The most popular baby names in England and Wales in 2018 have been revealed.
On Thursday, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released its annual baby name survey, disclosing the names which are currently the most favoured across the nation.
While some names are new entries for the top 100 list – Grayson, Ada and Margot to name a few – others have proven their consistent popularity over the past few years.
Oliver topped the boys’ list for the sixth year in a row, while Olivia retained its number one spot on the girls’ list for the third consecutive year.
According to Nick Stripe, from the Vital Statistics Outputs Branch at ONS, a certain television show may have influenced a surge in popularity of specific names in the last 12 months.
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The proud parents smiled as they presented their son to the world.
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The couple were photographed walking into St George’s Hall at Windsor Castle with their newborn.
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Meghan kept her eyes on her son as the couple walked out
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The pair are photographed looking lovingly at their newborn.
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Archie Harrison appeared to be sleeping soundly during the photocall.
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The Duchess of Sussex waved to the camera as she posed with Prince Harry and Archie Harrison.
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The couple were in good spirits as they presented their newborn to the world on Wednesday afternoon.
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Meghan gazed lovingly at her newborn.
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Meghan Markle wore a white sleeveless tuxedo-style, double-breasted dress as her husband posed in a light grey suit.
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The couple smiled for the cameras, with Meghan revealing the baby “has the sweetest temperament, he’s really calm”.
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Harry and Meghan couldn’t take their eyes off their son.
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Meghan said during the photocall: “He’s just been the dream so it’s been a special couple of days.”
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Meghan planted a hand on the top of Harry’s back as they walked away from the photocall with their newborn.
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1/20 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newborn son
Prince Harry beamed with pride as he held his son.
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2/20 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newborn son
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex pictured with Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, as they show their new son, named Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, to Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor Castle.
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3/20 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newborn son
The couple presented their son to the world during a photocall two days after the child’s birth in St George’s Hall at Windsor Castle in Berkshire.
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4/20 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newborn son
The proud parents smiled as they presented their son to the world.
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5/20 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newborn son
The couple were photographed walking into St George’s Hall at Windsor Castle with their newborn.
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6/20 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newborn son
Meghan kept her eyes on her son as the couple walked out
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7/20 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newborn son
The pair are photographed looking lovingly at their newborn.
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Archie Harrison appeared to be sleeping soundly during the photocall.
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9/20 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newborn son
The Duchess of Sussex waved to the camera as she posed with Prince Harry and Archie Harrison.
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10/20 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newborn son
The couple were in good spirits as they presented their newborn to the world on Wednesday afternoon.
Domic Lipinski/PA
11/20 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newborn son
Meghan gazed lovingly at her newborn.
Dominic Lipinski/PA
12/20 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newborn son
Meghan Markle wore a white sleeveless tuxedo-style, double-breasted dress as her husband posed in a light grey suit.
Dominic Lipinski/PA
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The couple smiled for the cameras, with Meghan revealing the baby “has the sweetest temperament, he’s really calm”.
Dominic Lipinski/PA
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16/20 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newborn son
Harry and Meghan couldn’t take their eyes off their son.
Dominic Lipinski/PA
17/20 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newborn son
Meghan said during the photocall: “He’s just been the dream so it’s been a special couple of days.”
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Meghan planted a hand on the top of Harry’s back as they walked away from the photocall with their newborn.
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“Arthur surged into the top 10 boys’ names for the first time since the 1920s, and Ada jumped into the girls’ top 100 for the first time in a century too, both perhaps inspired by characters in the BBC TV drama Peaky Blinders,” Stripe said.
Stripe added that the decrease in popularity of the moniker Alexa may have been impacted by the prevalence of Amazon‘s virtual assistant of the same name.
“On the flipside, the growth in the use of technology assistants in our homes may help to explain why the number of baby girls named Alexa has more than halved compared with 2017,” the statistician stated.
“Communicating with young children can be hard enough at the best of times.”
Here are the top 10 baby names for girls in England and Wales in 2018:
- Olivia
- Amelia
- Ava
- Isla
- Emily
- Mia
- Isabella
- Sophia
- Ella
- Grace
Here are the top 10 baby names for boys in England and Wales in 2018:
- Oliver
- George
- Harry
- Noah
- Jack
- Leo
- Arthur
- Muhammad
- Oscar
- Charlie
The ONS survey found that less than half of babies born in 2018 were given a name featured in its top 100 lists.
Meanwhile, in 1996 more than two thirds of babies were granted names from the top 100 most popular names.
