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The top 1,000 baby boys' names in the UK

First published on Friday 23 April 2021 Last modified on Monday 18 October 2021

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Emily Gulla

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Struggling for name ideas for a baby boy? Take a look through the 1,000 most popular baby boys' names in England and Wales from recent years. This is all the inspiration you need!

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Choosing a name for your baby is a big, exciting decision, and sometimes it can be tricky to find inspiration!

If you know you're having a baby boy, or you're keeping your baby's sex a secret and want to get organised with some baby boy names, then take a look at our list below for a few ideas. 1,000 ideas, to be exact!

Yep, this list will take you through the 1,000 most popular baby boys' names in England and Wales in 2020, taken from the most recent data recorded by the Office for National Statistics.

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So, whether you're after a common baby boys' name, or a less popular name down in the 900s, or perhaps you just want some inspiration, scroll through the names below for some ideas. There's bound to be one that sticks!

  1. Oliver
  2. George
  3. Arthur
  4. Noah
  5. Muhammad
  6. Leo
  7. Oscar
  8. Harry
  9. Archie
  10. Jack
  11. Henry
  12. Charlie
  13. Freddie
  14. Theodore
  15. Thomas
  16. Finley
  17. Theo
  18. Alfie
  19. Jacob
  20. William
  21. Isaac
  22. Tommy
  23. Joshua
  24. James
  25. Lucas
  26. Alexander
  27. Arlo
  28. Roman
  29. Edward
  30. Elijah
  31. Teddy
  32. Mohammed
  33. Max
  34. Adam
  35. Albie
  36. Ethan
  37. Logan
  38. Joseph
  39. Sebastian
  40. Benjamin
  41. Harrison
  42. Mason
  43. Rory
  44. Reuben
  45. Luca
  46. Louie
  47. Samuel
  48. Reggie
  49. Jaxon
  50. Daniel
  51. Hugo
  52. Louis
  53. Jude
  54. Ronnie
  55. Dylan
  56. Zachary
  57. Albert
  58. Hunter
  59. Ezra
  60. David
  61. Frankie
  62. Toby
  63. Frederick
  64. Carter
  65. Gabriel
  66. Grayson
  67. Riley
  68. Jesse
  69. Hudson
  70. Bobby
  71. Rowan
  72. Jenson
  73. Finn
  74. Michael
  75. Mohammad
  76. Stanley
  77. Felix
  78. Jasper
  79. Liam
  80. Milo
  81. Sonny
  82. Oakley
  83. Elliot
  84. Chester
  85. Caleb
  86. Harvey
  87. Elliott
  88. Charles
  89. Ellis
  90. Jackson
  91. Alfred
  92. Ollie
  93. Leon
  94. Yusuf
  95. Ralph
  96. Otis
  97. Harley
  98. Ibrahim
  99. Jayden
  100. Myles
  101. Ryan
  102. Blake
  103. Kai
  104. Tobias
  105. Austin
  106. Rupert
  107. Jake
  108. Alex
  109. Luke
  110. Eli
  111. Nathan
  112. Dominic
  113. Elias
  114. Matthew
  115. Musa
  116. Lewis
  117. Jaxson
  118. Patrick
  119. Vinnie
  120. Aaron
  121. Aiden
  122. Billy
  123. Ruben
  124. Dexter
  125. Robert
  126. Brody
  127. Vincent
  128. Leonardo
  129. Cody
