Most popular boys’ names in England & Wales, 1997

The official ranking as published, with the number of babies given each name. Names with the same count share a rank.

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jack	10,145
2	James	9,853
3	Thomas	9,479
4	Daniel	9,047
5	Joshua	7,698
6	Matthew	7,443
7	Samuel	6,367
8	Joseph	5,809
9	Ryan	5,631
10	Jordan	5,404
11	Luke	5,147
12	Connor	4,890
13	Benjamin	4,782
14	Callum	4,746
15	Liam	4,743
16	Alexander	4,698
17	Harry	4,631
18	George	4,586
19	William	4,499
20	Adam	4,202
21	Lewis	4,065
22	Jake	3,945
23	Michael	3,704
24	Oliver	3,647
25	Nathan	2,983

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Christopher	2,939
27	Kieran	2,753
28	Bradley	2,745
29	Jacob	2,590
30	Ben	2,572
31	Jamie	2,540
32	Aaron	2,497
33	Mohammed	2,390
34	Robert	2,281
35	David	2,237
36	Cameron	2,231
37	Andrew	2,220
38	Kyle	2,205
39	Brandon	2,184
40	Charlie	2,161
41	Reece	1,780
42	Charles	1,762
43	Alex	1,747
44	Edward	1,711
45	Jonathan	1,690
46	Ashley	1,660
47	Sam	1,562
48	Joe	1,454
49	John	1,439
50	Scott	1,414
51	Sean	1,388
52	Dylan	1,380
53	Dominic	1,359
54	Louis	1,325
55	Rhys	1,291
56	Nicholas	1,274
57	Max	1,244
58	Henry	1,241
59	Tyler	1,158
60	Ross	1,150
61	Elliot	1,045
62	Ethan	1,037
63	Mark	1,028
64	Conor	1,024
64	Peter	1,024
66	Stephen	976
67	Patrick	962
68	Anthony	948
69	Declan	942
70	Billy	885
71	Richard	880
72	Jason	844
72	Lee	844
74	Owen	813
75	Joel	809
76	Paul	806
77	Shane	776
78	Toby	762
79	Harrison	760
79	Steven	760
81	Mitchell	759
82	Aidan	732
83	Shaun	708
84	Jay	691
85	Curtis	675
86	Mohammad	658
87	Elliott	637
88	Marcus	621
89	Josh	595
90	Corey	584
91	Craig	575
92	Alfie	565
93	Christian	562
94	Calum	554
95	Muhammad	552
96	Timothy	550
97	Kane	549
98	Rory	541
99	Dean	538
100	Harvey	534
101	Ellis	532
102	Isaac	529
103	Danny	528
104	Leon	523
105	Tom	510
106	Zachary	507
107	Simon	457
108	Taylor	415
109	Niall	411
110	Philip	405
111	Oscar	403
112	Kai	397
113	Sebastian	395
114	Hayden	388
115	Frederick	374
116	Lucas	363
117	Gregory	358
118	Aiden	350
118	Morgan	350
120	Zak	345
121	Karl	343
122	Ciaran	339
123	Nathaniel	337
124	Martin	325
125	Stuart	316
126	Tobias	306
127	Darren	304
128	Tommy	301
129	Kieron	299
130	Gareth	296
131	Mason	295
132	Carl	292
133	Jordon	285
134	Bailey	283
135	Caleb	278
136	Mathew	276
137	Robbie	262
138	Gabriel	261
139	Ewan	259
140	Macauley	258
141	Archie	256
141	Fraser	256
143	Angus	254
144	Kevin	253
145	Tristan	250
146	Miles	244
147	Dale	241
148	Abdul	239
149	Conner	238
150	Alistair	237
150	Hamza	237
152	Mohamed	235
153	Levi	233
154	Lawrence	225
155	Ali	222
155	Ian	222
157	Lloyd	221
158	Omar	220
159	Myles	219
160	Cory	217
161	Brendan	216
161	Laurence	216
161	Noah	216
164	Brad	212
164	Jesse	212
166	Grant	208
166	Hassan	208
168	Syed	205
169	Kieren	204
170	Marc	201
171	Benedict	200
172	Arron	199
172	Kristian	199
174	Keiran	191
175	Evan	189
175	Maxwell	189
