UK Baby Boy Names by Decade

For each year, guess the top 20 most popular names for baby boys in England & Wales.

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2020

Oliver

George

Arthur

Noah

Muhammad

Leo

Oscar

Harry

Archie

Jack

Henry

Charlie

Freddie

Theodore

Thomas

Finley

Theo

Alfie

Jacob

William

1954

David

John

Stephen

Michael

Peter

Robert

Paul

Alan

Christopher

Richard

Anthony

Andrew

Ian

James

William

Philip

Brian

Keith

Graham

Kevin

2014

Oliver

Jack

Harry

Jacob

Charlie

Thomas

George

Oscar

James

William

Noah

Alfie

Joshua

Muhammad

Henry

Leo

Archie

Ethan

Joseph

Freddie

1944

John

David

Michael

Peter

Robert

Anthony

Brian

Alan

William

James

Richard

Kenneth

Roger

Keith

Colin

Christopher

Raymond

Terence

Thomas

Barry

2004

Jack

Joshua

Thomas

James

Daniel

Samuel

Oliver

William

Benjamin

Joseph

Harry

Matthew

Ethan

Lewis

Charlie

Luke

George

Callum

Mohammed

Alexander

1934

John

Peter

William

Brian

David

James

Michael

Ronald

Kenneth

George

Robert

Thomas

Alan

Derek

Raymond

Anthony

Roy

Donald

Dennis

Edward

1994

Thomas

James

Jack

Daniel

Matthew

Ryan

Joshua

Luke

Samuel

Jordan

Adam

Michael

Alexander

Christopher

Benjamin

Joseph

Liam

Jake

William

Andrew

1924

John

William

George

James

Thomas

Ronald

Kenneth

Robert

Arthur

Frederick

Peter

Edward

Albert

Charles

Leslie

Joseph

Stanley

Eric

Frank

Dennis

1984

Christopher

James

David

Daniel

Michael

Matthew

Andrew

Richard

Paul

Mark

Thomas

Adam

Robert

John

Lee

Benjamin

Steven

Jonathan

Craig

Stephen

1914

John

William

George

Thomas

James

Arthur

Frederick

Albert

Charles

Robert

Edward

Joseph

Ernest

Alfred

Frank

Henry

Leslie

Harold

Harry

Leonard

1974

Paul

Mark

David

Andrew

Richard

Christopher

James

Simon

Michael

Matthew

Stephen

Lee

John

Robert

Darren

Daniel

Steven

Jason

Nicholas

Jonathan

1904

William

John

George

Thomas

Arthur

James

Charles

Frederick

Albert

Ernest

Alfred

Edward

Joseph

Harold

Robert

Frank

Henry

Harry

Walter

Reginald

1964

David

Paul

Andrew

Mark

John

Michael

Stephen

Ian

Robert

Richard

Christopher

Peter

Simon

Anthony

Kevin

Gary

Steven

Martin

James

Philip

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Level 68

Nov 27, 2016

How did I not get Reginald. My father's name is Reginald, and both my grandfathers were named Reginald. Lucky I was a girl...

+26

Level 75

Nov 28, 2016

Is your name Regina? :)

+12

Level 33

Nov 27, 2016

Shouldn't "Mike" be acceptable for "Michael"?

Level 80

Nov 28, 2016

Yeesh. I tried all of the friends' names I could think of, but forgot to try my own middle name.

Level 68

Nov 29, 2016

Thanks for all your comments. Personally I think Reginald needs to make a come back!

The girls version is here: http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/162268/uk-baby-girl-names-by-year

Level 75

Jan 26, 2017

I was familiar with everything on here except Callum. Never heard that one before.

Level 83

Oct 24, 2017

Maybe it's just a common name in the UK, but I know quite a few Callums.

Level 39

Aug 9, 2017

Love my sons name Reginald is here but not lately,,,, though we keep being told there is alot of Reggies born recently

Level 68

Aug 11, 2017

Great choice! My cat is called Reggie ;)

Reggie is definitely making a comeback, see in my other quiz: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/162268/top-200-baby-boy-names-in-the-uk-for-2014

Level 29

Jan 3, 2023

I'm really late, but my favourite book character's name is Reggie (well Regulus but it's close enough) :)

Level 59

Jan 9, 2018

Please accept bill for william

Level 67

Jan 10, 2018

Started out with naming Kings, then eventually I just started naming Harry Potter characters and that actually got me pretty far.

Level 63

Feb 6, 2018

I'm going through names from Harry Potter in my head as well!

