Baby names: Sarah out of top 100 for first time as Oliver and Olivia top list again
Oliver and Olivia were the most popular baby names in England and Wales for the second year running, according to the Office for National Statistics.
In 2017, 5,204 baby girls were given the name Olivia, up from 5,017 in 2016, and 6,529 baby boys were named Oliver, down from 6,623 last year.
And Sarah has dropped out of the top 100 for the first time since the records began in 1904.
Despite the top of the lists remaining steady, there are eight new names appearing in the top 100 baby names lists: two for boys, and six for girls.
The data shows the six new female entries were Aurora, Orla, Edith, Bonnie, Lyla and Hallie, replacing Lexi, Zoe, Maddison, Sarah, Felicity and Lydia.
Hunter and Ralph replace Aaron and Jasper in the top 100 names for boys.
There is little regional variation in the top-choice names for girls, with Olivia coming top in every region in England and Wales, and Amelia coming second in every area apart from the South West, where Isla took the second spot.
Nick Stripe, of the Office for National Statistics, said: "Although Oliver and Olivia remained the most popular baby names in 2017, some fascinating changes took place beneath them.
"Leo entered the boys' top 10 for the first time, whilst Hunter rocketed into the top 100, also for the first time, reaching number 78.
"Sarah, the most popular name for baby girls throughout much of the 1970s and 1980s, dropped out of the top 100 for the first time since our records began in 1904. Brand new entries into the top 100 for girls include the names Aurora and Hallie."
There was more variety in the naming of boys, with Muhammad coming top in London, the West Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber, but Oliver was consistently popular, coming first or second in every region across England and Wales.
The top 10 boys’ names are:
Oliver
Harry
George
Noah
Jack
Jacob
Leo
Oscar
Charlie
Muhammad
Leo
The top 10 girls’ names are:
Olivia
Amelia
Isla
Ava
Emily
Isabella
Mia
Poppy
Ella
Lily
Across the UK there was little variation in the popularity of names.
The top 10 boys' names in the north-east of England were:
Harry
Oliver
Jack
Jacob
Charlie
George
Noah
Thomas
James
Alfie
The top 10 girls' names in the north-east of England were:
Olivia
Amelia
Ava
Emily
Isla
Charlotte
Grace
Lily
Isabella
Poppy
The top 10 boys' names in the north-west of England were:
Oliver
Muhammad
Harry
George
Jack
Jacob
Noah
Thomas
Charlie
Alfie
The top 10 girls' names in the north-west of England were:
Olivia
Amelia
Isla
Ava
Emily
Isabella
Charlotte
Grace
Ella
Poppy
The top 10 boys' names in Yorkshire and the Humber were:
Muhammad
Oliver
Harry
George
Noah
Jacob
Jack
Charlie
Mohammed
William
The top 10 girls' names in Yorkshire and the Humber were:
Olivia
Amelia
Ava
Isla
Emily
Poppy
Lily
Daisy
Charlotte
Phoebe
The top 10 boys' names in the East Midlands were:
Oliver
Harry
George
Jack
Noah
Jacob
Oscar
Alfie
Leo
Charlie
The top 10 girls' names in the East Midlands were:
Olivia
Amelia
Isla
Ava
Emily
Poppy
Evie
Ella
Florence
Mia
The top 10 boys' names in the West Midlands were:
Muhammad
Oliver
Harry
George
Jacob
Mohammed
Noah
Charlie
Jack
Oscar
The top 10 girls' names in the West Midlands were:
Olivia
Amelia
Ava
Isla
Emily
Poppy
Sophia
Mia
Isabella
Grace
The top 10 boys' names in eastern England were:
Oliver
Harry
George
Jack
Leo
Henry
Oscar
Charlie
Noah
William
The top 10 girls' names in eastern England were:
Olivia
Amelia
Isla
Emily
Ava
Mia
Isabella
Evie
Poppy
Charlotte
The top 10 boys' names in London were:
Muhammad
Oliver
Alexander
Noah
David
Adam
Leo
Joshua
George
Daniel
The top 10 girls' names in London were:
Olivia
Amelia
Sophia
Sofia
Mia
Emily
Maya
Ava
Isabella
Maria
The top 10 boys' names in south-east England were:
Oliver
George
Harry
Oscar
Jack
Noah
Henry
Jacob
William
Charlie
The top 10 girls' names in south-east England were:
Olivia
Amelia
Isla
Emily
Isabella
Ava
Poppy
Mia
Lily
Florence
The top 10 boys' names in south-west England were:
Oliver
Harry
George
Jack
Oscar
Charlie
William
Noah
Leo
Henry
The top 10 girls' names in south-west England were:
Olivia
Isla
Amelia
Emily
Poppy
Florence
Ava
Lily
Ella
Elsie
The top 10 boys' names in Wales were:
Oliver
Noah
Jacob
George
Theo
Jack
Charlie
Leo
Alfie
Harry
The top 10 girls' names in Wales were:
Olivia
Amelia
Ava
Isla
Ella
Emily
Sophia
Evie
Mia
Poppy