Telegraph Births 2012 - Girls - British Baby Names

01/01/2013

Telegraph Births 2012 - Girls

Here is a rundown of the most popular girls' names announced in The Telegraph in 2012.

There were a total of 681 births announced for girls in 2012. Of these, 237 different first names were listed.

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

1
2
3
=4
=4
=6
=6
8
=9
=9
=9
=12
=12
=14
=14
=14
=14
=14
=19
=19
=19
=19
=23
=23
=23
=23
=23
=28
=28
=28
=28
=28
=28
=28
=28
=36
=36
=36
=36
=36
=36
=36
=36
=36
=36
=46
=46
=46
=46
=46
=46
=46
=46

Name

Florence
Matilda*
Alice*
Elizabeth
Sophie
Charlotte
Isla
Isobel*
Annabel*
Beatrice
Jemima*
Emilia
Jessica
Clementine
Isabella
Martha
Rose
Willa
Flora
Lily*
Poppy
Sophia*
Cecilia
Clara
Imogen
Lucy
Tabitha
Alexandra
Amelie*
Eliza
Emily
Emma
Grace
Molly
Olivia
Allegra
Arabella
Eve
Evie
Freya*
Georgina
Holly*
India
Margot
Phoebe
Amelia
Elodie
Frances
Katherine*
Laura
Madeleine
Saskia
Zara

Count

21
17
15
14
14
13
13
12
11
11
11
10
10
9
9
9
9
9
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4

*Alice=14/Alys=1, Annabel=9/Annabelle=2, Freya=4/Freja=1, Holly=3/Hollie=2, Isobel=5/Isabel=4/Isobelle=2/Isabelle=1, Jemima=10/Jemimah=1, Katharine=3/Catherine=1, Lily=6/Lilly=1/Lillie=1, Matilda=16/Mathilda=1, Sophia=7/Sofia=1

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

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1
2
3
=4
=4
6
=7
=7
9
=10
=10
12
13
14
15
=16
=16
=16
=16
=20
=20
=20

Middle Name

Rose
Elizabeth
Mary
Florence
Grace
Alice
Anne, Ann
Catherine, Katherine
May, Mae
Beatrice
Charlotte
Jane
Sophia
Louise
Margaret
Isabella
Jean
Lily
Victoria
Isabel, Isobel
Lucy
Martha