Level 79

Apr 18, 2020

Never read Harry Potter before. I believe I've seen one of the films though (but was many years ago and forgotten everything).

Level 67

Apr 18, 2020

It would get me harry and ron (but already had those) and well hagrid if he would be on the list haha but clearly he is not. So not a helpfull strategy for me. I couldn't find one actually, tried to think of actors, but couldn't think of more than 2 haha (always happens to me on name quizzes) tried to think of presidents but no luck there either.

Level 65

Oct 9, 2020

But there are so many useless names in Harry Potter (but out of desperation I tried them anyway...)

Albus, severus, aberforth, filius, quirinus, gilderoy, neville, seamus, rubeus, remus, sirius, dean, augustus, vincent, gregory, blaise, euan, jack, ....

(I'm belgian - french speaking - living in Germany, so I'm not the most used to english names :p In the end I went into the names of wrestlers I know to try to get any further. :D )

Level 73

Jun 8, 2018

No Gordon or Douglas? Really?

Level 67

Jan 17, 2022

I think Douglas is more commonly a surname, especially up north in Scotland. Not sure about Gordon, depends on what it means as a word and how old that idea is.

Level 69

Aug 26, 2018

I missed my own name (Callum)

Level 88

Nov 29, 2018

Alfie, Archie and Leo getting popular. Whats next... Fido?

Level 67

Apr 18, 2020

Are you suggesting the former 3 are dog names?

Level 73

Jan 13, 2022

I only know dogs and not people with those 3 names

Level 48

Apr 7, 2019

Why no Nigel?

Level 58

Apr 27, 2019

We were too busy making plans for Nigel.

Level 66

Feb 5, 2020

That made me chuckle!

Level 79

Apr 18, 2020

Funny I always tend to get more of the 'older' names on such quizzes than the more 'recent' names.

Level 83

Nov 29, 2021

It's likely you interact with more adults of various ages than small children

Level 32

Nov 20, 2020

when i type john it does all the jacks

Level 60

Jan 14, 2022

That's because Jack is usually a nickname for John.

Level 67

Sep 4, 2021

Why are Mohammed and Muhammed counted as separate names? They are two different English translations of the same Arabic name.

Level 75

Dec 8, 2021

When I took the quiz, both were counted as the same name, just like Jack and John. What I found noteworthy was that in 1994, Mohammed wasn't even on the list, in 2004 it was 19th, in 2014 it was 14th and in 2020 it was the 5th most common name for newborn boys.

Level 84

Nov 30, 2021

Surprised Moby and Monstro didn't make the list. Those were the first 2 I thought of.

Level 73

Jan 13, 2022

Wow 2014s and 2020s names are starting to sound more and more like names people call their pets

Level 60

Jan 13, 2022

Why is Frank accepted but not Francis? It's the diminutive. Increasingly people are using names without knowing their origins. Liam is Irish William etc..

Level 68

Jan 13, 2022

If you are going to accept Jack and John together, then you should do the same with Henry and Harry.

Level 67

Jan 17, 2022

Harry is usually short for Harold. Though has often been used by Henry's. Though Hank is more commonly a nickname or shortened version of Henry.

Level 68

Jun 1, 2022

In the USA, perhaps, but this quiz is about the UK where the traditional nickname for Henry is Harry. It can also be short for Harold, but that name is far less common than Henry.

Level 81

Jan 13, 2022

Mohammed is the most commonly used name on earth, read a _____ book for once.

Level 70

Mar 31, 2022

I love how names from the early decades have reappeared. Same with girls' names - the names of my great-aunts are fashionable again (apart from Edna!)

Level 66

Jul 15, 2022

Could you accept Mo for Mohammad? Similar shortenings seem to work.

Also did Henry work for Harry? Can't remember, but it should do.

Level 54

Jan 29, 2023

Can't believe Trevor wasn't in there. Seems like every other chap from the UK that I run across is named Trevor.

Level 83

Apr 21, 2023

I've lived here 26 years and I don't think I've ever met a Trevor

Level 41

Mar 26, 2023

so sad that mohammed is there

Level 68

Mar 27, 2023

Why?

Level 66

Apr 8, 2024

The genocide of some of the most advanced cultures on Earth.

Generally, people who enjoy seeing the progress of humanity culminating from the combined efforts of generations of hard work & sacrifice, don't enjoy seeing those same cultures destroyed by an organized effort.

Level 83

Apr 15, 2024

Holy hell stop drinking the far-right conspiracy theory juice

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