Office for National Statistics · 2025

Popular boy names in England and Wales, 2025

Name: Popular boy names in England and Wales, 2025
Creator: Office for National Statistics
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Muhammad is number one in England and Wales in 2025, given to 5,957 boys. That is 1 in 46 of the boys counted there that year.

The 100 most common boys' names registered in England and Wales in 2025, as published by Office for National Statistics.

1 Muhammad 5,957 boys
2 Noah 4,075 boys
3 Leo 3,278 boys

129,255 boys got one of these 100 names in 2025.
Vinnie climbed 33 places to #58, the biggest rise on 2024.

Full list: the publisher lists nearly every name given, so the counts are real totals.

Popular boy names in England and Wales, 2025
Rank	Name	Boys	vs 2024	Ontario 2024
1	Muhammad	5,957	no change	9
2	Noah	4,075	no change	1
3	Leo	3,278	up 2	10
4	Luca	3,266	up 3	15
5	Arthur	3,211	down 1	50
6	Oliver	3,154	down 3	4
7	George	3,082	down 1	94
8	Oscar	2,798	up 1	159
9	Theodore	2,638	down 1	3
10	Freddie	2,526	up 3	1,516
11	Archie	2,465	down 1	261
12	Theo	2,398	no change	33
13	Henry	2,295	up 1	6
14	Jude	2,153	down 3	147
15	Arlo	2,083	no change	122
16	Alfie	1,955	no change	·
17	Rory	1,760	up 7	97
18	Finley	1,733	no change	207
19	Harry	1,718	up 1	445
20	Mohammed	1,712	up 1	109

80 more names

Popular boy names in England and Wales, 2025
Rank	Name	Boys	vs 2024	Ontario 2024
21	Albie	1,702	down 2	·
22	Charlie	1,679	down 5	71
23	Elijah	1,659	no change	26
24	Jack	1,595	down 2	5
25	William	1,456	up 2	12
26	Adam	1,431	up 9	13
27	Roman	1,420	up 5	75
28	Louie	1,418	no change	366
29	Reuben	1,412	up 4	503
30	Rowan	1,398	up 11	52
31	Edward	1,385	no change	174
32	Lucas	1,381	down 7	8
33	Oakley	1,377	up 1	295
34	Teddy	1,360	down 5	793
35	Thomas	1,344	down 9	24
36	Isaac	1,331	up 1	31
37	Reggie	1,312	up 6	·
38	Ezra	1,300	no change	55
39	Ronnie	1,281	up 10	1,216
40	Alexander	1,271	down 4	25
41	Jacob	1,258	down 11	23
42	James	1,211	down 2	11
43	Hudson	1,204	down 1	20
44	Tommy	1,160	down 5	478
45	Sonny	1,137	up 6	306
46	Hugo	1,094	no change	186
47	Sebastian	1,077	down 2	60
48	Max	1,061	down 4	69
49	Louis	1,030	down 2	130
50	Harrison	1,007	up 2	79
51	Jesse	980	up 3	183
52	Frederick	954	up 3	261
53	Joshua	938	down 3	72
54	Ethan	917	down 6	17
55	Mohammad	895	down 2	57
56	Frankie	887	up 2	·
57	Albert	884	no change	503
58	Vinnie	851	up 33	·
59	Felix	811	up 3	57
59	Joseph	811	down 3	49
61	Benjamin	808	no change	7
62	Daniel	804	down 3	19
63	Jasper	802	up 8	90
64	Musa	798	up 9	91
64	Yusuf	798	up 3	77
66	Samuel	768	down 6	36
67	Myles	764	up 20	41
68	Liam	763	up 2	2
69	Elias	738	up 10	74
70	Ibrahim	731	up 7	53
71	Otis	726	down 4	579
72	Dylan	717	down 8	125
73	David	712	down 9	46
74	Finn	706	up 9	174
75	Zachary	703	down 6	114
76	Alfred	682	up 5	458
77	Mason	675	down 14	32
78	Kai	672	down 6	38
79	Rupert	670	up 4	1,354
80	Gabriel	666	down 6	21
81	Yahya	625	up 12	227
82	Caleb	624	down 7	44
83	Riley	619	down 3	168
84	Enzo	617	up 8	138
85	Michael	615	no change	50
86	Austin	612	up 2	30
87	Logan	609	down 11	22
88	Jaxon	605	down 22	110
89	Toby	600	down 3	1,354
90	Milo	597	up 6	171
91	Hunter	595	down 13	111
92	Ellis	582	up 3	283
93	Vincent	560	up 25	137
94	Bobby	544	down 12	1,516
94	Elliot	544	up 4	99
96	Ralph	541	down 2	·
97	Carter	536	up 6	55
97	Stanley	536	up 5	752
99	Nathan	528	down 11	16
100	Ruben	527	up 26	1,122

Change in rank since 2024. “new” means the name was not in the 2024 list at all.

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Source: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.