The increased use of technology assistants within the home in recent years may help explain why the number of baby girls named Alexa more than halved compared with 2017. MOST POPULAR GIRLS NAMES OF 2018 Olivia The UK’s most popular boys’ name in several recent years. While some names for girls are making a return, other names that were popular at the start of the 1900s are now considerably less popular. In contrast, it is unlikely that new parents of today will have living memories of those born in the early 1900s, which may contribute to the revival in popularity of these names. Grass and trees are blurred in the background. Baby names: Olivia top for girls as William makes way for Muhammad 20 September 2017 Grimes and Elon Musk's X Æ A-12 (and 8 other unusual celebrity baby names) The Baby names Quality and Methodology Information and the Births Quality and Methodology Information contain important information on: the strengths and limitations of the data and how it compares with related data, the quality of the output including the accuracy of the data. In 2018, Oliver was the most popular name for boys in 24.8% of local authorities in England and Wales. Baby name websites and those who manufacture and sell named items such as souvenir mugs also make use of the data. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. Ada has returned to the top 100 for the first time since 1924 while this is the first time Delilah, Ayla and Margot have entered the top 100. Mothers aged 35 years and over tended to prefer more “traditional” names, compared with mothers aged under 25 years who were more likely to choose more “non-traditional”, shortened or hyphenated names. More detailed data for 2018 baby names by country, region and month for England and Wales are available alongside data for 1996 to 2017. In 2018, names that start with R- or Th- will be big winners for boys. The name Arthur has not been in the top 10 names in England and Wales since 1924. [url=http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&lightboxID=2035500][IMG]http://www.ideabugmedia.com/istock/newborn_c.jpg[/IMG][/url], Adorable little african american baby girl looking up, Portrait of a smilling baby girl on a white background. Baby names can be inspired by modern culture. Kenneth, Roger, Keith, Terence and Barry were all in the top 20 names for boys in 1944 but none are in the top 1,000 in 2018. How have popular baby names changed over time? The #1 app for tracking pregnancy and baby growth. For girls, Olivia was the most popular name in England and Wales in 2018 and this pattern was replicated across all the English regions and in Wales. 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. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. The list, compiled by Babycentre, saw two new entries, Freddie and Arthur, squeeze Jacob and Oscar out of the top ten, … Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. This could be inspired by the Peaky Blinders actor Cillian Murphy. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? User requested data will be published. While the top 25 for boys is largely dominated by traditional names, monikers like Logan, Carter, Jayden and Mateo also make an appearance. Births where the usual residence of the mother was not in England and Wales or not stated were excluded from the regional rankings and from the separate England and Wales rankings. Births where the name of the baby was not stated were excluded from all the rankings. Whereas the full spellings, such as Alfred and Frederick were more popular with older mothers. Copy space available. The Kardashian-Jenner family have also had an influence with Stormi increasing in popularity by 66 per cent, Dream rising 42 per cent, Saint by 42 per cent, and Reign going up by 27 per cent. Since the birth of David and Victoria Beckham’s daughter, Harper in 2011, the number of girls named Harper has increased, rising 831 places to be ranked the 27th most popular name for girls in 2018. Olivia was also the most popular name for girls in 44.5% of local authorities. 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