Popular Names in England and Wales

Information from National Statistics
Boys
Rank Name +/-
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John
0
2.
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David
+3
3.
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Michael
+4
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Peter
-2
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Robert
+6
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Anthony
+10
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Brian
-3
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Alan
+5
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William
-6
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James
-4
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Richard
+17
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Kenneth
-3
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Roger
+54
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Keith
+22
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Colin
+11
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Christopher
+41
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Raymond
-2
18.
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Terence
+4
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Thomas
-7
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Barry
+33
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George
-11
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Graham
+28
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Ian
+32
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Malcolm
+22
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Geoffrey
+8
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Ronald
-18
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Derek
-13
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Paul
+35
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Edward
-9
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Roy
-13
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Patrick
+1
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Philip
+24
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Trevor
+26
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Dennis
-15
35.
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Leslie
-4
36.
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Joseph
-13
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Bernard
+1
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Charles
-9
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Eric
-12
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Stephen
+44
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Martin
+39
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Frederick
-18
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Norman
-13
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Gordon
-23
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Andrew
+34
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Frank
-12
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Arthur
-22
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Rodney
+51
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Gerald
-9
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Clive
+20
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Jeffrey
+35
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Douglas
-8
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Donald
-35
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Francis
-12
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Stuart
new
56.
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Victor
+6
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Robin
+25
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Allan
+7
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Leonard
-22
60.
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Stanley
-21
61.
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Albert
-26
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Maurice
-19
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Henry
-18
64.
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Howard
new
65.
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Harry
-14
66.
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Alexander
0
67.
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Kevin
new
68.
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Clifford
-8
69.
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Nigel
new
70.
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Barrie
+22
71.
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Reginald
-30
72.
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Ernest
-25
73.
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Alfred
-24
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Adrian
new
75.
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Harold
-27
76.
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Nicholas
new
77.
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Timothy
new
78.
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Melvyn
new
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Bryan
-21
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Neil
+15
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Jack
-29
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Daniel
-11
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Lawrence
-11
84.
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Hugh
-3
85.
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Denis
-21
86.
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Walter
-32
87.
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Mohammed
-19
88.
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Terry
new
89.
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Edwin
-15
90.
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Ralph
-14
91.
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Ivan
0
92.
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Bruce
new
93.
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Phillip
new
94.
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Vincent
-9
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Gary
new
96.
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Tony
new
97.
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Samuel
-22
98.
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Cyril
-37
99.
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Sidney
-30
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Royston
-7
Girls
Rank Name +/-
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Margaret
0
2.
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Patricia
+3
3.
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Christine
+53
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Mary
-1
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Jean
-3
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Ann
+17
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Susan
new
8.
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Janet
+17
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Maureen
+4
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Barbara
-3
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Valerie
+21
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Carol
new
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Sandra
new
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Pauline
+14
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Elizabeth
-1
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Joan
-12
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Pamela
+3
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Jennifer
+69
19.
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Kathleen
-2
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Anne
+6
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Sheila
-15
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Brenda
-6
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Gillian
+44
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Linda
new
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Jacqueline
+68
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Sylvia
-8
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Carole
new
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Eileen
-9
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Wendy
+61
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Judith
+70
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Dorothy
-20
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June
-23
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Joyce
-21
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Irene
-10
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Diane
new
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Rosemary
+6
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Angela
+48
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Doreen
-30
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Shirley
-29
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Marion
-6
41.
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Rita
-14
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Catherine
-6
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Yvonne
+27
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Josephine
-6
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Helen
+18
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Beryl
-24
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Hazel
-3
48.
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Frances
+7
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Janice
new
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Elaine
new
51.
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Diana
+29
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Veronica
+31
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Jane
+21
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Marilyn
new
55.
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Lesley
new
56.
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Norma
-15
57.
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Maria
+2
58.
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Heather
+39
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Gloria
+35
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Marie
-7
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Marjorie
-30
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Hilary
new
63.
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Jill
+26
64.
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Cynthia
+1
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Ruth
-15
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Mavis
-37
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Audrey
-52
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Marlene
+9
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Betty
-48
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Julia
new
71.
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Evelyn
-26
72.
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Penelope
new
73.
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Lynda
new
74.
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Christina
new
75.
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Jeanette
new
76.
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Carolyn
new
77.
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Iris
-47
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Anita
new
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Denise
new
80.
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Kay
new
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Marian
+7
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Vera
-45
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Teresa
-1
84.
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Georgina
new
85.
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Sally
new
86.
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Sarah
-10
87.
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Bridget
-8
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Lilian
-48
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Monica
+10
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Joy
+2
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Glenys
new
92.
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Julie
new
93.
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Vivienne
new
94.
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Daphne
-40
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Caroline
new
96.
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Phyllis
-53
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Gwendoline
-37
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Geraldine
new
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Doris
-66
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Muriel
-48