177	Dillon	185
178	Stefan	183
179	Alan	182
180	Reuben	181
181	Rowan	180
182	Brett	179
183	Euan	177
184	Ahmed	174
184	Kurtis	174
186	Antony	172
186	Guy	172
186	Tony	172
189	Felix	171
190	Francis	170
190	Justin	170
192	Alfred	169
192	Gary	169
192	Muhammed	169
195	Ricky	168
196	Jared	167
197	Theodore	166
198	Hugh	165
198	Travis	165
198	Zain	165
201	Maximilian	164
201	Phillip	164
203	Ieuan	163
203	Jonathon	163
205	Tomas	162
206	Louie	161
207	Arran	159
207	Ibrahim	159
207	Spencer	159
210	Warren	158
211	Harley	155
212	Leo	154
213	Calvin	151
213	Hugo	151
213	Robin	151
213	Ronan	151
217	Drew	149
217	Sonny	149
219	Regan	148
220	Blake	147
221	Adrian	143
221	Arthur	143
223	Andre	141
224	Jed	139
224	Wesley	139
226	Bilal	138
227	Todd	136
228	Hamish	135
229	Haydn	134
229	Theo	134
229	Zack	134
232	Gavin	131
233	Kye	130
234	Finn	129
234	Umar	129
236	Tomos	128
237	Hasan	126
237	Kallum	126
237	Kurt	126
237	Tyrone	126
241	Alastair	125
242	Junaid	124
242	Troy	124
244	Damon	122
244	Fergus	122
246	Douglas	120
246	Stanley	120
248	Adil	119
248	Albert	119
250	Frazer	118
251	Keenan	117
251	Macaulay	117
253	Jamal	116
254	Jon	115
254	Vincent	115
256	Milo	113
257	Neil	112
258	Perry	111
259	Bobby	110
259	Chad	110
259	Owain	110
262	Alec	108
263	Barnaby	107
263	Jak	107
263	Luca	107
266	Casey	105
266	Kyran	105
266	Yusuf	105
269	Emmanuel	103
270	Charley	101
270	Dafydd	101
270	Jeremy	101
273	Austin	100
273	Jerome	100
273	Logan	100
273	Luis	100
273	Zac	100
278	Brian	99
278	Hamzah	99
278	Zach	99
281	Amir	98
281	Frankie	98
281	Kaine	98
281	Shay	98
285	Abdullah	97
285	Jasper	97
285	Usman	97
288	Eric	94
289	Duncan	93
289	Freddie	93
291	Damien	91
291	Elijah	91
293	Jonah	90
293	Mustafa	90
295	Dion	89
295	Imran	89
295	Keelan	89
298	Finlay	88
298	Huw	88
298	Rohan	88
301	Frank	87
301	Josef	87
301	Terry	87
304	Julian	85
305	Ronnie	84
305	Russell	84
307	Arjun	83
307	Bryn	83
307	Sion	83
307	Steffan	83
311	Colin	79
312	Aled	78
312	Faisal	78
312	Raja	78
315	Antonio	77
315	Jackson	77
315	Jakob	77
318	Aron	76
318	Darnell	76
318	Jai	76
318	Jimmy	76
318	Qasim	76
323	Glenn	75
323	Maximillian	75
323	Saif	75
323	Wayne	75
327	Amar	74
327	Keaton	74
327	Leighton	74
327	Maxim	74
331	Damian	73
331	Iain	73
331	Josiah	73
334	Devon	72
334	Glen	72
334	Kamran	72
334	Martyn	72
334	Nicolas	72
339	Callam	71
339	Zachariah	71
341	Greg	70
341	Keiron	70
341	Saul	70
344	Alasdair	69
344	Arun	69
344	Cian	69
344	Graham	69
348	Byron	68
348	Kenneth	68
348	Piers	68
348	Rahul	68
348	Solomon	68
353	Jac	67
353	Keir	67
353	Lukas	67
353	Reiss	67
353	Will	67
358	Aqib	66
358	Edmund	66
360	Cain	65
360	Clayton	65
360	Kelvin	65
363	Eliot	64
363	Nico	64
365	Ashton	63
365	Aston	63
365	Rupert	63
365	Victor	63
369	Cai	62
369	Darius	62
369	Daryl	62
369	Jayden	62
369	Kristopher	62
369	Xavier	62
375	Dennis	61
375	Ismail	61
375	Marley	61
378	Anton	60
378	Giles	60
378	Iwan	60
378	Jacques	60
