Telegraph Births 2012 - Boys - British Baby Names

01/01/2013

Telegraph Births 2012 - Boys

Happy 2013! It's that time of year again, when we take a look back at all the birth annoucements listed in The Telegraph in 2012.

There were a total of 739 boys' births announced in 2012. Of these, 186 different first names were listed.

The top 50 most popular Telegraph boys' names of 2012, with their number count, are as follows:

1
=2
=2
=4
=4
=4
7
=8
=8
=8
11
12
13
=14
=14
=16
=16
=16
=19
=19
=19
=19
=23
=23
=23
=23
=27
=27
=27
=27
=27
=27
=33
=33
=33
=33
=33
=33
=39
=39
=39
=39
=39
=39
=39
=39
=39
=39
=39
=39

Name

George
Henry
William
Charles
Frederick*
Harry
Thomas
Alexander
Arthur
Edward
James
Oliver
Albert
Hector
Joseph
Hugo
Jack
Samuel
Leo
Maximilian
Oscar
Theodore
Benjamin
Freddie*
Patrick
Toby
John
Max
Rory
Rupert
Sebastian
Wilfred*
Alistair*
Archie
Arlo
Digby
Nicholas*
Ralph
Angus
Beau
Benedict
Christopher
Ethan
Jacob
Jonathan
Louis
Lucas
Noah
Otto
Wilbur

Count

28
27
27
24
24
24
23
22
22
22
20
17
14
12
12
11
11
11
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4

*Alistair=3/Alasdair=2, Frederick=22/Frederic=1/Fredrik=1, Freddie=6/Freddy=1, Nicholas=4/Nicolas=1, Wilfred=3/Wilfrid=3

The 20 most popular middle names (including second, third and fourth names):

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1
=2
=2
4
5
=6
=6
8
9
10
11
=12
=12
=12
15
=16
=16
18
=19
=19

Middle name

James
John
William
Edward
George
Alexander
Charles
Henry
David
Robert
Frederick
Arthur
Michael
Thomas
Peter
Christopher
Nicholas
Jack
Anthony
Richard