Names / Trends

Baby name trends 2025

Between 2020 and 2025 the fastest-rising girls’ name in England and Wales (among names given to 300 or more babies in 2025) was Raya, up from 110 to 547 babies, and the fastest-rising boys’ name was Atlas, up from 119 to 355. These figures come from the official ONS lists.

Rising fastest, 2020 to 2025

Babies then and now

Girls

  1. Raya110 to 547×5.0
  2. Ayra136 to 422×3.1
  3. Eliana245 to 736×3.0
  4. Maeva125 to 366×2.9
  5. Daphne142 to 390×2.7
  6. Maeve547 to 1,330×2.4
  7. Ophelia277 to 578×2.1
  8. Dua204 to 411×2.0

Boys

  1. Atlas119 to 355×3.0
  2. Luca1,323 to 3,266×2.5
  3. Enzo285 to 617×2.2
  4. Oakley697 to 1,377×2.0
  5. Otto241 to 444×1.8
  6. Jude1,175 to 2,153×1.8
  7. Rowan774 to 1,398×1.8
  8. Vinnie472 to 851×1.8

Names given to 300 or more babies in 2025. Change is the 2025 count divided by the 2020 count†.

Falling fastest, 2020 to 2025

Babies then and now

Girls

  1. Jessica1,156 to 360-69%
  2. Molly890 to 405-54%
  3. Lucy755 to 346-54%
  4. Sophie1,525 to 724-53%
  5. Amber626 to 302-52%
  6. Ella1,887 to 932-51%
  7. Emily1,896 to 956-50%
  8. Scarlett942 to 496-47%

Boys

  1. Logan1,449 to 609-58%
  2. Joshua1,989 to 938-53%
  3. Jenson760 to 371-51%
  4. Mason1,370 to 675-51%
  5. Jaxon1,208 to 605-50%
  6. Thomas2,646 to 1,344-49%
  7. Hunter1,114 to 595-47%
  8. Harry3,209 to 1,718-46%

Names given to 300 or more babies in 2025. Change is the 2025 count divided by the 2020 count†.

New names since 2021

Babies in 2025

Girls

  1. Aizalfirst in 2021114
  2. Noviefirst in 202179
  3. Barkatfirst in 202372
  4. Ibadatfirst in 202271
  5. Alairafirst in 202348
  6. Taqdeerfirst in 202246
  7. Ezlinfirst in 202235
  8. Anayatfirst in 202133

Boys

  1. Gurnawabfirst in 202253
  2. Akarifirst in 202142
  3. Elhanfirst in 202420
  4. Ezrifirst in 202119
  5. Pranshfirst in 202119
  6. Rababfirst in 202419
  7. Aliyasfirst in 202118
  8. Matviifirst in 202118

First published in 2021 or later: the first year a name reached 3 babies in the ONS list, which is not necessarily the first year it was used.

Names that have disappeared

Babies in the last published year

Girls

  1. Starlalast in 202415
  2. Venuslast in 202414
  3. Nazifalast in 202413
  4. Bethlast in 202412
  5. Ikralast in 202411
  6. Renelast in 202410
  7. Riannalast in 20249
  8. Nusratlast in 20249

Boys

  1. Easonlast in 202415
  2. Findlaylast in 202414
  3. Felipelast in 202412
  4. Rokaslast in 202410
  5. Jayden-Leelast in 202410
  6. Clivelast in 20249
  7. Tanveerlast in 20249
  8. Tyreecelast in 20249

Names last published in the past three years that once reached 15 or more babies in a year. A name that is not published has fewer than 3 babies that year, not necessarily none.

Comebacks

Babies in 2025

Girls

  1. Lylamissing 3 years751
  2. Maevamissing 7 years366
  3. Ettamissing 3 years338
  4. Rivermissing 4 years287
  5. Embermissing 3 years192
  6. Alayamissing 4 years188
  7. Ivy-Rosemissing 3 years185
  8. Averymissing 5 years178

Boys

  1. Bodhimissing 4 years470
  2. Jaxmissing 3 years366
  3. Koamissing 7 years259
  4. Ayanmissing 4 years255
  5. Romemissing 4 years215
  6. Dougiemissing 3 years164
  7. Cassianmissing 3 years158
  8. Augustmissing 5 years145

Names given to 100 or more babies in 2025 that were missing from the list for three or more years in between.

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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Oliver Mackman

Editor, BabyData

Oliver Mackman is the named editor of BabyData and a director of Best Business Loans Ltd (Companies House 16833937), the company that operates the site. He is accountable for its editorial standards, sourcing and corrections, and requires every number to cite the underlying rule and the official UK dataset behind it, with pregnancy tools reviewed against NHS and gov.uk guidance before publication.

Last reviewed: 12 October 2026