Thirty years of Atlas
Atlas in numbers
Atlas is a newcomer: 4 boys in 2011 (its first published year), and 355 in 2025. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2022 and 2025, from 184 to 355.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year+13%313 to 355
- 5 years+198%119 to 355
- 10 years+1,590%21 to 355
- 20 yearsn/aunder 3 in 2005
- Since 2011 (first published)×894 to 355
- Total, 1996 to 20251,659boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 151 · ONS · 313 in 2024
Rank 178 · NRS · 20 in 2024
Rank 253 · NISRA · 3 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 151 | 355 | +13% | 1 in 847 |
| 2024 | =159 | 313 | +39% | 1 in 974 |
| 2023 | =218 | 225 | +22% | 1 in 1,347 |
| 2022 | =253 | 184 | +19% | 1 in 1,688 |
| 2021 | =302 | 155 | +30% | 1 in 2,065 |
| 2020 | =366 | 119 | +19% | 1 in 2,643 |
| 2019 | =418 | 100 | +52% | 1 in 3,291 |
| 2018 | =564 | 66 | +8% | 1 in 5,115 |
| 2017 | =600 | 61 | +97% | 1 in 5,706 |
| 2016 * | =946 | 31 | +48% | 1 in 11,487 |
| 2015 | =1,236 | 21 | +133% | 1 in 17,053 |
| 2014 | =2,248 | 9 | -25% | 1 in 39,640 |
| 2013 | =1,796 | 12 | +200% | 1 in 29,864 |
| 2012 | =3,987 | 4 | +0% | 1 in 93,583 |
| 2011 | =3,830 | 4 | 1 in 92,740 | |
| 2010 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2009 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2008 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2007 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2006 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2005 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2004 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2003 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2002 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2001 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2000 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1999 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1998 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1997 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1996 | n/a | under 3 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate