A list of the 100 most popular names chosen by parents in 2025 has been released today with Olivia remaining the most popular girl’s name and Muhammed as the most popular boy’s name.
For girls’ names, Lily moves up to second place, swapping with Amelia, while Isabella creeps into the top ten as Ava drops down to 11th place.
Top ten girls' names in 2025
- Olivia
- Lily
- Amelia
- Isla
- Florence
- Freya
- Poppy
- Elsie
- Ivy
- Isabella
For boys’ names, Noah remained in second place from last year with Archie dropping out of the top ten to be replaced by Freddie.
Top ten boys' names in 2025
- Muhammad
- Noah
- Leo
- Luca
- Arthur
- Oliver
- George
- Oscar
- Theodore
- Freddie
Regional variations have also been recorded. For example, the girl’s name Mali sits in fourth position in Wales but doesn’t even make it into the top 100 for England. The Welsh name Osian comes in at number ten for boys in Wales but again doesn’t feature in the top 100 in England.
The dataset was released today by The Office for National Statistics where you can compare records going back to 1996.
Going back 100 years, historic newspapers held on genealogy website Findmypast show that the Daily Mirror looked at birth announcements to rank the popularity of names in 1925. The top five baby names for girls in 1925 were: Joan, Mary, Elsie, Dorothy and Annie and for boys they were: John, William, George, Thomas and Frank. Of those, both Elsie and George remain in the top ten with Elsie sitting in exactly the same position as 100 years ago.
