Last year, the English county of Oxfordshire welcomed 8,347 babies.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Lily and Jack, according to data released recently by the Oxfordshire County Council’s Registration Service.
Here are Oxfordshire’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2016:
Girl names
- Lily
- Amelia
- Olivia
- Isla
- Emily
- Ava
- Sophia
- Evie
- Isabella
- Sophie
Boy names
- Jack
- Henry
- Harry
- George
- Oliver
- Joshua
- Thomas
- William
- Samuel
- James
In the girls’ top 10, Ava, Sophia, Evie, and Sophie replaced Grace, Matilda, Alice, and Ella.
In the boys’ top 10, Jack, Joshua, Thomas, and Samuel replaced Alexander, Jacob, Noah, Oscar, and Edward. (Four replace five because there was a tie for 10th place the previous year.)
How interesting that Jack — which took the #1 spot from Oliver — wasn’t even in the top 10 in 2015!
Update, Oct. 2017: The top baby names in England and Wales in 2016 were Olivia and Oliver. (Lily came in 7th, and Jack came in 4th.)
Source: “Jack and Lily top the list of Oxfordshire most popular baby names in 2016.” Oxfordshire County Council 6 Feb. 2017.
Image: Adapted from Flag of the United Kingdom (public domain)
Thanks for posting this! I’m so excited to see name news from Oxfordshire (my beloved home county). The top names don’t surprise me, though it’s interesting that Jack has made a leap.
You’re welcome! :)
Too bad they didn’t include the numbers — it would’ve been interesting to see just how much Jack jumped in terms of babies as well as the rankings.