Here is the tally for the most popular names announced in The Telegraph in 2021, according to the Telegraph Announcements online database.
Henry topped for boys for the second year running, with Theodore sharing the top spot in 2021.
For girls, Charlotte and Margot both moved up several places to replace Florence and Lily for first and second place but Florence increased in use as a middle name. Flora remained at #3 but was joined by Annabel(le) and India.
II have added variant spellings together for these rankings, an individual breakdown of which is underneath the ranking table.
The top 50 most popular Telegraph first names of 2021, with their number count, are as follows:
| Boys' Names |
. |
Girls' Names |
| 1 |
| 1 |
| 3 |
| 4 |
| 5 |
| 6 |
| 7 |
| 7 |
| 7 |
| 10 |
| 10 |
| 10 |
| 10 |
| 14 |
| 14 |
| 14 |
| 14 |
| 14 |
| 14 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
| 38 |
|
| Henry |
| Theodore |
| Arthur |
| Rory* |
| William |
| Frederick |
| Alexander |
| Hector |
| Wilfred |
| Charles |
| George |
| Hugo |
| Rupert |
| Barnaby |
| Benjamin |
| Christopher |
| Harry |
| James |
| Maximilian |
| Albert |
| Alfred |
| Angus |
| Archie |
| Arlo |
| Douglas |
| Edward |
| Freddie |
| Jack |
| Leo |
| Magnus |
| Max |
| Oscar |
| Rafe |
| Raphael* |
| Rex |
| Robert |
| Thomas |
| Atticus |
| Bartholomew |
| Bertram |
| Bobby |
| Caspar* |
| Cosmo |
| Digby |
| Dylan |
| Felix |
| Finn |
| Hamish |
| Jonty |
| Louis |
| Milo |
| Oliver |
| Orlando |
| Otto |
| Percy |
| Rafferty |
| Ralph |
| Remy |
| Rollo |
| Sebastian |
| Toby |
| Vincent |
| Xander |
|
| 12 |
| 12 |
| 11 |
| 10 |
| 9 |
| 7 |
| 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 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
|
|
| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 15 |
| 15 |
| 15 |
| 15 |
| 15 |
| 15 |
| 15 |
| 15 |
| 15 |
| 15 |
| 15 |
| 15 |
| 15 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
| 28 |
|
| Charlotte |
| Margot |
| Annabel* |
| Flora |
| India |
| Alice |
| Arabella |
| Astrid |
| Clementine |
| Freya |
| Lara |
| Lily |
| Olivia |
| Ottilie |
| Daisy |
| Emilia |
| Emily* |
| Esme |
| Florence |
| Grace |
| Honor |
| Isabel* |
| Jemima |
| Lyra |
| Nancy |
| Sienna* |
| Willa |
| Alba |
| Allegra |
| Augusta |
| Beatrice |
| Beatrix |
| Cecily |
| Clara |
| Cordelia |
| Cosima |
| Cressida |
| Daphne |
| Eleanor |
| Isabella |
| Martha |
| Nina |
| Ophelia |
| Penelope |
| Phoebe |
| Romy |
| Tallulah |
| Violet |
|
| 9 |
| 6 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
|
* Rory=8/Rhori=1/Ruaraidh=1, Raphael=2/Rafael=1, Caspar=1/Casper=1
* Annabel=4/Annabelle=1, Emily=1/Emilie=1, Isabel=1/Isabelle=1/Isobel=1, Sienna=2/Siena=1
The 10 most popular middle names (including second, third and fourth names) were as follows:
| Boys |
. |
Girls |
| 1 |
| 1 |
| 1 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 7 |
| 8 |
| 9 |
| 9 |
| 9 |
| 12 |
| 13 |
| 14 |
| 14 |
| 14 |
| 14 |
| 14 |
| 14 |
| 20 |
| 20 |
|
| Alexander |
| George |
| James |
| Edward |
| John |
| William |
| Michael |
| Thomas |
| Charles |
| Patrick |
| Peter |
| Henry |
| David |
| Arthur |
| Francis |
| Frederick |
| Nicholas |
| Richard |
| Robert |
| Andrew |
| Christopher |
|
| 15 |
| 15 |
| 15 |
| 13 |
| 13 |
| 13 |
| 11 |
| 10 |
| 9 |
| 9 |
| 9 |
| 8 |
| 7 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 6 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
|
|
| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3 |
| 4 |
| 5 |
| 6 |
| 7 |
| 8 |
| 9 |
| 9 |
| 11 |
| 11 |
| 11 |
| 11 |
| 11 |
| 11 |
| 17 |
| 17 |
| 17 |
| 17 |
| 17 |
| 17 |
| 17 |
|
| Rose |
| Grace |
| Mary |
| Elizabeth |
| Florence |
| Jane |
| May |
| Anne |
| Annabel |
| Catherine |
| Charlotte |
| Isabella |
| Joanna |
| Lily |
| Margaux |
| Ottilie |
| Anna |
| Beatrice |
| Eliza |
| Georgina |
| Louise |
| Thomasina |
| Violet |
|
| 22 |
| 14 |
| 11 |
| 10 |
| 9 |
| 7 |
| 6 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
|
Statistics compiled by Eleanor Nickerson at britishbabynames.com
from data provided by telegraph.co.uk