378	Pierce	60
383	Fabian	59
383	Johnathan	59
383	Terence	59
386	Cody	58
386	Dalton	58
386	Dane	58
386	Edwin	58
386	Malik	58
386	Matt	58
386	Nikhil	58
386	Raymond	58
386	Tyrell	58
395	Ajay	57
395	Conrad	57
395	Danyal	57
395	Stewart	57
399	Chandler	56
399	Courtney	56
399	Marco	56
399	Raphael	56
403	Haseeb	55
403	Shaquille	55
403	Simeon	55
403	Sohail	55
407	Callan	54
407	Chay	54
409	Connah	53
410	Ainsley	52
410	Caine	52
410	Keith	52
413	Ahmad	51
413	Darryl	51
413	Georgie	51
413	Harris	51
413	Hussain	51
413	Kenny	51
413	Rajan	51
420	Awais	49
420	Brodie	49
420	Haroon	49
420	Kasim	49
420	Roy	49
425	Luc	48
425	Rhodri	48
427	Adeel	47
427	Alessandro	47
427	Asher	47
427	Gianluca	47
427	Ivan	47
427	Ralph	47
427	Ravi	47
427	Ricardo	47
427	Sami	47
427	Seth	47
427	Shah	47
438	Aamir	46
438	Andreas	46
438	Eden	46
438	Humza	46
438	Keegan	46
443	Adnan	45
443	Asim	45
443	Sheldon	45
443	Tariq	45
447	Eoin	44
447	Gregor	44
447	Jarred	44
447	Jermaine	44
447	Khalid	44
447	Osian	44
447	Robson	44
447	Shawn	44
455	Abraham	43
455	Harri	43
455	Karan	43
455	Kishan	43
455	Marlon	43
455	Samir	43
455	Sidney	43
462	Cole	42
462	Gerard	42
462	Hashim	42
462	Kaleb	42
462	Mehmet	42
462	Mitchel	42
462	Nathanael	42
462	Raheem	42
462	Riley	42
471	Ashleigh	41
471	Lewys	41
471	Mohsin	41
471	Murray	41
471	Nabeel	41
476	Asad	40
476	Carter	40
476	Dan	40
476	Jeffrey	40
476	Kingsley	40
476	Lorenzo	40
476	Mackenzie	40
476	Ruben	40
484	Akash	39
484	Andy	39
484	Cavan	39
484	Dexter	39
484	Finley	39
484	Johnny	39
484	Kirk	39
484	Malachi	39
484	Shea	39
493	Alexandre	38
493	Bryan	38
493	Haider	38
493	Hector	38
493	Kain	38
493	Karim	38
493	Kiran	38
493	Nicky	38
493	Rees	38
493	Rian	38
493	Rishi	38
493	Zeeshan	38
505	Aman	37
505	Ayrton	37
505	Benn	37
505	Brandan	37
505	Jude	37
505	Keanu	37
505	Sachin	37
505	Saqib	37
513	Abu	36
513	Allan	36
513	Brendon	36
513	Bruce	36
513	Geraint	36
513	Haris	36
513	Harold	36
513	Jorden	36
513	Kalem	36
522	Barney	35
522	Darragh	35
522	Flynn	35
522	Kasey	35
522	Leigh	35
522	Sameer	35
528	Aaran	34
528	Amin	34
528	Asa	34
528	Dewi	34
528	Kaylem	34
528	Montel	34
528	Roberto	34
528	Samual	34
528	Waqas	34
528	Wasim	34
538	Barry	33
538	Blaine	33
538	Brogan	33
538	Carlos	33
538	Emilio	33
538	Farhan	33
538	Gage	33
538	Howard	33
538	Kaylum	33
538	Kayne	33
538	Kian	33
538	Leonard	33
538	Lyndon	33
538	Moses	33
538	Trevor	33
538	Yasin	33
554	Bayley	32
554	Chester	32
554	Eli	32
554	Jeevan	32
554	Jeremiah	32
554	Joss	32
554	Kamal	32
554	Micah	32
554	Noel	32
554	Salman	32
554	Uzair	32
554	Zakariya	32
554	Zubair	32
567	Bryce	31
567	Colm	31
567	Elias	31
567	Ezra	31
567	Johnathon	31
567	Kalum	31
567	Kenan	31
567	Marshall	31
567	Remi	31
567	Rhydian	31
567	Shivam	31
578	Aadam	30
578	Abbas	30
578	Aran	30
578	Carlton	30
578	Eren	30
578	Haaris	30
578	Jarvis	30
578	Jorge	30
578	Krishan	30
578	Teddy	30
578	Usamah	30
589	Brody	29
589	Devante	29
589	Fabio	29
