United Kingdom: Most Popular Baby Names in 1998

Combined data: the official lists of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland added together, as no list for the whole United Kingdom is published. Places may therefore differ a little from each nation's own ranking. Hyphenated names (Lily-Rose) are left out.

Boy Names

  1. 1 Jack 10,846 babies =
  2. 2 James 10,139 babies =
  3. 3 Thomas 9,975 babies =
  4. 4 Daniel 8,428 babies =
  5. 5 Matthew 8,083 babies =
  6. 6 Joshua 8,032 babies =
  7. 7 Samuel 6,322 babies 1
  8. 8 Callum 6,229 babies 6
  9. 9 Ryan 6,129 babies 2
  10. 10 Jordan 5,925 babies 1
  11. 11 Connor 5,842 babies =
  12. 12 Joseph 5,625 babies 2
  13. 13 Lewis 5,213 babies 8
  14. 14 William 5,194 babies 3
  15. 15 Luke 5,167 babies 3
  16. 16 Harry 4,890 babies 3
  17. 17 Benjamin 4,828 babies 1
  18. 18 Alexander 4,820 babies 3
  19. 19 George 4,629 babies 1
  20. 20 Adam 4,393 babies 2
  21. 21 Michael 4,220 babies 1
  22. 22 Oliver 4,030 babies 2
  23. 23 Liam 4,004 babies 10
  24. 24 Jake 3,948 babies 1
  25. 25 Nathan 3,640 babies 1
  26. 26 Cameron 3,371 babies 8
  27. 27 Kieran 3,216 babies 1
  28. 28 Christopher 3,065 babies 3
  29. 29 Aaron 2,983 babies 2
  30. 30 Jamie 2,964 babies 1
  31. 31 Ben 2,937 babies 1
  32. 32 Jacob 2,786 babies 5
  33. 33 David 2,709 babies 3
  34. 34 Andrew 2,603 babies 7
  35. 35 Bradley 2,580 babies 2
  36. 36 Mohammed 2,576 babies 2
  37. 37 Kyle 2,513 babies 2
  38. 38 Charlie 2,475 babies 2
  39. 39 Robert 2,475 babies 3
  40. 40 Brandon 2,332 babies 1
  41. 41 Dylan 2,153 babies 6
  42. 42 Owen 2,078 babies 35
  43. 43 Reece 1,989 babies 1
  44. 44 Charles 1,970 babies 4
  45. 45 John 1,844 babies 3
  46. 46 Scott 1,819 babies 5
  47. 47 Jonathan 1,769 babies 4
  48. 48 Ross 1,768 babies 3
  49. 49 Edward 1,764 babies 1
  50. 50 Ethan 1,723 babies 19
  51. 51 Sean 1,723 babies 5
  52. 52 Alex 1,671 babies 3
  53. 53 Conor 1,665 babies 2
  54. 54 Sam 1,582 babies 3
  55. 55 Louis 1,497 babies 3
  56. 56 Max 1,489 babies 5
  57. 57 Rhys 1,441 babies =
  58. 58 Dominic 1,421 babies 2
  59. 59 Ashley 1,330 babies 7
  60. 60 Mark 1,326 babies 7
  61. 61 Henry 1,277 babies 3
  62. 62 Joe 1,256 babies 8
  63. 63 Tyler 1,256 babies 3
  64. 64 Nicholas 1,189 babies 5
  65. 65 Peter 1,174 babies 3
  66. 66 Stephen 1,172 babies 6
  67. 67 Patrick 1,123 babies 2
  68. 68 Paul 1,098 babies 1
  69. 69 Morgan 1,044 babies 59
  70. 70 Lee 1,043 babies 2
  71. 71 Elliot 1,006 babies 1
  72. 72 Aidan 949 babies 3
  73. 73 Declan 944 babies 10
  74. 74 Jason 941 babies 2
  75. 75 Craig 922 babies 1
  76. 76 Billy 919 babies 3
  77. 77 Anthony 894 babies 6
  78. 78 Steven 885 babies 5
  79. 79 Jay 858 babies 5
  80. 80 Calum 842 babies =
  81. 81 Mitchell 835 babies 2
  82. 82 Joel 829 babies =
  83. 83 Harrison 814 babies 3
  84. 84 Alfie 812 babies 17
  85. 85 Josh 798 babies 5
  86. 86 Toby 775 babies 1
  87. 87 Richard 766 babies 11
  88. 88 Ewan 736 babies 28
  89. 89 Shaun 735 babies 11
  90. 90 Mohammad 701 babies 1
  91. 91 Marcus 698 babies 1
  92. 92 Isaac 682 babies 15
  93. 93 Shane 675 babies 12
  94. 94 Rory 672 babies 5
  95. 95 Muhammad 636 babies 5
  96. 96 Tom 624 babies 13
  97. 97 Elliott 623 babies 3
  98. 98 Corey 615 babies 5
  99. 99 Leon 612 babies =
  100. 100 Christian 607 babies 2

