Most popular boys' and girls' names of 2024 revealed
ENGLAND AND WALES, JUL 31 – Muhammad ranked first with 5,721 boys named in 2024, with two other spellings also in the top 100, showing sustained popularity for nearly a decade, ONS data reveals.
- The Office for National Statistics released the 2024 list of most popular baby names in England and Wales, with Muhammad leading for boys and Olivia for girls.
- Muhammad maintained the top boys’ name for the second consecutive year, having been in the top 10 since 2016, while Olivia stayed in the girls’ top three since 2006.
- The top 100 boys’ names included Muhammad in three different spellings: Muhammad was the most popular with 5,721 boys, followed by Mohammed with 1,760, and Mohammad with 986. Meanwhile, Olivia and Amelia once again occupied the top two positions for girls.
- Noah and Oliver repeated second and third for boys, George ranked sixth with 3,257 babies, and Olivia was given to 2,761 girls in 2024, with Lily replacing Isla in the top three girls’ names.
- Royal names generally declined in popularity, and unique names such as Cuthbert, Crispin, Awesome, Beckham, Orchid, Poem, Sicily, and Everest appeared fewer than five times in registrations in 2024.
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