  130. Eric
  131. Beau
  132. Ayaan
  133. Owen
  134. Jax
  135. Levi
  136. Parker
  137. Joey
  138. Muhammed
  139. Evan
  140. Tyler
  141. Ali
  142. Marley
  143. Rex
  144. Miles
  145. Wilfred
  146. Robin
  147. Jonah
  148. Nathaniel
  149. Lincoln
  150. John
  151. Yahya
  152. Bodhi
  153. Jamie
  154. Lenny
  155. Kevin
  156. Cooper
  157. Maxwell
  158. Connor
  159. River
  160. Zakariya
  161. Callum
  162. Joel
  163. Rocco
  164. Isaiah
  165. Phoenix
  166. Anthony
  167. Kayden
  168. Axel
  169. Finlay
  170. Spencer
  171. Syed
  172. Archer
  173. Frank
  174. Idris
  175. Seth
  176. Nicholas
  177. Kian
  178. Maximilian
  179. Christopher
  180. Lorenzo
  181. Zayn
  182. Raphael
  183. Cole
  184. Abdullah
  185. Enzo
  186. Eesa
  187. Rafael
  188. Rayan
  189. Aidan
  190. Asher
  191. Remy
  192. Filip
  193. Mohamed
  194. Zion
  195. Brodie
  196. Kit
  197. Matei
  198. Cameron
  199. Matteo
  200. Xander
  201. Maximus
  202. Sidney
  203. Mateo
  204. Ted
  205. Ahmed
  206. Kobe
  207. Xavier
  208. Hamza
  209. Omar
  210. Abel
  211. Abdul
  212. Otto
  213. Barnaby
  214. Jason
  215. Bertie
  216. Francis
  217. Flynn
  218. Eddie
  219. Mustafa
  220. Jordan
  221. Tristan
  222. Rio
  223. Eden
  224. Reginald
  225. Rhys
  226. Bailey
  227. Peter
  228. Leonard
  229. Rayyan
  230. Rudy
  231. Kaiden
  232. Nico
  233. Christian
  234. Lukas
  235. Ayan
  236. Jakub
  237. Zain
  238. Cillian
  239. Coby
  240. Marcus
  241. Mark
  242. Zac
  243. Adrian
  244. Antoni
  245. Casper
  246. Romeo
  247. Jonathan
  248. Jensen
  249. Josiah
  250. Victor
  251. Oskar
  252. Kylo
  253. Douglas
  254. Fraser
  255. Nicolas
  256. Zayan
  257. Rafferty
  258. Dominik
  259. Zack
  260. Sam
  261. Monty
  262. Denis
  263. Ralphie
  264. Micah
  265. Stefan
  266. Amir
  267. Andrew
  268. Zayd
  269. Hector
  270. Lennon
  271. Rafe
  272. Rohan
  273. Damian
  274. Umar
  275. Freddy
  276. Ivan
  277. Finnley
  278. Franklin
  279. Wyatt
  280. Bradley
  281. Julian
  282. Martin
  283. Kingsley
  284. Corey
  285. Kairo
  286. Mylo
  287. Barney
  288. Colby
  289. Hassan
  290. Hayden
  291. Aryan
  292. Ahmad
  293. Alexandru
  294. Ismail
  295. Walter
  296. Ayden
  297. Amari
  298. Alan
  299. Conor
  300. Ezekiel
  301. Ernest
  302. Jan
  303. Hendrix
  304. Teddie
  305. Luka
  306. Morgan
  307. Ronan
  308. Azaan
  309. Fletcher
  310. Quinn
  311. Carson
  312. Fabian
  313. Rufus
  314. Cassius
  315. Dougie
  316. Nate
  317. Marcel
  318. Huxley
  319. Malachi
  320. Aarav
  321. Casey
  322. Chase
  323. Layton
  324. Kacper
  325. Osian
  326. Sami
  327. Ben
  328. Emmanuel
  329. Zayaan
  330. Harris
  331. Darius
  332. Edison
  333. Milan
  334. Haris
  335. Greyson
  336. Olly
  337. Maddox
  338. Danny
  339. Elis
  340. Ashton
  341. Cian
  342. Aleksander
  343. Jeremiah
  344. Kiaan
  345. Zach
  346. Erik
  347. Andrei
