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Top 10 most popular baby names

Our 2009 review of almost 150,000 new Child Trust Fund account holder names revealed that the girls’ names are more imaginative, more varied, and less traditional than popular boys’ names in the UK.

But for both girls and boys, Olivia and Jack came out top for the second year running.

For more info, view the full press release.

No. for girls and for boys
1 Olivia Jack
2 Emily Oliver
3 Sophie Thomas
4 Jessica Harry
5 Ruby James
6 Grace Daniel
7 Chloe Joshua
8 Lily William
9 Amelia Samuel
10 Evie Charlie