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British Popularity List 2013: Oliver and Amelia on top
British Popularity List 2013: Oliver and Amelia on top
Dec 21, 2024 2:18 AM

  By Eleanor Nickerson, British Baby Names

  It’s official! The number 1 names in 2013 for England and Wales were Amelia, for the third year running, and Oliver, last at #1 in 2010. Steep climbers Ava and Isla both made it to the Top 5 and Oscar and Poppy were in the Top 10 for the first time.

  According to a study on baby name trends by the Office of National Statistics , the Prince George Effect on names has been so far overrated — though the names of royals Harry, William, and George all now rank in the Top 10 for boys.

  Here is a list of the Top 30 names:

  1

  OLIVER

  1

  AMELIA

  2

  JACK

  2

  OLIVIA

  3

  HARRY

  3

  EMILY

  4

  JACOB

  4

  AVA

  5

  CHARLIE

  5

  ISLA

  6

  THOMAS

  6

  JESSICA

  7

  OSCAR

  7

  POPPY

  8

  WILLIAM

  8

  ISABELLA

  9

  JAMES

  9

  SOPHIE

  10

  GEORGE

  10

  MIA

  11

  ALFIE

  11

  RUBY

  12

  JOSHUA

  12

  LILY

  13

  NOAH

  13

  GRACE

  14

  ETHAN

  14

  EVIE

  15

  MUHAMMAD

  15

  SOPHIA

  16

  ARCHIE

  16

  ELLA

  17

  LEO

  17

  SCARLETT

  18

  HENRY

  18

  CHLOE

  19

  JOSEPH

  19

  ISABELLE

  20

  SAMUEL

  20

  FREYA

  21

  RILEY

  21

  CHARLOTTE

  22

  DANIEL

  22

  SIENNA

  23

  MOHAMMED

  23

  DAISY

  24

  ALEXANDER

  24

  PHOEBE

  25

  MAX

  25

  MILLIE

  26

  LUCAS

  26

  EVA

  27

  MASON

  27

  ALICE

  28

  LOGAN

  28

  LUCY

  29

  ISAAC

  29

  FLORENCE

  30

  BENJAMIN

  30

  SOFIA

  New to the Top 100 for the first time are Teddy (86), Ibrahim (89), Ronnie (90), Felix (91) and Albert (99) for boys and Darcy (93) and Beatrice (95) for girls.  Austin (92) and Victoria (88) also returned back into the Top 100 having fallen out of it previously. The biggest movers and shakers within the Top 100 for girls were Elsie (47), up 23 places, and the botanical Ivy (66), Violet (78), both up 22 places, and Willow (54), up 15 places. For boys, Theodore (78), up 19 places, Reuben (54) and Hugo (74), both up 14 places, and Elijah (69), up 13 places, made the largest gains.

  The “Prince George Effect”: George did move up two places overall in 2013, breaking back into the top 10 since it was last at #9 in  2010. However, looking at the breakdown by month, George was most popular from February to July (it peaked at #5 in April) but actually fell out of the top 10 after Prince George‘s birth, showing a decline in popularity.

  Graphic thanks to The Office of National Statistics

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