  348. Lachlan
  349. Percy
  350. Woody
  351. Richard
  352. Tate
  353. Harri
  354. Cohen
  355. Rudi
  356. Jace
  357. Reign
  358. Franciszek
  359. Ace
  360. Arham
  361. Bear
  362. Ilyas
  363. Philip
  364. Aron
  365. Remi
  366. Atlas
  367. Ernie
  368. Declan
  369. Kobi
  370. Koby
  371. Yunus
  372. Cruz
  373. Taylor
  374. Ayman
  375. Cairo
  376. Joe
  377. Angus
  378. Ari
  379. Jimmy
  380. Santiago
  381. Antonio
  382. Jay
  383. Lennox
  384. Hugh
  385. Kaleb
  386. Lochlan
  387. Paul
  388. Issac
  389. Timothy
  390. Malik
  391. Solomon
  392. Khalil
  393. Magnus
  394. Zak
  395. Junior
  396. Leighton
  397. Zachariah
  398. Dennis
  399. Shay
  400. Arjun
  401. Bilal
  402. Bruno
  403. Eduard
  404. Hussain
  405. Odin
  406. Brandon
  407. Clayton
  408. Kasper
  409. Orson
  410. Ismaeel
  411. Johnny
  412. Laurence
  413. Montgomery
  414. Nikodem
  415. Ryder
  416. Tomos
  417. Vlad
  418. Ewan
  419. Simon
  420. Aahil
  421. Jac
  422. Kieran
  423. Tomas
  424. Sullivan
  425. Diego
  426. Anas
  427. Dawud
  428. Orion
  429. Sulaiman
  430. Tymon
  431. Avery
  432. Hasan
  433. Ibraheem
  434. Niall
  435. Reece
  436. Hamish
  437. Khalid
  438. Marshall
  439. Nikolas
  440. Preston
  441. Rome
  442. Zane
  443. Atticus
  444. Isa
  445. Kobie
  446. Rares
  447. Travis
  448. Kyle
  449. Leonidas
  450. Maksymilian
  451. Ziggy
  452. Szymon
  453. Edwin
  454. Hughie
  455. Tommy-lee
  456. Aadam
  457. Abraham
  458. Buddy
  459. Luis
  460. Malakai
  461. Rayaan
  462. Vihaan
  463. Yaqub
  464. Alistair
  465. Arnie
  466. Haider
  467. Beauden
  468. Jaden
  469. Keegan
  470. Laith
  471. Mathias
  472. Vinny
  473. Koa
  474. Wilbur
  475. Archibald
  476. Dante
  477. Kenzo
  478. Rian
  479. Jago
  480. Yousef
  481. Yuvraj
  482. Brooklyn
  483. Ianis
  484. Keyaan
  485. Lennie
  486. Loki
  487. Tudor
  488. Jaiden
  489. Mario
  490. Miguel
  491. Usman
  492. Calvin
  493. Judah
  494. Lucian
  495. Mikaeel
  496. Albi
  497. Aydin
  498. Jaxx
  499. Keanu
  500. Georgie
  501. Kane
  502. Maxim
  503. Prince
  504. Yaseen
  505. Asa
  506. Fox
  507. Mikolaj
  508. Zakaria
  509. Emilio
  510. Josh
  511. Kayson
  512. Sean
  513. Ayyub
  514. Euan
  515. Faris
  516. Huzaifa
  517. Kyrie
  518. Marco
  519. Maverick
  520. Olivier
  521. Regan
  522. Robbie
  523. Teo
  524. Aaryan
  525. Bryan
  526. Cassian
  527. Matias
  528. Matthias
  529. Aayan
  530. Hashim
  531. Jonas
  532. Osman
  533. Troy
  534. Yasin
  535. Hadley
  536. Hari
  537. Kareem
  538. Oliwier
  539. Ruairi
  540. Tom
  541. Noel
  542. Teodor
  543. Thiago
  544. Amos
  545. Dalton
  546. Dion
  547. Idrees
  548. Jayce
  549. Sultan
  550. Zaid
  551. Caiden
  552. Dawson
  553. Justin
  554. Kabir
  555. Lawrence
  556. Lucca
  557. Raheem
  558. Tadhg
  559. Ashley
  560. Caspian
  561. Kody
  562. Nolan
  563. Raife
  564. Azlan
  565. Miller
  566. Stephen
