British Baby Names

Most Popular Names in The Telegraph 2022

 

 

Here is the tally for the most popular names announced in The Telegraph in 2022, according to the Telegraph Announcements online database. 

Frederick has ousted Henry from its two-year top spot for boys while Florence has reclaimed her #1 spot from 2020 after being knocked out of the top 5 last year.

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 first names of 2022, with their number count, are as follows:

Boys' Names			.	Girls' Names
1 2 2 2 5 6 6 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33	Frederick Arthur Henry Rory Theodore* George Hugo Oscar  Thomas Alexander Alfred Edward  Hector Jack  Max Oliver  Wilfred William Archie  Monty Albert Charles  Freddie James  Jasper  Jude  Maximilian  Miles Otto  Rafe  Rupert  Wilbur  Angus  Archibald  Douglas  Felix  Ferdinand  Fergus  Francis  Hugh  Inigo  Ivo  Jamie  Leo  Percival  Samuel	10 9 9 9 8 7 7 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 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		1 2 2 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18	Florence  Poppy Ottilie* Amelia Ruby Isabelle* Sophia* Clementine Edith  Eleanor  Elizabeth* Evelyn  Freya  Isabella Margot Matilda  Ophelia  Artemis  Alexandra  Antonia  Astrid  Ava  Charlotte  Eva  Felicity  Gigi Grace  Helena  Imogen  India  Iona Isla  Josephine  Lila* Marina Martha  Mary  Persephone  Pia  Rosanna  Rose  Scarlett  Sienna  Tallulah  Willa  Zara	7 6 6 5 4 4 4 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 2 2 2

* Theodore=7/Theodor=1
* Ottilie=5/Ottalie=1, Isabelle=2/Isobel=2, Sophia=3/Sofia=1, Elizabeth=2/Elisabeth=1, Lila=1/Lilah=1

 

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

Boys			.	Girls
1 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 10 11 11 11 11 15 15 15 15 19 19 19	William John James Michael Alexander Arthur Charles Christopher Robert Nicholas Edward George Peter Rupert David  Frederick Henry Jack Louis Oliver Theodore	27 21 14 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4		1 2 3 4 5 5 7 7 7 7 11 11 11 11 11 16 16 16	Elizabeth Rose Mary Anne Florence Grace Alice Isabel Isabella Louise Charlotte Jane Joy Margaret May Aurelia Catherine  Heather	17 15 11 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
Statistics compiled by Eleanor Nickerson at britishbabynames.com from data provided by telegraph.co.uk

 

UK Birth Announcements 12/12/22- 28/12/22

Below is a round-up of the birth announcements from British newspapers. Sources include a national paper (The Telegraph, The Times) and a broad range of local newspapers from across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Sibling names are in brackets. No official surnames are included; any name ending in a surname is actually a middle name. 

 

Boys:

Alexander James

Alexander William

Alfie Edward

Arthur Herbert Theodore (Florence Amelia Mari; half-sibs: Freddie, George & Lily)

Benjamin

Dougie Leigh

Eddy Eames (Arthur)

Edward David

Henry Gareth

Henry "Harry" William Clarence (Mirabelle Lula Rose & Cecily Charlotte Alice; half-sib: Parker)

Jasper Michael Louis (Kit Nicholas William)

Leander

Leonard Lewis

Nairn Thomas

Noah Sameer

Rory James Morris

Theodore "Ted" (Angus Lyndall Patrick)

 

Girls: 

Adeline

Alexandra Georgia Sofie

Amelie Elizabeth Rowena

Atia

Cassandra Juliet (Zachary)

Etta Grace

Florence Theodora

Grace Jennifer

Margot Isabelle (Wilfred Humphrey)

Rose Alison Allegra

Rose Elizabeth Jane Zia

Rosemary-Artemis Isabella (Alan Horatio)

Stella Grace Auldio

Willa Lucy

 

Twins:

Holden Patrick & Knox William

Matteo George & Luca Fredrik (Isabella & Georgiana)

 

 

I cross-reference older BAs to find the full names of the siblings, however often they are missing (especially the eldest siblings, or for half-siblings) which explains why you will sometimes see something like: George Henry (Lucy, Emma & Jack Arthur). "Lucy" and "Emma" may well have middle names as well; I simply cannot find them online. 

 

UK Birth Announcements 5/12/22- 11/12/22

Below is a round-up of the birth announcements from British newspapers. Sources include a national paper (The Telegraph, The Times) and a broad range of local newspapers from across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Sibling names are in brackets. No official surnames are included; any name ending in a surname is actually a middle name. 

 

Boys:

Albert (Mary Anna)

Charles Peter Nicholas

Heath Eugene

Hugo Alfredas Ian

Jamie Alexander (Lara Daisy & Isabel Jane)

Jude Richard (Marcus James & Crispin John)

Jude Simon Thomas

Matthew David James

Rafi Kumar

Rei Oliver (Rio-George & Riku-Harry)

Rory Ian Inigo (Felix)

Sidney William

 

Girls: 

Eliana Grace Jameel "Lulu" (Amara "Ammu")

Lettie Joy

Marianne Blythe (Wilfrid)

Matilda Maria

Olympia Elena

Pia Ebba Gwendolen

Rosabel Elizabeth

Sienna Grace (Ivy Mara)

 

I cross-reference older BAs to find the full names of the siblings, however often they are missing (especially the eldest siblings, or for half-siblings) which explains why you will sometimes see something like: George Henry (Lucy, Emma & Jack Arthur). "Lucy" and "Emma" may well have middle names as well; I simply cannot find them online. 

