UK Baby Names

UK's National Statistics released their data on the most popular UK baby names for 2004 on January 5th, 2005.

In comparison to earlier years, there were some significant changes on the list.

For baby girls names, Emily held the top spot for the second year in a row.

Chloe had been the no.1 girl name for many years until 2003, and is now the fifth most popular choice for parents with a baby girl, behind Ellie, Jessica and Sophie.

According to National Statistics, the hottest new name on the top 50 list of baby girl names in the UK is Evie, up 22 places to 39. Other notable new entries include Madison and Niamh.

For UK baby names for boys, Jack has been the no.1 choice for parents with baby boys for 10 years in a row.

The other boys names in the top 5 are Joshua, Thomas, James and Daniel.

This situation has been unchanged since 2002 and reflects the consistency with which parents select boys' names.

In fact, this tendency by parents to pick more unusual baby girl names than boys names has been proven by scientific research.

Trends in UK Baby Names

As is the case with other parts of the world, movie star baby names and movie star names themselves have an impact on naming trends in the UK.

One of Britain’s leading actresses, Keira Knightley, may have been partly responsible for the increase in the popularity for baby girl name Keira, up 100 places to 51 in 2004.

Another rising movie star, Sienna Miller, might have had an impact on UK baby names, as the the popularity of her first name soared, but remained, only just however, outside the top 100.

Also, Tony Blair's decision to name his baby boy Leo may have been one of the reasons why Leo was up 22 places to 57th place among UK baby boy names in 2004.

Top 100 UK Baby Names for 2004

Here are the top 100 baby boy and baby girl names in the UK, according to National Statistics data (for England and Wales, they don't publish comparison statistics for Scotland or Northern Ireland), for 2004.

The names are in order of popularity.

Top 100 UK Baby Boy Names for 2004

1. Jack
2. Joshua
3. Thomas
4. James
5. Daniel
6. Samuel
7. Oliver
8. William
9. Benjamin
10. Joseph
11. Harry
12. Matthew
13. Lewis
14. Ethan
15. Luke
16. Charlie
17. George
18. Callum
19. Alexander
20. Mohammed
21. Ryan
22. Dylan
23. Jacob
24. Adam
25. Ben
26. Jake
27. Alfie
28. Connor
29. Cameron
30. Liam
31. Nathan
32. Harvey
33. Jamie
34. Owen
35. Tyler
36. Max
37. Louis
38. Kyle
39. Michael
40. Kieran
41. Aaron
42. Bradley
43. Edward
44. Brandon
45. Alex
46. Archie
47. Harrison
48. Henry
49. Charles
50. Toby
51. Reece
52. Sam
53. Rhys
54. Muhammad
55. Joe
56. David
57. Leo
58. Oscar
59. Isaac
60. Robert
61. Kai
62. Finlay
63. Kian
64. John
65. Morgan
66. Jay
67. Bailey
68. Christopher
69. Aidan
70. Finley
71. Billy
72. Mohammad
73. Joel
74. Noah
75. Leon
76. Lucas
77. Mason
78. Taylor
79. Jonathan
80. Andrew
81. Ellis
82. Logan
83. Sean
84. Dominic
85. Elliot
86. Jordan
87. Scott
88. Patrick
89. Sebastian
90. Riley
91. Louie
92. Declan
93. Jude
94. Luca
95. Jayden
96. Freddie
97. Tom
98. Evan
99. Josh
100. Gabriel

Top 100 UK Baby Girl Names for 2004

1. Emily
2. Ellie
3. Jessica
4. Sophie
5. Chloe
6. Lucy
7. Olivia
8. Charlotte
9. Katie
10. Megan
11. Grace
12. Hannah
13. Amy
14. Ella
15. Mia
16. Lily
17. Abigail
18. Emma
19. Amelia
20. Molly
21. Lauren
22. Millie
23. Holly
24. Leah
25. Caitlin
26. Rebecca
27. Georgia
28. Bethany
29. Eleanor
30. Isabelle
31. Ruby
32. Daisy
33. Freya
34. Isabella
35. Elizabeth
36. Jasmine
37. Erin
38. Alice
39. Evie
40. Amber
41. Paige
42. Abbie
43. Madison
44. Phoebe
45. Poppy
46. Aimee
47. Courtney
48. Niamh
49. Anna
50. Isabel
51. Keira
52. Libby
53. Isobel
54. Shannon
55. Tia
56. Sarah
57. Zoe
58. Maisie
59. Rosie
60. Alicia
61. Alisha
62. Eve
63. Rachel
64. Sophia
65. Nicole
66. Imogen
67. Natasha
68. Madeleine
69. Summer
70. Lydia
71. Alexandra
72. Scarlett
73. Morgan
74. Brooke
75. Maddison
76. Louise
77. Harriet
78. Laura
79. Francesca
80. Hollie
81. Mollie
82. Maya
83. Chelsea
84. Faith
85. Melissa
86. Eloise
87. Jodie
88. Jennifer
89. Kayleigh
90. Jade
91. Kate
92. Kiera
93. Charlie
94. Cerys
95. Georgina
96. Lara
97. Zara
98. Elise
99. Victoria
100. Katherine