  567. Tommie
  568. Cai
  569. Clark
  570. Emir
  571. Emmett
  572. Lowen
  573. Macsen
  574. Reid
  575. Sulayman
  576. Mikael
  577. Ozzy
  578. Ralphy
  579. August
  580. Deen
  581. Eisa
  582. Emanuel
  583. Forrest
  584. Fred
  585. Haroon
  586. Ivor
  587. Alby
  588. Alessandro
  589. Bentley
  590. Brian
  591. Dillon
  592. Israel
  593. Kyro
  594. Md
  595. Orlando
  596. Ray
  597. Shayan
  598. Ian
  599. Omari
  600. Zidan
  601. Aariz
  602. Caden
  603. Deniz
  604. Esa
  605. Fionn
  606. Heath
  607. Igor
  608. Kye
  609. Tyson
  610. Zaviyar
  611. Ahad
  612. Andre
  613. Aston
  614. Giovanni
  615. Imran
  616. Ioan
  617. Jovan
  618. Zayden
  619. Ayub
  620. Ishaan
  621. Kylan
  622. Steven
  623. Caelan
  624. Karter
  625. Killian
  626. Zayyan
  627. Abdulrahman
  628. Amaan
  629. Angelo
  630. Anton
  631. Clay
  632. Dawid
  633. Francesco
  634. Harlan
  635. Kyan
  636. Raymond
  637. Rueben
  638. Theodor
  639. Wesley
  640. Ammar
  641. Bowie
  642. Krish
  643. Laurie
  644. Moses
  645. Natan
  646. Presley
  647. Taha
  648. Vladimir
  649. Wiktor
  650. Yanis
  651. Abu
  652. Armaan
  653. Henley
  654. Michal
  655. Mikail
  656. Bruce
  657. Dean
  658. Elio
  659. Emil
  660. Harlow
  661. Ishaq
  662. Ivo
  663. Kyran
  664. Samson
  665. Talha
  666. Yousuf
  667. Zakariyya
  668. Andreas
  669. Coen
  670. Dorian
  671. Franky
  672. Henri
  673. Izaan
  674. Ronald
  675. Saad
  676. Saif
  677. Winston
  678. Zayne
  679. Adyan
  680. Brayden
  681. Cayden
  682. Cyrus
  683. Daniyal
  684. Hadi
  685. Jett
  686. Miran
  687. Ned
  688. Neo
  689. Roscoe
  690. Amar
  691. Aubrey
  692. Benedict
  693. Caspar
  694. Iosif
  695. Mckenzie
  696. Roan
  697. Simeon
  698. Tymoteusz
  699. Fynn
  700. Hubert
  701. Ivar
  702. Karim
  703. Raiden
  704. Seb
  705. Tiago
  706. Abbas
  707. Alec
  708. Deacon
  709. Denny
  710. Emrys
  711. Fergus
  712. Ismael
  713. Karson
  714. Qasim
  715. Saint
  716. Santino
  717. Silas
  718. Veer
  719. King
  720. Kristian
  721. Rishi
  722. Stanislaw
  723. Colton
  724. Eddison
  725. Gray
  726. Ignacy
  727. Issa
  728. Kaden
  729. Kenny
  730. Kyron
  731. Raees
  732. Rico
  733. Rocky
  734. Safwan
  735. Shahzain
  736. Wren
  737. Yasir
  738. Zidane
  739. Damien
  740. Lawson
  741. Lorcan
  742. Sahib
  743. Suleiman
  744. Yusha
  745. Antony
  746. Aris
  747. Arnold
  748. Boris
  749. Deon
  750. Ekam
  751. Eyad
  752. Forest
  753. Fredrick
  754. Viaan
  755. Andy
  756. Ayaz
  757. Curtis
  758. Eoin
  759. Jeremy
  760. Mehmet
  761. Mikey
  762. Niko
  763. Omer
  764. Rehan
  765. Tony
  766. Ciaran
  767. Cobie
  768. Cosmo
  769. Edmund
  770. Izaiah
  771. Jamal
  772. Jaylen
  773. Kade
  774. Oisin
  775. Rafi
  776. Rogan
  777. Saxon
  778. Scott
  779. Valentino
  780. Vivaan
  781. Abdurrahman
  782. Alexandros
  783. Artie
  784. Artur
  785. Avi
  786. Dhruv
