Popular baby names in Oxfordshire (England), 2018

According to Oxfordshire County Council’s Registration Service, the most popular baby names in Oxfordshire, England, in 2018 were Olivia and Oliver.

Here are Oxfordshire’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2018:

Girl Names
1. Olivia
2. Isabella
3. Amelia
4. Florence
5. Lily
6. Evelyn
7. Isla
8. Emilia
9. Sophie
10. Ava

Boy Names
1. Oliver
2. George
3. Oscar
4. Jacob
5. William
6. Jack
7. Benjamin
8. Joshua
9. Charlie
10. Henry

In the girls’ top 10, Evelyn, Emilia, and Sophie replaced Poppy, Emily, and Evie.

In the boys’ top 10, William, Joshua, and Charlie replaced Arthur, Alfie, and Muhammed.

The registrar also made note of the rise in hyphenated first names (for the second year in a row, actually).

In 2017, the top names in the county were Lily and Oliver.

Source: Oxfordshire’s most popular baby names revealed

P.S. Did you know that the Oxfordshire government offers naming ceremonies to residents? Pretty cool.

3 thoughts on “Popular baby names in Oxfordshire (England), 2018

  1. Yay, my home turf :) I don’t think I actually know any babies born here last year…but I can believe that those would be their names!

  2. Any idea where the popularity of Florence is coming from? I don’t recall ever knowing, or even meeting, anyone named Florence.
    Offhand the only famous Florence I can think of is Florence Henderson and I can’t imagine Mrs Brady is currently influencing baby names in Oxfordshire.

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