589	Hasnain	29
589	Idris	29
589	Milan	29
589	Mohamad	29
589	Naseem	29
589	Nelson	29
589	Taran	29
589	Umair	29
600	Beau	28
600	Faizan	28
600	Fionn	28
600	Jarrad	28
600	Khalil	28
600	Manraj	28
600	Matteo	28
600	Rizwan	28
600	Ruairi	28
600	Tahmid	28
600	Tyla	28
600	Zakir	28
600	Zane	28
613	Alexandros	27
613	Arjan	27
613	Bill	27
613	Chase	27
613	Hal	27
613	Izaak	27
613	Jamie-Lee	27
613	Jarrod	27
613	Kalvin	27
613	Kameron	27
613	Kyron	27
613	Lance	27
613	Layton	27
613	Nadeem	27
613	Rufus	27
613	Wade	27
629	Aarron	26
629	Abid	26
629	Akshay	26
629	Amaan	26
629	Anil	26
629	Austen	26
629	Brady	26
629	Carwyn	26
629	Cieran	26
629	Cormac	26
629	Cyrus	26
629	Emil	26
629	Emile	26
629	Fahim	26
629	Fletcher	26
629	Iestyn	26
629	Jamaal	26
629	Jaskaran	26
629	Jose	26
629	Laurie	26
629	Mohammod	26
629	Nile	26
629	Reagan	26
629	Rio	26
629	Sammy	26
629	Seamus	26
629	Sebastien	26
629	Sunny	26
629	Vinay	26
629	Vishal	26
629	Yaseen	26
629	Zohaib	26
661	Cem	25
661	Dante	25
661	Darrell	25
661	Dwayne	25
661	Ezekiel	25
661	Gordon	25
661	Ibraheem	25
661	Jarod	25
661	Malcolm	25
661	Naeem	25
661	Roshan	25
661	Sheikh	25
661	Sulaiman	25
661	Tim	25
661	Tyron	25
661	Waleed	25
661	Zaid	25
678	Ammar	24
678	Blair	24
678	Branden	24
678	Che	24
678	Fintan	24
678	Haydon	24
678	Henri	24
678	Isa	24
678	Jordi	24
678	Lachlan	24
678	Orlando	24
678	Roman	24
678	Sahil	24
678	Sufyan	24
678	Yahya	24
678	Zeshan	24
694	Aadil	23
694	Ahsan	23
694	Akeel	23
694	Azeem	23
694	Brennan	23
694	Christy	23
694	Colby	23
694	Connar	23
694	Danyaal	23
694	Dillan	23
694	Eamonn	23
694	Francesco	23
694	Gideon	23
694	Giovanni	23
694	Hadley	23
694	Hakeem	23
694	Kareem	23
694	Kashif	23
694	Kelsey	23
694	Kofi	23
694	Marcel	23
694	Omari	23
694	Pierre	23
694	Roger	23
694	Ronald	23
694	Samson	23
694	Suhail	23
694	Tanvir	23
694	Willem	23
694	Zakaria	23
694	Zayn	23
725	Anish	22
725	Antoine	22
725	Aqeel	22
725	Archibald	22
725	Brent	22
725	Conall	22
725	Dilan	22
725	Donovan	22
725	Eddie	22
725	Emre	22
725	Finnian	22
725	Freddy	22
725	Geoffrey	22
725	Gianni	22
725	Glyn	22
725	Gurdeep	22
725	Jaden	22
725	Jago	22
725	Jamil	22
725	Julius	22
725	Kit	22
725	Mccauley	22
725	Md	22
725	Pablo	22
725	Ravinder	22
725	Rohit	22
725	Shyam	22
725	Suleman	22
725	Tate	22
725	Ty	22
725	Uwais	22
725	Waqar	22
725	Yousef	22
725	Zackary	22
759	Abdullahi	21
759	Arwel	21
759	Ashlee	21
759	Atif	21
759	Augustus	21
759	Ayden	21
759	Bradleigh	21
759	Campbell	21
759	Clark	21
759	Coby	21
759	Danial	21
759	Eamon	21
759	Fahad	21
759	Hallam	21
759	Ifan	21
759	Irfan	21
759	Jae	21
759	Jerry	21
759	Jovan	21
759	Leonardo	21
759	Oisin	21
759	Oskar	21
759	Quinn	21
759	Remy	21
759	Sacha	21
759	Sanjay	21
759	Sayed	21
759	Sunil	21
759	Usmaan	21
788	Adem	20
788	Ashraf	20
788	Clive	20
788	Devan	20
788	Dhruv	20
788	Elis	20
788	Isaiah	20
788	Israel	20
788	Jody	20
788	Joey	20
788	Kris	20
788	Moshe	20
788	Nigel	20
788	Onur	20
