Most Popular Baby Girl Names in England & Wales in 2025

According to Office for National Statistics data for 2025, Olivia was the most popular baby girl name in England and Wales, followed by Lily and Amelia. 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

Olivia ranked #1 with 2,386 recorded births. The top 10 names were Olivia, Lily, Amelia, Isla, Florence, Freya, Poppy, Elsie, Ivy, Isabella. The top 50 list represents 67,898 recorded births. Rank 1 had 696 more recorded births than rank 10.

Ranked names

• 1. Olivia (F) — 2,386 recorded births
• 2. Lily (F) — 2,249 recorded births
• 3. Amelia (F) — 2,153 recorded births
• 4. Isla (F) — 1,959 recorded births
• 5. Florence (F) — 1,924 recorded births
• 6. Freya (F) — 1,802 recorded births
• 7. Poppy (F) — 1,789 recorded births
• 8. Elsie (F) — 1,700 recorded births
• 9. Ivy (F) — 1,698 recorded births
• 10. Isabella (F) — 1,690 recorded births
• 11. Ava (F) — 1,611 recorded births
• 12. Evelyn (F) — 1,560 recorded births
• 13. Sophia (F) — 1,547 recorded births
• 14. Phoebe (F) — 1,542 recorded births
• 15. Sienna (F) — 1,530 recorded births
• 16. Mabel (F) — 1,527 recorded births
• 17. Sofia (F) — 1,490 recorded births
• 18. Daisy (F) — 1,454 recorded births
• 19. Matilda (F) — 1,449 recorded births
• 20. Willow (F) — 1,384 recorded births
• 21. Mia (F) — 1,372 recorded births
• 22. Arabella (F) — 1,368 recorded births
• 23. Harper (F) — 1,367 recorded births
• 24. Rosie (F) — 1,343 recorded births
• 25. Charlotte (F) — 1,339 recorded births
• 26. Maeve (F) — 1,330 recorded births
• 27. Grace (F) — 1,309 recorded births
• 28. Maya (F) — 1,259 recorded births
• 29. Hallie (F) — 1,246 recorded births
• 30. Margot (F) — 1,230 recorded births
• 31. Lottie (F) — 1,222 recorded births
• 32. Delilah (F) — 1,180 recorded births
• 33. Penelope (F) — 1,174 recorded births
• 34. Aria (F) — 1,132 recorded births
• 35. Evie (F) — 1,129 recorded births
• 36. Millie (F) — 1,080 recorded births
• 37. Violet (F) — 1,061 recorded births
• 38. Ruby (F) — 1,032 recorded births
• 39. Aurora (F) — 1,030 recorded births
• 40. Ada (F) — 1,014 recorded births
• 40. Mila (F) — 1,014 recorded births
• 42. Ayla (F) — 980 recorded births
• 43. Maisie (F) — 966 recorded births
• 44. Emily (F) — 956 recorded births
• 45. Esme (F) — 933 recorded births
• 46. Ella (F) — 932 recorded births
• 47. Olive (F) — 892 recorded births
• 48. Bonnie (F) — 882 recorded births
• 49. Elodie (F) — 849 recorded births
• 50. Layla (F) — 833 recorded births

Observations

The top three names were Olivia, Lily, and Amelia. Olivia, Amelia, and Isabella also appear in the US girls 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.