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
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