Top 100 British Names in 2014

Top 100 British Names in 2014

The Top 100 British names are official! (At last!) The #1 names in 2014 for England and Wales were Amelia and Oliver.Amelia managed to maintain its #1 spot for the fourth year running, and Oliver for the second year.

Overall, the Top 10 British names are pretty conservative, barely moving, especially for the boys.

New to the Top 100 are Ellis, Joey, Jackson, Thea, Darcie, Lottie, Harper, Nancy and Robyn.These replaced Evan, Aiden, Cameron, Niamh, Paige, Skye, Tilly, Isobel, Maddison and Madison which fell out of the top 100.

Kian showed the largest rise within the top 100 for boys while Teddy, Theodore, Elijah, Albert and Freddie were also high climbers within the top 100. For girls, Aisha showed the largest rise within the top 100. Elsie and Heidi, Evelyn, Eliza, Georgia, Ivy and Darcey were also high climbers within the top 100.

The Top 100 in England and Wales 2014:

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OLIVER

JACK

HARRY

JACOB

CHARLIE

THOMAS

GEORGE

OSCAR

JAMES

WILLIAM

NOAH

ALFIE

JOSHUA

MUHAMMAD

HENRY

LEO

ARCHIE

ETHAN

JOSEPH

FREDDIE

SAMUEL

ALEXANDER

LOGAN

DANIEL

ISAAC

MAX

MOHAMMED

BENJAMIN

MASON

LUCAS

EDWARD

HARRISON

JAKE

DYLAN

RILEY

FINLEY

THEO

SEBASTIAN

ADAM

ZACHARY

ARTHUR

TOBY

JAYDEN

LUKE

HARLEY

LEWIS

TYLER

HARVEY

MATTHEW

DAVID

REUBEN

MICHAEL

ELIJAH

KIAN

TOMMY

MOHAMMAD

BLAKE

LUCA

THEODORE

STANLEY

JENSON

NATHAN

CHARLES

FRANKIE

JUDE

TEDDY

LOUIE

LOUIS

RYAN

HUGO

BOBBY

ELLIOTT

DEXTER

OLLIE

ALEX

LIAM

KAI

GABRIEL

CONNOR

AARON

FREDERICK

CALLUM

ELLIOT

ALBERT

LEON

RONNIE

RORY

JAMIE

AUSTIN

SETH

IBRAHIM

OWEN

CALEB

ELLIS

SONNY

ROBERT

JOEY

FELIX

FINLAY

JACKSON

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+7

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-7

-5

+9*

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+2

+5*

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-12

+6*

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AMELIA

OLIVIA

ISLA

EMILY

POPPY

AVA

ISABELLA

JESSICA

LILY

SOPHIE

GRACE

SOPHIA

MIA

EVIE

RUBY

ELLA

SCARLETT

ISABELLE

CHLOE

SIENNA

FREYA

PHOEBE

CHARLOTTE

DAISY

ALICE

FLORENCE

EVA

SOFIA

MILLIE

LUCY

EVELYN

ELSIE

ROSIE

IMOGEN

LOLA

MATILDA

ELIZABETH

LAYLA

HOLLY

LILLY

MOLLY

ERIN

ELLIE

MAISIE

MAYA

ABIGAIL

ELIZA

GEORGIA

JASMINE

ESME

WILLOW

BELLA

ANNABELLE

IVY

AMBER

EMILIA

EMMA

SUMMER

HANNAH

ELEANOR

HARRIET

ROSE

AMELIE

LEXI

MEGAN

GRACIE

ZARA

LACEY

MARTHA

ANNA

VIOLET

DARCEY

MARIA

MARYAM

BROOKE

AISHA

KATIE

LEAH

THEA

DARCIE

HOLLIE

AMY

MOLLIE

HEIDI

LOTTIE

BETHANY

FRANCESCA

FAITH

HARPER

NANCY

BEATRICE

ISABEL

DARCY

LYDIA

SARAH

SARA

JULIA

VICTORIA

ZOE

ROBYN

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+20*

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+71*

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+6

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+4

-15

-10

-2

+19*

 * A new entry to the Top 100.

The difference between the separate England Top 100 and Wales Top 100 is also worth noting.

In Wales, Cody (61), Carter (61), Eli (71), Rowan (74), Macsen (78), Ifan (86), Cole (88) and Jesse (98) for boys and Lois (69), Nevaeh (82), Mila (85), Eleri (96) and Elsa (99) for girls all rose in the Welsh top 100, but sit below it in England.

On the other hand, England‘s top 100 boasts Stanley (60), Jude (63), Teddy (66), Hugo (70), Albert (82), Ronnie (85) and Sonny (95) for boys and Harriet (61), Zara (65), Violet (71), Maryam (73), Aisha (75), Nancy (90) and Penelope (100) for girls. These all moved up in England‘s top 100, but remain below the top 100 in Wales.

About the Author

Eleanor Nickerson

Eleanor Nickerson

Eleanor Nickerson, better known to Nameberry message board visitors as Elea, is a primary school teacher living in Coventry, England and author of the blog British Baby Names.