Thirty years of Eden
Eden in numbers
Eden has risen from 136 girls in 1996 to 594 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 714 in 2024. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2005 and 2008, from 225 to 374. It ranked 273rd in 1996, reached 60th in 2024 and ranks 80th now. On average it was given to 196 girls a year in the late 1990s, 264 in the 2000s, 424 in the 2010s and 582 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Similar spellings in the 2025 list†: Edyn (3). Matched by their letters, not by meaning or origin. ONS counts each spelling separately, so these are not added to Eden.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-17%714 to 594
- 5 years+16%514 to 594
- 10 years+38%432 to 594
- 20 years+164%225 to 594
- Since 1996×4136 to 594
- Total, 1996 to 202511,149girls
† 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 80 · ONS · 714 in 2024
Rank 83 · NRS · 70 in 2024
Rank 52 · NISRA · 34 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 | 80 | 594 | -17% | 1 in 479 |
| 2024 | 60 | 714 | +33% | 1 in 406 |
| 2023 | 87 | 536 | -2% | 1 in 537 |
| 2022 | 87 | 547 | -6% | 1 in 539 |
| 2021 | 91 | 585 | +14% | 1 in 521 |
| 2020 | 98 | 514 | +10% | 1 in 583 |
| 2019 | 111 | 468 | +1% | 1 in 665 |
| 2018 | 115 | 465 | -2% | 1 in 687 |
| 2017 | 113 | 476 | -3% | 1 in 695 |
| 2016 | 117 | 493 | +14% | 1 in 688 |
| 2015 | 131 | 432 | +6% | 1 in 786 |
| 2014 | =135 | 407 | +4% | 1 in 832 |
| 2013 * | 136 | 392 | +4% | 1 in 871 |
| 2012 | =150 | 376 | +4% | 1 in 945 |
| 2011 | 150 | 362 | -1% | 1 in 975 |
| 2010 | 147 | 365 | +1% | 1 in 965 |
| 2009 | =150 | 363 | -3% | 1 in 948 |
| 2008 | 144 | 374 | +26% | 1 in 924 |
| 2007 | =180 | 297 | +25% | 1 in 1,130 |
| 2006 | 204 | 238 | +6% | 1 in 1,375 |
| 2005 | =212 | 225 | -1% | 1 in 1,401 |
| 2004 | =203 | 228 | +7% | 1 in 1,366 |
| 2003 | 218 | 214 | -3% | 1 in 1,416 |
| 2002 | 195 | 221 | -8% | 1 in 1,312 |
| 2001 | =174 | 241 | +2% | 1 in 1,203 |
| 2000 | =183 | 237 | -10% | 1 in 1,244 |
| 1999 | =171 | 263 | +23% | 1 in 1,151 |
| 1998 | =201 | 214 | +24% | n/a |
| 1997 | =236 | 172 | +26% | 1 in 1,823 |
| 1996 | =273 | 136 | 1 in 2,323 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. 1 in X is not shown for girls in 1998: one monthly total is missing from the ONS girls’ 1998 file. 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
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