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Chloe 11,015 babies =
  2. 2 Megan 7,144 babies 2
  3. 3 Emily 6,926 babies 1
  4. 4 Sophie 6,239 babies 1
  5. 5 Jessica 6,012 babies 2
  6. 6 Lauren 5,732 babies =
  7. 7 Hannah 5,710 babies 1
  8. 8 Rebecca 5,652 babies 3
  9. 9 Charlotte 5,628 babies =
  10. 10 Amy 5,144 babies =
  11. 11 Lucy 4,931 babies 2
  12. 12 Katie 4,503 babies 4
  13. 13 Emma 4,473 babies 2
  14. 14 Georgia 4,414 babies 2
  15. 15 Bethany 4,287 babies =
  16. 16 Courtney 3,745 babies 3
  17. 17 Olivia 3,733 babies 3
  18. 18 Shannon 3,576 babies 4
  19. 19 Eleanor 2,775 babies 4
  20. 20 Caitlin 2,752 babies 14
  21. 21 Jade 2,745 babies 3
  22. 22 Laura 2,710 babies 5
  23. 23 Holly 2,701 babies 1
  24. 24 Sarah 2,662 babies 6
  25. 25 Rachel 2,650 babies 4
  26. 26 Abigail 2,612 babies =
  27. 27 Ellie 2,606 babies 2
  28. 28 Molly 2,562 babies 3
  29. 29 Alice 2,243 babies 1
  30. 30 Nicole 2,115 babies =
  31. 31 Danielle 1,838 babies 4
  32. 32 Amber 1,828 babies 11
  33. 33 Elizabeth 1,804 babies 1
  34. 34 Paige 1,786 babies 3
  35. 35 Natasha 1,762 babies 6
  36. 36 Chelsea 1,757 babies 3
  37. 37 Grace 1,669 babies 7
  38. 38 Anna 1,666 babies =
  39. 39 Georgina 1,653 babies 1
  40. 40 Leah 1,627 babies 1
  41. 41 Victoria 1,597 babies 6
  42. 42 Samantha 1,580 babies 6
  43. 43 Zoe 1,559 babies 12
  44. 44 Ella 1,557 babies 6
  45. 45 Alexandra 1,439 babies =
  46. 46 Phoebe 1,408 babies 14
  47. 47 Louise 1,398 babies 5
  48. 48 Jasmine 1,324 babies 9
  49. 49 Natalie 1,285 babies =
  50. 50 Amelia 1,264 babies 9
  51. 51 Abbie 1,224 babies 3
  52. 52 Melissa 1,178 babies 6
  53. 53 Niamh 1,152 babies 20
  54. 54 Erin 1,150 babies 12
  55. 55 Lydia 1,124 babies 6
  56. 56 Kirsty 1,123 babies 1
  57. 57 Katherine 1,108 babies 1
  58. 58 Gemma 1,103 babies 7
  59. 59 Jennifer 1,100 babies 7
  60. 60 Francesca 1,087 babies 5
  61. 61 Kayleigh 1,079 babies 13
  62. 62 Jodie 1,077 babies 4
  63. 63 Aimee 1,063 babies 10
  64. 64 Stephanie 1,044 babies 17
  65. 65 Imogen 974 babies 36
  66. 66 Harriet 950 babies 3
  67. 67 Kate 923 babies 1
  68. 68 Lily 889 babies 12
  69. 69 Jordan 865 babies 36
  70. 70 Daisy 860 babies 4
  71. 71 Hollie 858 babies 2
  72. 72 Millie 839 babies 25
  73. 73 Ellen 835 babies 9
  74. 74 Catherine 833 babies 3
  75. 75 Rosie 832 babies =
  76. 76 Mollie 794 babies 8
  77. 77 Morgan 791 babies 48
  78. 78 Rachael 784 babies 8
  79. 79 Alisha 780 babies 3
  80. 80 Robyn 764 babies 2
  81. 81 Mia 752 babies 14
  82. 82 Ashleigh 750 babies 15
  83. 83 Tia 733 babies 23
  84. 84 Rhiannon 731 babies 5
  85. 85 Isobel 717 babies 7
  86. 86 Sian 709 babies 9
  87. 87 Heather 708 babies 15
  88. 88 Kelsey 702 babies 12
  89. 89 Alicia 701 babies 4
  90. 90 Bethan 695 babies 11
  91. 91 Naomi 678 babies 8
  92. 92 Taylor 650 babies 7
  93. 93 Beth 626 babies 5
  94. 94 Madeleine 626 babies 8
  95. 95 Sophia 621 babies 1
  96. 96 Chantelle 608 babies 5
  97. 97 Isabella 604 babies 19
  98. 98 Isabelle 600 babies 12
  99. 99 Yasmin 598 babies 9
  100. 100 Freya 596 babies 21

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Source: Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency

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