Top Names of 2006
The most popular names recorded in 2006 were Grace for girls and Jack for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official ONS data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Grace | 5,026 |
| 2 | Olivia | 4,961 |
| 3 | Jessica | 4,908 |
| 4 | Ruby | 4,511 |
| 5 | Emily | 4,474 |
| 6 | Sophie | 4,309 |
| 7 | Chloe | 4,031 |
| 8 | Lucy | 3,506 |
| 9 | Lily | 3,407 |
| 10 | Ellie | 3,339 |
| 11 | Ella | 3,286 |
| 12 | Charlotte | 3,233 |
| 13 | Katie | 3,068 |
| 14 | Mia | 2,975 |
| 15 | Hannah | 2,946 |
| 16 | Amelia | 2,907 |
| 17 | Megan | 2,827 |
| 18 | Holly | 2,329 |
| 19 | Amy | 2,318 |
| 20 | Isabella | 2,306 |
| 21 | Evie | 2,239 |
| 22 | Millie | 2,210 |
| 23 | Abigail | 2,147 |
| 24 | Freya | 2,067 |
| 25 | Molly | 1,995 |
| 26 | Daisy | 1,990 |
| 27 | Emma | 1,989 |
| 28 | Erin | 1,985 |
| 29 | Isabelle | 1,945 |
| 30 | Poppy | 1,794 |
| 31 | Jasmine | 1,750 |
| 32 | Phoebe | 1,634 |
| 33 | Keira | 1,622 |
| 34 | Leah | 1,592 |
| 35 | Caitlin | 1,581 |
| 36 | Rebecca | 1,575 |
| 37 | Georgia | 1,559 |
| 38 | Lauren | 1,512 |
| 39 | Amber | 1,494 |
| 40 | Madison | 1,490 |
| 41 | Elizabeth | 1,476 |
| 42 | Eleanor | 1,388 |
| 43 | Bethany | 1,371 |
| 44 | Scarlett | 1,283 |
| 45 | Isabel | 1,281 |
| 46 | Paige | 1,266 |
| 47 | Alice | 1,180 |
| 48 | Imogen | 1,176 |
| 49 | Sophia | 1,137 |
| 50 | Anna | 1,130 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jack | 7,804 |
| 2 | Thomas | 6,616 |
| 3 | Joshua | 6,519 |
| 4 | Oliver | 5,898 |
| 5 | Harry | 5,639 |
| 6 | James | 5,411 |
| 7 | William | 4,886 |
| 8 | Daniel | 4,844 |
| 9 | Samuel | 4,844 |
| 10 | Charlie | 4,734 |
| 11 | Joseph | 4,279 |
| 12 | Benjamin | 4,188 |
| 13 | Callum | 3,937 |
| 14 | George | 3,787 |
| 15 | Jake | 3,747 |
| 16 | Alfie | 3,702 |
| 17 | Luke | 3,475 |
| 18 | Ethan | 3,400 |
| 19 | Matthew | 3,400 |
| 20 | Mohammed | 3,239 |
| 21 | Lewis | 3,238 |
| 22 | Jacob | 3,193 |
| 23 | Dylan | 3,103 |
| 24 | Alexander | 3,059 |
| 25 | Ryan | 2,761 |
| 26 | Adam | 2,674 |
| 27 | Tyler | 2,353 |
| 28 | Harvey | 2,325 |
| 29 | Max | 2,248 |
| 30 | Cameron | 2,096 |
| 31 | Jamie | 2,068 |
| 32 | Liam | 2,063 |
| 33 | Leo | 2,047 |
| 34 | Owen | 1,965 |
| 35 | Connor | 1,951 |
| 36 | Harrison | 1,926 |
| 37 | Nathan | 1,894 |
| 38 | Ben | 1,845 |
| 39 | Henry | 1,798 |
| 40 | Archie | 1,739 |
| 41 | Michael | 1,666 |
| 42 | Edward | 1,659 |
| 43 | Muhammad | 1,636 |
| 44 | Aaron | 1,620 |
| 45 | Kyle | 1,565 |
| 46 | Oscar | 1,523 |
| 47 | Noah | 1,511 |
| 48 | Lucas | 1,493 |
| 49 | Rhys | 1,451 |
| 50 | Charles | 1,443 |