Here is the tally for the most popular names announced in The Telegraph in 2016, according to the Telegraph Announcements online database.
Arthur and Beatrice were both knocked off their #1 posts from 2015 by Edward and Henry (jointly) and Florence.
In total 470 boys' births and 401 girls' births were announced between January 1st to December 31st 2016 from a selection of 156 different first names for boys and 173 different first names for girls. I have added variant spellings together for these rankings, an individual breakdown of which is underneath the ranking table.
The top 50 most popular Telegraph names of 2016, with their number count, are as follows:
| Boys' Names |
. |
Girls' Names |
| 1 |
| 1 |
| 3 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 7 |
| 8 |
| 9 |
| 9 |
| 11 |
| 11 |
| 13 |
| 13 |
| 15 |
| 15 |
| 15 |
| 15 |
| 15 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 32 |
| 32 |
| 32 |
| 32 |
| 32 |
| 32 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
|
| Edward |
| Henry |
| Frederick |
| Arthur |
| George |
| James |
| William |
| Wilfred |
| Charles |
| Hugo |
| Alexander |
| Leo |
| Jack |
| Oliver |
| Harry* |
| Hector |
| John |
| Sebastian |
| Thomas |
| Alfred |
| Archie |
| Benjamin |
| Felix |
| Freddie |
| Max |
| Rory |
| Samuel |
| Albert |
| Barnaby |
| Milo |
| Rupert |
| Archibald |
| Caspar* |
| Joshua |
| Maximilian |
| Oscar* |
| Toby |
| Bertie |
| Charlie |
| Fergus |
| Finley* |
| Hubert |
| Isaac |
| Louis |
| Otto |
| Patrick |
| Rafe |
| Robert |
| Theodore |
|
| 19 |
| 19 |
| 18 |
| 14 |
| 14 |
| 14 |
| 13 |
| 12 |
| 11 |
| 11 |
| 9 |
| 9 |
| 8 |
| 8 |
| 7 |
| 7 |
| 7 |
| 7 |
| 7 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
|
|
| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 7 |
| 7 |
| 7 |
| 7 |
| 7 |
| 12 |
| 12 |
| 12 |
| 12 |
| 16 |
| 16 |
| 16 |
| 16 |
| 16 |
| 16 |
| 16 |
| 23 |
| 23 |
| 23 |
| 23 |
| 23 |
| 23 |
| 23 |
| 23 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
| 31 |
|
| Florence |
| Alice |
| Poppy |
| Isabella |
| Isabelle* |
| Olivia |
| Arabella |
| Beatrice |
| Eliza |
| Emily |
| Grace |
| Alexandra |
| Constance |
| Ottilie |
| Rose |
| Annabelle* |
| Charlotte |
| Emilia |
| Honor |
| Margot* |
| Martha |
| Sophia* |
| Amelia |
| Elizabeth |
| Isla |
| Jemima |
| Lily* |
| Matilda |
| Phoebe |
| Sophie |
| Anna |
| Audrey |
| Beatrix |
| Bella |
| Camilla |
| Cecily |
| Clara |
| Emma |
| Esme |
| Flora |
| Francesca |
| Georgia |
| Georgina |
| Henrietta |
| Imogen |
| Jessica |
| Lucy |
| Pippa |
| Tabitha |
| Willow |
|
| 16 |
| 13 |
| 9 |
| 8 |
| 8 |
| 8 |
| 7 |
| 7 |
| 7 |
| 7 |
| 7 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
|
*Harry:6/Hari:1, Caspar:2/Casper:1/Kasper:1, Oscar:3/Oskar:1, Finley:2/Finnley:1
* Isabelle:4/Isobel:3/Isabel:1, Annabelle:4/Annabel:1, Margot:4/Margaux:1, Sophia:3/Sofia:2, Lily:2/Lilly:1/Lillie:1
The 20 most popular middle names (including second, third and fourth names) were as follows:
| Boys |
. |
Girls |
| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3 |
| 4 |
| 5 |
| 6 |
| 7 |
| 8 |
| 9 |
| 10 |
| 11 |
| 11 |
| 11 |
| 11 |
| 11 |
| 16 |
| 17 |
| 17 |
| 19 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
|
| James |
| William |
| John |
| George |
| Edward |
| Alexander |
| Thomas |
| David |
| Charles |
| Henry |
| Richard |
| Robert |
| Arthur |
| Michael |
| Peter |
| Francis |
| Christopher |
| Oliver |
| Anthony |
| Frederick |
| Geoffrey |
|
|
|
| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3 |
| 4 |
| 5 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 9 |
| 9 |
| 11 |
| 12 |
| 13 |
| 13 |
| 13 |
| 13 |
| 13 |
| 18 |
| 18 |
| 18 |
| 18 |
|
| Rose |
| Elizabeth |
| Grace |
| Mary |
| Olivia |
| Alice |
| C/Katherine |
| Ja(y)ne |
| Beatrice |
| Louise |
| Charlotte |
| May/Mai/Mae |
| Alexandra |
| Florence |
| Josephine |
| Margaret |
| Anne |
| Emily |
| Isabella |
| Isla |
| Isobel/Isabel |
|
| 48 |
| 39 |
| 19 |
| 17 |
| 13 |
| 11 |
| 11 |
| 11 |
| 9 |
| 9 |
| 8 |
| 7 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
|
Statistics compiled by Eleanor Nickerson at britishbabynames.com
from data provided by telegraph.co.uk
