Most Popular Baby Boy Names in England & Wales in 2025

According to Office for National Statistics data for 2025, Muhammad was the most popular baby boy name in England and Wales, followed by Noah and Leo. The list below shows the top 50 names ranked by the number of recorded births.

Source and year

Source: Office for National Statistics baby-name data for England and Wales for 2025. These rankings describe recorded historical births, not predictions.

Methodology

Rankings are separated by gender and ordered by recorded birth count. This page uses the latest official source year currently validated for Name Finder.

Top 10 summary

Muhammad ranked #1 with 5,957 recorded births. The top 10 names were Muhammad, Noah, Leo, Luca, Arthur, Oliver, George, Oscar, Theodore, Freddie. The top 50 list represents 94,008 recorded births. Rank 1 had 3,431 more recorded births than rank 10.

Ranked names

• 1. Muhammad (M) — 5,957 recorded births
• 2. Noah (M) — 4,075 recorded births
• 3. Leo (M) — 3,278 recorded births
• 4. Luca (M) — 3,266 recorded births
• 5. Arthur (M) — 3,211 recorded births
• 6. Oliver (M) — 3,154 recorded births
• 7. George (M) — 3,082 recorded births
• 8. Oscar (M) — 2,798 recorded births
• 9. Theodore (M) — 2,638 recorded births
• 10. Freddie (M) — 2,526 recorded births
• 11. Archie (M) — 2,465 recorded births
• 12. Theo (M) — 2,398 recorded births
• 13. Henry (M) — 2,295 recorded births
• 14. Jude (M) — 2,153 recorded births
• 15. Arlo (M) — 2,083 recorded births
• 16. Alfie (M) — 1,955 recorded births
• 17. Rory (M) — 1,760 recorded births
• 18. Finley (M) — 1,733 recorded births
• 19. Harry (M) — 1,718 recorded births
• 20. Mohammed (M) — 1,712 recorded births
• 21. Albie (M) — 1,702 recorded births
• 22. Charlie (M) — 1,679 recorded births
• 23. Elijah (M) — 1,659 recorded births
• 24. Jack (M) — 1,595 recorded births
• 25. William (M) — 1,456 recorded births
• 26. Adam (M) — 1,431 recorded births
• 27. Roman (M) — 1,420 recorded births
• 28. Louie (M) — 1,418 recorded births
• 29. Reuben (M) — 1,412 recorded births
• 30. Rowan (M) — 1,398 recorded births
• 31. Edward (M) — 1,385 recorded births
• 32. Lucas (M) — 1,381 recorded births
• 33. Oakley (M) — 1,377 recorded births
• 34. Teddy (M) — 1,360 recorded births
• 35. Thomas (M) — 1,344 recorded births
• 36. Isaac (M) — 1,331 recorded births
• 37. Reggie (M) — 1,312 recorded births
• 38. Ezra (M) — 1,300 recorded births
• 39. Ronnie (M) — 1,281 recorded births
• 40. Alexander (M) — 1,271 recorded births
• 41. Jacob (M) — 1,258 recorded births
• 42. James (M) — 1,211 recorded births
• 43. Hudson (M) — 1,204 recorded births
• 44. Tommy (M) — 1,160 recorded births
• 45. Sonny (M) — 1,137 recorded births
• 46. Hugo (M) — 1,094 recorded births
• 47. Sebastian (M) — 1,077 recorded births
• 48. Max (M) — 1,061 recorded births
• 49. Louis (M) — 1,030 recorded births
• 50. Harrison (M) — 1,007 recorded births

Observations

The top three names were Muhammad, Noah, and Leo. Noah, Oliver, and Theodore also appear in the US boys top 10 for 2025. The top 50 list is ranked by recorded count, so names with close counts can sit near each other in the list. Spelling variants are shown separately when the official source records them as separate names.