788	Otis	20
788	Prince	20
788	Steve	20
788	Tarik	20
788	Vikram	20
788	Waseem	20
788	Zahid	20
809	Ahmet	19
809	Akeem	19
809	Angelo	19
809	Bilaal	19
809	Brandon-Lee	19
809	Cathal	19
809	Derek	19
809	Frederic	19
809	Giorgio	19
809	Habib	19
809	Haidar	19
809	Hussein	19
809	Ishmael	19
809	Jamel	19
809	Jan	19
809	Jevon	19
809	Kade	19
809	Kavan	19
809	Leyton	19
809	Mahir	19
809	Micheal	19
809	Miguel	19
809	Mikey	19
809	Myron	19
809	Osman	19
809	Pascal	19
809	Rafael	19
809	Rahim	19
809	Sandeep	19
809	Shakil	19
809	Shiv	19
809	Sufyaan	19
809	Suraj	19
809	Terrell	19
809	Wilfred	19
809	Zachery	19
845	Alix	18
845	Anas	18
845	Arslan	18
845	Bernard	18
845	Bevan	18
845	Cade	18
845	Ceri	18
845	Charlton	18
845	Daanyaal	18
845	Faheem	18
845	Finbar	18
845	Fred	18
845	Harun	18
845	Husnain	18
845	Jaime	18
845	Kaylan	18
845	Kealan	18
845	Keiren	18
845	Kier	18
845	Lorcan	18
845	Luciano	18
845	Nabil	18
845	Naveed	18
845	Oakley	18
845	Preston	18
845	Riccardo	18
845	River	18
845	Shoaib	18
845	Tayler	18
874	Asif	17
874	Billie	17
874	Bradlee	17
874	Bruno	17
874	Can	17
874	Carlo	17
874	Clement	17
874	Corin	17
874	Danish	17
874	Darcy	17
874	Erik	17
874	Franklin	17
874	Gerald	17
874	Graeme	17
874	Gurpreet	17
874	Huzaifah	17
874	Ilyas	17
874	Jawad	17
874	Kailum	17
874	Korey	17
874	Kynan	17
874	Leslie	17
874	Lucien	17
874	Luqman	17
874	Lyle	17
874	Mehdi	17
874	Montgomery	17
874	Noor	17
874	Raj	17
874	Reid	17
874	Reis	17
874	Rikki	17
874	Saeed	17
874	Shaan	17
874	Shakeel	17
874	Shayne	17
874	Sohaib	17
874	Tre	17
874	Usama	17
874	Vivek	17
914	Aden	16
914	Albie	16
914	Alister	16
914	Alvin	16
914	Ameer	16
914	Amritpal	16
914	Arandeep	16
914	Arif	16
914	Axel	16
914	Balraj	16
914	Brenden	16
914	Caelan	16
914	Chance	16
914	Clarke	16
914	Corrie	16
914	Dario	16
914	Dayle	16
914	Deon	16
914	Dominik	16
914	Dylon	16
914	Eoghan	16
914	Faris	16
914	Garry	16
914	Ismaeel	16
914	Jardel	16
914	Jasdeep	16
914	Jayson	16
914	Jedd	16
914	Jordan-Lee	16
914	Jozef	16
914	Jules	16
914	Junior	16
914	Keanan	16
914	Kierran	16
914	Konrad	16
914	Kunal	16
914	Lamar	16
914	Leroy	16
914	Marvin	16
914	Pearce	16
914	Rehan	16
914	Rudi	16
914	Saad	16
914	Sasha	16
914	Silas	16
914	Tai	16
914	Talha	16
914	Tayyab	16
914	Tommy-Lee	16
914	Yasser	16
964	Adnaan	15
964	Alessio	15
964	Alexis	15
964	Amandeep	15
964	Amardeep	15
964	Armaan	15
964	Ayman	15
964	Bhavik	15
964	Blane	15
964	Caspar	15
964	Daniele	15
964	Dimitri	15
964	Domonic	15
964	Eliott	15
964	Firat	15
964	Haiden	15
964	Huseyin	15
964	Ibrar	15
964	Jaydon	15
964	Joao	15
964	John-Paul	15
964	Joseff	15
964	Kamil	15
964	Keane	15
964	Mahdi	15
964	Mirza	15
964	Nana	15
964	Nathanial	15
964	Nyle	15
964	Oluwatobi	15
964	Osama	15
964	Paris	15
964	Raees	15
964	Richie	15
964	Sheridan	15
964	Sid	15
964	Simran	15
964	Stefano	15
964	Stephan	15
964	Sultan	15
964	Sydney	15
964	Terrence	15
964	Tobi	15
964	Torin	15
964	Yehuda	15
964	Yunus	15