Classic baby names
Names in the top 100 for most of the past century, or most of the past 30 years.
In the UK
127 names in the UK's 2025 records.
Girls
- Olivia #1 in 2025
- Lily #2 in 2025
- Amelia #3 in 2025
- Freya #5 in 2025
- Poppy #7 in 2025
- Isabella #10 in 2025
- Sophia #12 in 2025
- Phoebe #13 in 2025
- Grace #16 in 2025
- Daisy #19 in 2025
- Rosie #20 in 2025
- Charlotte #21 in 2025
- Mia #24 in 2025
- Evie #31 in 2025
- Millie #34 in 2025
- Emily #36 in 2025
- Ruby #38 in 2025
- Maisie #39 in 2025
- Ella #40 in 2025
- Sophie #48 in 2025
- Alice #51 in 2025
- Eva #57 in 2025
- Isabelle #58 in 2025
- Eleanor #59 in 2025
- Harriet #62 in 2025
- Zara #69 in 2025
- Erin #70 in 2025
- Imogen #74 in 2025
- Elizabeth #79 in 2025
- Emma #84 in 2025
- and 25 more
Boys
- Muhammad #1 in 2025
- Noah #2 in 2025
- Leo #4 in 2025
- Oliver #5 in 2025
- Arthur #6 in 2025
- George #7 in 2025
- Oscar #8 in 2025
- Archie #11 in 2025
- Henry #14 in 2025
- Alfie #16 in 2025
- Charlie #18 in 2025
- Jack #19 in 2025
- Harry #20 in 2025
- Finley #22 in 2025
- Mohammed #24 in 2025
- Adam #26 in 2025
- William #27 in 2025
- Thomas #28 in 2025
- Lucas #29 in 2025
- James #33 in 2025
- Alexander #34 in 2025
- Isaac #35 in 2025
- Edward #38 in 2025
- Jacob #39 in 2025
- Max #46 in 2025
- Harrison #48 in 2025
- Sebastian #49 in 2025
- Louis #50 in 2025
- Ethan #51 in 2025
- Joshua #52 in 2025
- and 43 more
In the US
121 names in the US's 2025 records.
Girls
- Olivia #1 in 2025
- Emma #3 in 2025
- Sophia #5 in 2025
- Mia #6 in 2025
- Isabella #7 in 2025
- Evelyn #8 in 2025
- Sofia #9 in 2025
- Ava #11 in 2025
- Elizabeth #17 in 2025
- Lily #18 in 2025
- Chloe #23 in 2025
- Ella #29 in 2025
- Zoe #31 in 2025
- Emily #34 in 2025
- Avery #37 in 2025
- Grace #38 in 2025
- Madison #40 in 2025
- Abigail #41 in 2025
- Riley #48 in 2025
- Victoria #54 in 2025
- Hannah #56 in 2025
- Lillian #57 in 2025
- Leah #58 in 2025
- Maya #62 in 2025
- Alice #65 in 2025
- Claire #68 in 2025
- Madeline #81 in 2025
- Audrey #86 in 2025
- Maria #87 in 2025
- Autumn #88 in 2025
- and 27 more
Boys
- Noah #2 in 2025
- Henry #5 in 2025
- James #6 in 2025
- Elijah #7 in 2025
- William #9 in 2025
- Lucas #10 in 2025
- Benjamin #11 in 2025
- Jack #15 in 2025
- Sebastian #16 in 2025
- Samuel #18 in 2025
- Michael #21 in 2025
- Daniel #22 in 2025
- John #23 in 2025
- Ethan #24 in 2025
- Julian #25 in 2025
- Joseph #29 in 2025
- Alexander #30 in 2025
- Owen #31 in 2025
- Matthew #32 in 2025
- Luke #33 in 2025
- Thomas #34 in 2025
- David #35 in 2025
- Jackson #36 in 2025
- Gabriel #37 in 2025
- Mason #39 in 2025
- Dylan #41 in 2025
- Jacob #43 in 2025
- Anthony #46 in 2025
- Isaac #47 in 2025
- Charles #48 in 2025
- and 44 more
More ideas
Baby names on the rise, Vintage baby names back in fashion, Old-fashioned baby names due a comeback, New baby names, Uncommon baby names on the rise, Unisex baby names, Short baby names, Baby names more popular in Scotland, Baby names more popular in Northern Ireland, Baby names going out of fashion
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Classic baby names”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ideas/timeless, updated 20 October 2026.