 

UK Birth Announcements 28/11/22- 4/12/22

Below is a round-up of the birth announcements from British newspapers. Sources include a national paper (The Telegraph, The Times) and a broad range of local newspapers from across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Sibling names are in brackets. No official surnames are included; any name ending in a surname is actually a middle name. 

 

Boys:

Hector Edward Ruthven

James Joseph (Geordie)

Rafe Caspian Oisín (Ivo)

Theodore Leslie

William Christopher Timothy (Francesca Elizabeth Winefride)

 

Girls: 

Alexandra Mary Bellairs

Arabella India Jane (Hugo)

Evelyn Rose

Evie Ann

Florence Catherine Aubrey

Harriet Alice

Miranda Antonia (Alice Ingrid Elizabeth & Beatrice Hester)

Posy Poppy Elizabeth (Alfred & Rafe)

Sophia Florence Louise (Frederick Alexander Brett)

Tabitha Isabella (Ziggy & Morello)

Talitha Isabella Beatrice (Alexa & Johnny)

 

I cross-reference older BAs to find the full names of the siblings, however often they are missing (especially the eldest siblings, or for half-siblings) which explains why you will sometimes see something like: George Henry (Lucy, Emma & Jack Arthur). "Lucy" and "Emma" may well have middle names as well; I simply cannot find them online. 

 

A-Z Now, Next and Future - Boys - England and Wales

 

Here is the boys' addition to match the previous A-Z Now, Next and Future Girls post.

The 'Now' names below are the most popular names in England and Wales for that letter. The 'Next' names are names below them that are rising behind -- for popular letters, these are within the top 50 or top 100. The 'Future' names are names below the top 100 (or often top 400) which are on the rise and indicate the kind of names we will likely see in more of in years to come. 

A boys NOW Arthur Archie Alfie	A boys NEXT Axel Archer Asher	A boys FUTURE Abel Ace Atlas
B boys NOW Benjamin Bobby Blake	B boys NEXT Beau Bodhi Brodie	B boys FUTURE Bertie Barney Bear
C boys NOW Charlie Carter Caleb	C boys NEXT Cooper Casper Cruz	C boys FUTURE Cassius Carson Cairo
D boys NOW Daniel Dylan David	D boys NEXT Douglas Damian Dougie	D boys FUTURE Diego Denny Dior
E boys NOW Edward Elijah Ethan	E boys NEXT Ezra Eli Elias	E boys FUTURE Enzo Ezekiel Ernie
F boys NOW Freddie Finley Frederick	F boys NEXT Felix Finn Franklin	F boys FUTURE Forrest Franco Finnian
G boys NOW George Grayson Gabriel	G boys NEXT Greyson Gray Gus	G boys FUTURE Griffin Gio
H boys NOW Harry Henry Hugo	H boys NEXT Hudson Hector Hendrix	H boys FUTURE Huxley Hadley Hughie
I boys NOW Isaac Ibrahim	I boys NEXT Idris Isaiah	I boys FUTURE Ilyas Ivar
J boys NOW Jack Jacob James	J boys NEXT Jesse Jasper Jax	J boys FUTURE Jonah Jett Jovan
K boys NOW Kai Kit Kayden	K boys NEXT Kairo Kasper Kobi	K boys FUTURE Kenzo Kyro Kyrie
L boys NOW Leo Lucas Luca	L boys NEXT Leonardo Lenny Lorenzo	L boys FUTURE Leonard Lennox Lochlan
M boys NOW Muhammad Max Mohammed	M boys NEXT Milo Miles Marley	M boys FUTURE Maximus Matteo Micah
N boys NOW Noah Nathan Nathaniel	N boys NEXT Nico Nate Nolan	N boys FUTURE Neo Niko Noa
O boys NOW Oliver Oscar Oakley	O boys NEXT Otis Otto Osian	O boys FUTURE Orson Orlando Osman
P boys NOW Patrick Parker	P boys NEXT Phoenix Presley	P boys FUTURE Paddy Perseus
Q boys NOW Quinn	Q boys NEXT Quinlan
R boys NOW Roman Reuben Rory	R boys NEXT Rupert Robin River	R boys FUTURE Rex Remy Raphael
S boys NOW Sebastian Samuel Sonny	S boys NEXT Sidney Santiago Sullivan	S boys FUTURE Saint Santino Sylvester
T boys NOW Theodore Theo Thomas	T boys NEXT Teodor Thiago Tadhg	T boys FUTURE Tao Turner
V boys NOW Vinnie Vincent	V boys NEXT Victor Vinny	V boys FUTURE Valentino Viggo
W boys NOW William Wilfred	W boys NEXT Woody Wilbur	W boys FUTURE Wallace Weston
Y boys NOW Yusuf	Y boys NEXT Yahya	Y boys FUTURE Yusra
Z boys NOW Zachary Zakariya	Z boys NEXT Zayn Zion	Z boys FUTURE Ziggy Zephyr