Top Names of 1996
The most popular names recorded in 1996 were Sophie for girls and Jack for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official ONS data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Sophie | 7,087 |
| 2 | Chloe | 6,824 |
| 3 | Jessica | 6,711 |
| 4 | Emily | 6,415 |
| 5 | Lauren | 6,299 |
| 6 | Hannah | 5,916 |
| 7 | Charlotte | 5,866 |
| 8 | Rebecca | 5,828 |
| 9 | Amy | 5,206 |
| 10 | Megan | 4,948 |
| 11 | Shannon | 4,649 |
| 12 | Katie | 4,337 |
| 13 | Bethany | 4,271 |
| 14 | Emma | 4,232 |
| 15 | Lucy | 3,753 |
| 16 | Georgia | 3,723 |
| 17 | Laura | 3,582 |
| 18 | Sarah | 3,111 |
| 19 | Jade | 2,750 |
| 20 | Danielle | 2,641 |
| 21 | Abigail | 2,595 |
| 22 | Eleanor | 2,555 |
| 23 | Holly | 2,498 |
| 24 | Olivia | 2,456 |
| 25 | Alice | 2,357 |
| 26 | Elizabeth | 2,225 |
| 27 | Rachel | 2,105 |
| 28 | Paige | 2,052 |
| 29 | Molly | 2,026 |
| 30 | Ellie | 1,900 |
| 31 | Zoe | 1,897 |
| 32 | Samantha | 1,854 |
| 33 | Natasha | 1,751 |
| 34 | Chelsea | 1,735 |
| 35 | Leah | 1,705 |
| 36 | Nicole | 1,679 |
| 37 | Victoria | 1,627 |
| 38 | Alexandra | 1,595 |
| 39 | Georgina | 1,593 |
| 40 | Amber | 1,422 |
| 41 | Grace | 1,421 |
| 42 | Natalie | 1,393 |
| 43 | Jodie | 1,354 |
| 44 | Louise | 1,309 |
| 45 | Abbie | 1,297 |
| 46 | Melissa | 1,282 |
| 47 | Anna | 1,274 |
| 48 | Katherine | 1,266 |
| 49 | Stephanie | 1,266 |
| 50 | Gemma | 1,261 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jack | 10,779 |
| 2 | Daniel | 10,338 |
| 3 | Thomas | 9,603 |
| 4 | James | 9,385 |
| 5 | Joshua | 7,887 |
| 6 | Matthew | 7,426 |
| 7 | Ryan | 6,496 |
| 8 | Joseph | 6,193 |
| 9 | Samuel | 6,161 |
| 10 | Liam | 5,802 |
| 11 | Jordan | 5,750 |
| 12 | Luke | 5,664 |
| 13 | Connor | 5,009 |
| 14 | Alexander | 4,840 |
| 15 | Benjamin | 4,805 |
| 16 | Adam | 4,538 |
| 17 | Harry | 4,434 |
| 18 | Jake | 4,331 |
| 19 | George | 4,287 |
| 20 | Callum | 4,281 |
| 21 | William | 4,269 |
| 22 | Michael | 4,187 |
| 23 | Oliver | 3,655 |
| 24 | Lewis | 3,569 |
| 25 | Christopher | 3,483 |
| 26 | Kieran | 2,882 |
| 27 | Nathan | 2,744 |
| 28 | Jamie | 2,688 |
| 29 | Andrew | 2,676 |
| 30 | Robert | 2,644 |
| 31 | Bradley | 2,557 |
| 32 | David | 2,517 |
| 33 | Aaron | 2,511 |
| 34 | Ben | 2,332 |
| 35 | Jacob | 2,249 |
| 36 | Mohammed | 2,112 |
| 37 | Kyle | 2,046 |
| 38 | Charlie | 1,912 |
| 39 | Jonathan | 1,881 |
| 40 | Ashley | 1,874 |
| 41 | Reece | 1,811 |
| 42 | Cameron | 1,791 |
| 43 | Alex | 1,762 |
| 44 | Charles | 1,738 |
| 45 | Edward | 1,658 |
| 46 | John | 1,649 |
| 47 | Sam | 1,638 |
| 48 | Scott | 1,632 |
| 49 | Sean | 1,594 |
| 50 | Joe | 1,567 |