The three-baby club, 2025
Names given to exactly 3 babies258 girls’ names starting with A were given to exactly 3 babies in 2025.
- Aabidah
- Aadhiya
- Aairah-Noor
- Aaiza
- Aala
- Aalayah
- Aamirah
- Aamna
- Aanaya
- Aania
- Aara
- Aaramya
- Aaravi
- Aarushi
- Aaruthra
- Aaryahi
- Aashna
- Aathavi
- Aavika
- Aayana
- Aayrah
- Aba
- Abella
- Abhira
- Abisha
- Acelya
- Acer
- Adalee
- Adalind
- Adalynne
- Adaobi
- Adaya
- Adedunmola
- Adeela
- Adelaine
- Adeoluwa
- Aderomola
- Adesire
- Adesua
- Adhvika
- Adiya
- Adleigh
- Adrienne
- Adrija
- Adunni
- Aena
- Aezal
- Afifah
- Afsheen
- Agapi
- Aggeliki
- Ahlani
- Aidah
- Aikaterini
- Ailani
- Aili
- Ainara
- Ainoor
- Airaa
- Airis
- Aiyah
- Aiyanna
- Aiyza
- Aiyzal
- Aja
- Akuabata
- Al
- Alabama
- Alae
- Alaia-Marie
- Alaika
- Alana-May
- Alana-Rae
- Alana-Rose
- Alania
- Alathea
- Alaya-Rae
- Alaysha
- Alba-Rose
- Aleenah
- Aleyka
- Alfiya
- Aliki
- Alithea
- Aliz
- Allayah
- Alma-Maria
- Almila
- Alora-Grace
- Alora-May
- Alveera
- Alyna
- Alyssa-Rose
- Amaana
- Amadea
- Amaliya
- Aman
- Amar
- Amara-Louise
- Amara-May
- Amatul
- Ambika
- Ambla
- Ameila
- Ameira
- Amenze
- Amez
- Ami
- Amika
- Amilie
- Amiyah-Grace
- Amiyah-Mae
- Ammaarah
- Amnah
- Amor
- Amora-Mae
- Amrita
- Amyla
- Ana-Maria
- Anaad
- Anaahat
- Anaayah
- Anaelle
- Anaisa
- Analia
- Anastasiya
- Anavia
- Anayla
- Andi
- Andriana
- Anelise
- Anelisse
- Anella
- Aneta
- Aneya
- Angelika
- Angelique
- Angharad
- Anike
- Anishka
- Aniyah-Rae
- Aniyla
- Anna-Marie
- Annabeth
- Anne-Marie
- Annelie
- Annie-Marie
- Annie-Rae
- Anorah
- Anoud
- Anum
- Aoibhin
- Aphelia
- Aphia
- Aphrodite
- Aquila
- Arabella-Bleu
- Araceli
- Aramide
- Arayah-Leigh
- Araylia
- Arcadia
- Ardaas
- Aria-Jade
- Aria-Louise
- Aria-Marie
- Ariana-Maria
- Ariella-Mae
- Ariella-May
- Ariella-Rae
- Arietta
- Arija
- Arike
- Arilena
- Arireoluwa
- Aris
- Ariyah-Mae
- Arja
- Arlene
- Arlya
- Aroa
- Aroura
- Arsh
- Arshi
- Arshia
- Arshin
- Arushi
- Aruvi
- Arya-Rose
- Aryah
- Aryanna
- Aryia
- Aryna
- Arz
- Arzoie
- Arzoo
- Asa
- Asfiya
- Ashna
- Ashnoor
- Asinat
- Asna
- Assia
- Assiya
- Asta
- Atalanta
- Atara
- Atinuke
- Atiya
- Attiyah
- Aubri
- Auden
- Aurellia
- Aurie
- Aurora-Leigh
- Aurora-Louise
- Austeja
- Ava-Louise
- Ava-Maria
- Ava-Noor
- Avalie
- Avelina
- Averly
- Avery-Rose
- Avi
- Avital
- Avyuktha
- Awen
- Awena
- Ayannah
- Ayantika
- Ayda-Grace
- Ayira
- Ayla-Dua
- Ayla-Grace
- Aylah-Rae
- Aynaz
- Ayomitide
- Ayoola
- Ayumi
- Ayyat
- Azaleah
- Azalia
- Azaliah
- Azaliya
- Azaliyah
- Azara
- Azayah
- Azayliah
- Azbah
- Azeez
- Azeeza
- Azelya
- Azhaar
- Azina
- Azmin
- Azrin
- Azza
Source: ONS, Baby names for girls in England and Wales; ONS, Baby names for boys in England and Wales.
