Top baby names for 2015 released

ENGLAND and Wales’ favourite baby names for 2015 have been released ranking the names, Amelia and Oliver top. Amelia has bagged the top spot for the fifth consecutive year and Oliver has been the number one most common name for a baby boy since 2011.

Other names in the top ten vary from one region to the next, but George, Jack and Charlie were consistent baby boy names across England for the year.

Ella, Emily and Olivia have all made it into the top ten baby girl names across the regions.

 

Top baby boy names in Yorkshire & The Humber

  Name Count
1 OLIVER  719
2 MUHAMMAD  624
3 CHARLIE  529
4 JACK  528
5 JACOB  519
6 GEORGE  518
7 HARRY  506
8 NOAH  477
9 MOHAMMED  469
10 WILLIAM  425
Total 32,717

Top baby girl names in Yorkshire & The Humber

  Name Count
     
1 AMELIA  522
2 OLIVIA  430
3 EMILY  417
4 AVA  370
5 ISLA  359
6 POPPY  305
7 ELLA  281
8 SOPHIE  278
9 ISABELLA  276
10 EVIE  262
     
Total   31,138

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