Names that reached the top ten in England and Wales

Names that reached the top 10 of England and Wales's published list in at least one year.

Scoped to one registrar: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales. A top-ten position here is a position in England and Wales's own list and is never compared against a top-ten position anywhere else — the two are different lists, not two readings of one scale.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics · All England and Wales names

• Amelia

  Reached #1 among girls in England and Wales in 2011, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 41 years.

• Chloe

  Reached #1 among girls in England and Wales in 1997, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 15 years.

• Emily

  Reached #1 among girls in England and Wales in 2003, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 23 years.

• Grace

  Reached #1 among girls in England and Wales in 2006, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 9 years.

• Harry

  Reached #1 among boys in England and Wales in 2011, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 19 years.

• Jack

  Reached #1 among boys in England and Wales in 1996, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 25 years.

• Jessica

  Reached #1 among girls in England and Wales in 2005, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 21 years.

• Muhammad

  Reached #1 among boys in England and Wales in 2023, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 10 years.

• Noah

  Reached #1 among boys in England and Wales in 2021, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 60 years.

• Oliver

  Reached #1 among boys in England and Wales in 2009, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 73 years.

• Olivia

  Reached #1 among girls in England and Wales in 2008, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 75 years.

• Ruby

  Reached #1 among girls in England and Wales in 2007, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Sophie

  Reached #1 among girls in England and Wales in 1996, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 19 years.

• Daniel

  Reached #2 among boys in England and Wales in 1996, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 14 years.

• Ellie

  Reached #2 among girls in England and Wales in 2003, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 5 years.

• George

  Reached #2 among boys in England and Wales in 2018, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 14 years.

• James

  Reached #2 among boys in England and Wales in 1997, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 19 years.

• Joshua

  Reached #2 among boys in England and Wales in 2002, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 16 years.

• Lily

  Reached #2 among girls in England and Wales in 2025, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 17 years.

• Thomas

  Reached #2 among boys in England and Wales in 1998, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 21 years.

• Arthur

  Reached #3 among boys in England and Wales in 2020, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 8 years.

• Ava

  Reached #3 among girls in England and Wales in 2018, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 14 years.

• Isla

  Reached #3 among girls in England and Wales in 2014, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 36 years.

• Leo

  Reached #3 among boys in England and Wales in 2025, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 9 years.

• Megan

  Reached #3 among girls in England and Wales in 1998, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 9 years.

• Alfie

  Reached #4 among boys in England and Wales in 2009, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Charlie

  Reached #4 among boys in England and Wales in 2012, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 14 years.

• Jacob

  Reached #4 among boys in England and Wales in 2013, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 7 years.

• Luca

  Reached #4 among boys in England and Wales in 2025, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 3 years.

• Charlotte

  Reached #5 among girls in England and Wales in 2000, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 10 years.

• Florence

  Reached #5 among girls in England and Wales in 2025, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 5 years.

• Freya

  Reached #5 among girls in England and Wales in 2023, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Ivy

  Reached #5 among girls in England and Wales in 2021, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Lauren

  Reached #5 among girls in England and Wales in 1996, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Mia

  Reached #5 among girls in England and Wales in 2019, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 10 years.

• Poppy

  Reached #5 among girls in England and Wales in 2014, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Benjamin

  Reached #6 among boys in England and Wales in 2002, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 3 years.

• Ella

  Reached #6 among girls in England and Wales in 2015, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Hannah

  Reached #6 among girls in England and Wales in 1996, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 8 years.

• Isabella

  Reached #6 among girls in England and Wales in 2016, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 13 years.

• Matthew

  Reached #6 among boys in England and Wales in 1996, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Samuel

  Reached #6 among boys in England and Wales in 2004, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 11 years.

• Joseph

  Reached #7 among boys in England and Wales in 2000, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 10 years.

• Lucy

  Reached #7 among girls in England and Wales in 2003, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 8 years.

• Oscar

  Reached #7 among boys in England and Wales in 2013, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 13 years.

• Ryan

  Reached #7 among boys in England and Wales in 1996, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 2 years.

• Sophia

  Reached #7 among girls in England and Wales in 2019, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 3 years.

• William

  Reached #7 among boys in England and Wales in 2006, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 15 years.

• Callum

  Reached #8 among boys in England and Wales in 1998, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 3 years.

• Elsie

  Reached #8 among girls in England and Wales in 2025, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 2 years.

• Rebecca

  Reached #8 among girls in England and Wales in 1996, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 4 years.

• Riley

  Reached #8 among boys in England and Wales in 2012, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 1 year.

• Theodore

  Reached #8 among boys in England and Wales in 2022, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 4 years.

• Amy

  Reached #9 among girls in England and Wales in 1996, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 1 year.

• Archie

  Reached #9 among boys in England and Wales in 2020, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 3 years.

• Katie

  Reached #9 among girls in England and Wales in 2004, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 1 year.

• Rosie

  Reached #9 among girls in England and Wales in 2020, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 1 year.

• Theo

  Reached #9 among boys in England and Wales in 2022, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 1 year.

• Willow

  Reached #9 among girls in England and Wales in 2023, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 2 years.

• Evie

  Reached #10 among girls in England and Wales in 2008, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 3 years.