  787. Faizan
  788. Hashir
  789. Jad
  790. Lee
  791. Ovie
  792. Sacha
  793. Shiloh
  794. Viktor
  795. Wade
  796. Arin
  797. Arvin
  798. Bodie
  799. Chaim
  800. Gideon
  801. Kaison
  802. Mahir
  803. Musab
  804. Reagan
  805. Taron
  806. Trent
  807. Uzair
  808. Warren
  809. Youssef
  810. Zaki
  811. Zander
  812. Bjorn
  813. Bleu
  814. Bogdan
  815. Danyal
  816. Digby
  817. Emerson
  818. Gruffydd
  819. Hakeem
  820. Mahdi
  821. Arjan
  822. Benny
  823. Herbie
  824. Ivaan
  825. Jakob
  826. Lake
  827. Rohaan
  828. Soren
  829. Adriel
  830. Alfie-james
  831. Ariyan
  832. Axl
  833. Eren
  834. Hasnain
  835. Kaiser
  836. Kayan
  837. Klay
  838. Renzo
  839. Salman
  840. Sid
  841. Subhan
  842. Sufyan
  843. Wilf
  844. Yousif
  845. Devon
  846. Gene
  847. Guy
  848. Hamdan
  849. Huw
  850. Indy
  851. Kiyan
  852. Mateusz
  853. Raul
  854. Reyan
  855. Sunny
  856. Aarush
  857. Alessio
  858. Aras
  859. Bobbie
  860. Braxton
  861. Cristian
  862. Denver
  863. Drew
  864. Elyas
  865. Giorgio
  866. Julius
  867. Kendrick
  868. Kole
  869. Lando
  870. Layth
  871. Matas
  872. Moshe
  873. Obie
  874. Raja
  875. Timur
  876. Tomi
  877. Zakariyah
  878. Addison
  879. Ameer
  880. Arian
  881. Benas
  882. Bernard
  883. Boden
  884. Bowen
  885. Casian
  886. Chance
  887. Diyan
  888. Edgar
  889. Elvis
  890. Franco
  891. Henryk
  892. Jayson
  893. Karam
  894. Mohamad
  895. Reyansh
  896. Ricardo
  897. Shivansh
  898. Ajay
  899. Arman
  900. Chris
  901. Damon
  902. Essa
  903. Gethin
  904. Hunter-lee
  905. Izhaan
  906. Jai
  907. Jibreel
  908. Keaton
  909. Luqman
  910. Manraj
  911. Montague
  912. Nathanael
  913. Nuh
  914. Patrik
  915. Riyan
  916. Ryker
  917. Sahil
  918. Samir
  919. Sol
  920. Zephaniah
  921. Abubakar
  922. Abubakr
  923. Aneurin
  924. Arlen
  925. Arlie
  926. Conrad
  927. Denzel
  928. Dilan
  929. Gregory
  930. Harper
  931. Harun
  932. Herbert
  933. Huey
  934. Ishaaq
  935. Jameson
  936. Kajus
  937. Moise
  938. Paddy
  939. Riaan
  940. Roux
  941. Shane
  942. Shaun
  943. Younes
  944. Abdullahi
  945. Adnan
  946. Ayoub
  947. Ayrton
  948. Byron
  949. Carlos
  950. Farhan
  951. Fateh
  952. Griffin
  953. Hezekiah
  954. Lloyd
  955. Loui
  956. Markas
  957. Mikhail
  958. Richie
  959. Wilson
  960. Wolf
  961. Zackary
  962. Adonis
  963. Aman
  964. Aran
  965. Ares
  966. Arran
  967. Aryaan
  968. Dara
  969. Devansh
  970. Elian
  971. Eryk
  972. Francisco
  973. Gus
  974. Haaris
  975. Hamzah
  976. Jadon
  977. Kingston
  978. Kohen
  979. Kuba
  980. Lockie
  981. Malcolm
  982. Manuel
  983. Marlo
  984. Pablo
  985. Rudra
  986. Rylee
  987. Salah
  988. Sonnie
  989. Taran
  990. Valentin
  991. Younis
  992. Zorawar
  993. Abdulaziz
  994. Acer
  995. Aj
  996. Akram
  997. Alexandre
  998. Alvey
  999. Aronas
  1000. Bartosz

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