1997.

• Luca

  Highest recorded position #4 among boys in England and Wales in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1996.

• Florence

  Highest recorded position #5 among girls in England and Wales in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1996.

• Frida

  Highest recorded position #5 among girls in Norway in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1945.

• Sadie

  Highest recorded position #5 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1964.

• Charlotte

  Highest recorded position #6 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2024, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1997.

• Jude

  Highest recorded position #6 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2024, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1997.

• Sophia

  Highest recorded position #6 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1997.

• Amelia

  Highest recorded position #7 among girls in Scotland in 2024, its most recent published year, across a record running from 2024.

• Elijah

  Highest recorded position #7 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 2003.

• Ellinor

  Highest recorded position #7 among girls in Norway in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1945.

• Elsie

  Highest recorded position #8 among girls in England and Wales in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1996.

• Henry

  Highest recorded position #8 among boys in New Zealand in 2023, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1954.

• Astrid

  Highest recorded position #9 among girls in Norway in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1945.

• Arthur

  Highest recorded position #11 among boys in New Zealand in 2023, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1954.

• Alexander

  Highest recorded position #12 among boys in Scotland in 2024, its most recent published year, across a record running from 2024.

• Evelyn

  Highest recorded position #12 among girls in England and Wales in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1996.

• Leah

  Highest recorded position #12 among girls in Norway in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1982.

• Matheo

  Highest recorded position #12 among boys in Norway in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 2005.

• Eabha

  Highest recorded position #13 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2024, its most recent published year, across a record running from 2001.

• Ludvig

  Highest recorded position #13 among boys in Norway in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1945.

• Sofia

  Highest recorded position #13 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 2004.

• Phoebe

  Highest recorded position #14 among girls in England and Wales in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1996.

• Ulrik

  Highest recorded position #14 among boys in Norway in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1946.

• Mabel

  Highest recorded position #16 among girls in England and Wales in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1996.

• Meabh

  Highest recorded position #17 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2024, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1997.

• Oscar

  Highest recorded position #17 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1999.

• Birk

  Highest recorded position #18 among boys in Norway in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1990.

• Hugo

  Highest recorded position #18 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 2009.

• Gustav

  Highest recorded position #19 among boys in Norway in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1945.

• Hedvig

  Highest recorded position #19 among girls in Norway in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1945.

• Matilda

  Highest recorded position #19 among girls in England and Wales in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1996.

• Robyn

  Highest recorded position #19 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1982.

• Theo

  Highest recorded position #19 among boys in New Zealand in 2023, its most recent published year, across a record running from 2014.

• Clodagh

  Highest recorded position #20 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2024, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1997.

• Hennie

  Highest recorded position #20 among girls in Norway in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1955.

• Herman

  Highest recorded position #20 among boys in Norway in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1945.

• Muhammad

  Highest recorded position #21 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 2012.

• Arabella

  Highest recorded position #22 among girls in England and Wales in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1996.

• Aria

  Highest recorded position #22 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2024, its most recent published year, across a record running from 2012.

• Rosie

  Highest recorded position #23 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1992.

• Conan

  Highest recorded position #24 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2024, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1997.

• Josefine

  Highest recorded position #24 among girls in Norway in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1975.

• Daisy

  Highest recorded position #25 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 2013.

• Fionn

  Highest recorded position #26 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2024, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1999.

• Bonnie

  Highest recorded position #28 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2024, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1999.

• Sienna

  Highest recorded position #30 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2024, its most recent published year, across a record running from 2004.

• Eleanor

  Highest recorded position #31 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 2014.

• Theodore

  Highest recorded position #32 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2024, its most recent published year, across a record running from 2001.

• Annie

  Highest recorded position #33 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1964.

• Violet

  Highest recorded position #37 among girls in England and Wales in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1996.

• Aurora

  Highest recorded position #39 among girls in England and Wales in 2025, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1996.

• Cian

  Highest recorded position #45 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2024, its most recent published year, across a record running from 1998.