Always rare
Exactly 3 babies in the most years, 1996 to 2025Girls
Names that sat at the publication floor, exactly 3 babies, in more years than any other. In the other years they had fewer than 3 (possibly none) or a few more†. Another 12 girls’ names and 19 boys’ names sat at exactly 3 in 11 years.
Source: ONS, Baby names for girls in England and Wales; ONS, Baby names for boys in England and Wales.
From rare to popular
First appeared with just 3 babies, now in the hundredsGirls
Names whose first year in the published list was at exactly 3 babies, and how many had them in 2025. Before that year each was given to fewer than 3 babies a year, possibly none, which ONS does not publish. Names already in the list in 1996, the first year of the data, are left out because we cannot see when they started.
Source: ONS, Baby names for girls in England and Wales; ONS, Baby names for boys in England and Wales.
Names too rare to list
Share of babies whose name is not in the published listIn 1996, up to 6.3% of girls and 4.5% of boys had a name given to fewer than 3 babies. By 2025 it was up to 11.0% of girls and 9.0% of boys†, or up to 58,457 babies in a single year. “Up to”, because ONS’s birth totals also include babies whose name was not stated, and they are counted here too.
Source: ONS, Baby names for girls in England and Wales; ONS, Baby names for boys in England and Wales; ONS, Baby names quality and methodology.
Year by year Show the tableHide the table
| Year | Girls’ names at 3 | Boys’ names at 3 | Girls not listed† | Boys not listed† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,692 | 1,448 | 11.0% | 9.0% |
| 2024 | 1,757 | 1,532 | 11.0% | 8.9% |
| 2023 | 1,727 | 1,410 | 10.9% | 8.7% |
| 2022 | 1,648 | 1,440 | 10.6% | 8.4% |
| 2021 | 1,750 | 1,414 | 10.1% | 7.8% |
| 2020 | 1,664 | 1,371 | 10.4% | 8.1% |
| 2019 | 1,624 | 1,390 | 10.0% | 7.7% |
| 2018 | 1,691 | 1,369 | 9.8% | 7.4% |
| 2017 | 1,751 | 1,353 | 9.7% | 7.2% |
| 2016 | 1,730 | 1,438 | 9.5% | 6.8% |
| 2015 | 1,740 | 1,333 | 9.4% | 6.9% |
| 2014 | 1,747 | 1,404 | 9.4% | 6.9% |
| 2013 | 1,797 | 1,370 | 9.7% | 6.9% |
| 2012 | 1,854 | 1,390 | 9.4% | 6.9% |
| 2011 | 1,791 | 1,437 | 9.0% | 6.8% |
| 2010 | 1,682 | 1,356 | 8.8% | 6.6% |
| 2009 | 1,676 | 1,370 | 8.9% | 6.6% |
| 2008 | 1,706 | 1,366 | 8.7% | 6.5% |
| 2007 | 1,670 | 1,299 | 8.8% | 6.5% |
| 2006 | 1,509 | 1,185 | 8.5% | 6.4% |
| 2005 | 1,422 | 1,155 | 8.6% | 6.4% |
| 2004 | 1,447 | 1,110 | 8.2% | 6.0% |
| 2003 | 1,370 | 1,062 | 8.0% | 5.9% |
| 2002 | 1,284 | 955 | 7.8% | 5.8% |
| 2001 | 1,239 | 916 | 7.6% | 5.5% |
| 2000 | 1,243 | 896 | 7.3% | 5.3% |
| 1999 | 1,158 | 887 | 6.9% | 5.0% |
| 1998 | 1,156 | 898 | n/a | 4.7% |
| 1997 | 1,145 | 906 | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| 1996 | 1,163 | 852 | 6.3% | 4.5% |
“Not listed” is all live births of that sex (ONS) minus the babies counted in the published names list. It is an upper limit: ONS’s totals include births where no name was stated. The girls’ figure for 1998 is not shown because one monthly total is missing from the ONS file.
Names given to boys and girls
2,149 names were in both lists in the same year at least onceMost evenly shared, 2025
In 2025, 735 names were given to at least 3 girls and at least 3 boys. “Most evenly shared”: names given to 100 or more babies in 2025, closest to half and half. “Biggest shifts”: the share of babies with the name who were girls in 1996 to 2000, against 2021 to 2025, for names published for both sexes in all ten of those years and given to 100 or more babies in the later five†. These are counts of babies, not a judgement about whose name it is.
Source: ONS, Baby names for girls in England and Wales; ONS, Baby names for boys in England and Wales.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, and live births by sex. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ONS does not release names given to fewer than 3 babies in England and Wales as a whole, so “not published” means fewer than 3 babies, possibly none. We never show it as a count of zero. Exact spellings are counted separately. Scotland and Northern Ireland publish their own lists with their own rules and are not included here. † Baby Data calculation. How we calculate