Most popular baby names of 2024 - Is your name on the list?

Popular, you're gonna be popular! - which names are the most popular in England and Wales 2024?

The most popular names for babies born in England and Wales in 2024 have been revealed.

Each year the Office for National Statistics (ONS), makes a list of the 100 most popular boys and girls names, using information from birth registration data.

This year Olivia and Amelia stayed in the top two spots for girls' names for a third year in a row, while Isla dropped from third place after being replaced by Lily.

On the boys list, Muhammad remains in top place for the second year running, with Noah and Oliver also making second and third place, as they did in 2023.

Let's take a look at the top ten girls and boys names from the list below...

Are you an Oscar or an Ivy?

Top 10 girls names

• Olivia

• Amelia

• Lily

• Isla

• Ivy

• Florence

• Freya

• Poppy

• Ava

• Elsie

Top 10 boys names

• Muhammad

• Noah

• Oliver

• Arthur

• Leo

• George

• Luca

• Theodore

• Oscar

• Archie

Sleep tight little Athena!

Muhammad stayed in top place for another year, with 5,721 babies given the name, and Olivia was top of the girls list again, with 2,761 baby girls named, in England and Wales.

New entries to the top 100 names for girls include Eloise, Nora, Myla, Rosa, Athena, Sara and Zoe, and for boys Austin, Nathan, Vinnie and Yahya made the list.

Ultra-rare names, which were given to less than five babies in 2024 include: Awesome, Cuthbert, Crispin and Beckham, for boys, and: Sicily, Everest, Orchid and Poem, for girls.

Why do some names become popular?

Plant and nature-inspired names are "evergreen" according to a naming expert

SJ Strum, a baby expert and author of Baby Name Envy, said that "traditional" names will always top the list, but that some names are influenced by things like films and TV shows .

For example on the girls list this year is Margot, which could be because of Barbie movie actress Margot Robbie, and Athena - which made it to the top 100 for the first time - which could be after the Gladiator Athena.

Clare Green, another expert who writes for baby-naming website Nameberry, said that plant and nature-inspired names are "evergreen" and will generally always be popular.

For example, this year Poppy, Lily and Ivy made the top ten girls name list.

Clare also said there was a general 100-year rule, where names that used to be thought of as old-fashioned, become popular again.

"We tend to use names which are just old enough not to be a grandparent name, but the generation up," she said.

Did your name make the list? What do you like about your name? Let us know in the comments below!