Top 100 baby names in England and Wales (2005)

Top 100 baby names England and Wales (2005)
Rank	Baby Boys	Baby Girls
1	Jack	Jessica +2
2	Joshua	Emily -1
3	Thomas	Sophie +1
4	James	Olivia +3
5	Oliver +2	Chloe
6	Daniel -1	Ellie -4
7	Samuel -1	Grace +4
8	William	Lucy -2
9	Harry +2	Charlotte -1
10	Joseph	Katie -1
11	Benjamin -2	Ella +3
12	Charlie +4	Megan -2
13	Luke +2	Hannah -1
14	Matthew -2	Amelia +5
15	Callum +3	Ruby +16
16	Jake +10	Lily
17	Ethan -3	Amy -4
18	George -1	Mia -3
19	Lewis -6	Abigail -2
20	Alexander -1	Millie +2
21	Jacob +2	Molly -1
22	Alfie +5	Emma -4
23	Mohammed -3	Holly
24	Dylan -2	Leah
25	Ryan -4	Isabella +9
26	Adam -2	Lauren -5
27	Harvey +5	Caitlin -2
28	Liam +2	Daisy +4
29	Max +7	Evie +10
30	Connor -2	Isabelle
31	Tyler +4	Freya +2
32	Ben -7	Erin +5
33	Jamie	Rebecca -7
34	Cameron -5	Georgia -7
35	Nathan -4	Phoebe +9
36	Owen -2	Amber +4
37	Leo +20	Madison +6
38	Archie +8	Keira +13
39	Kyle -1	Poppy +6
40	Bradley +2	Bethany -12
41	Harrison +6	Jasmine -5
42	Louis -5	Elizabeth -7
43	Michael -4	Eleanor -14
44	Henry +4	Alice -6
45	Edward -2	Paige -4
46	Aaron -5	Isabel +4
47	Brandon -3	Scarlett +25
48	Toby +2	Libby +4
49	Kieran -9	Aimee -3
50	Charles -1	Niamh -2
51	Noah +23	Isobel +2
52	Alex -7	Anna -3
53	Isaac +6	Abbie -11
54	Oscar +4	Tia +1
55	Reece -4	Maisie +3
56	Muhammad -2	Sarah
57	Finlay +5	Alisha +4
58	Lucas +18	Eve +4
59	Rhys -6	Shannon -5
60	David -4	Courtney -13
61	Bailey +6	Rosie -2
62	Mason +15	Sophia +2
63	Joe -8	Summer +6
64	Sam -12	Imogen +2
65	Kian -2	Madeleine +3
66	Finley +4	Maddison +9
67	Kai -6	Zoe -10
68	Joel +5	Nicole -3
69	Robert -9	Siennanew
70	Mohammad +2	Faith +14
71	Billy	Brooke +3
72	Harleynew	Alicia -12
73	John -9	Francesca +6
74	Riley +16	Lillynew
75	Logan +7	Rachel -12
76	Leon -1	Natasha -9
77	Christopher -9	Harriet
78	Aidan -9	Evanew
79	Morgan -14	Mollie +2
80	Jay -14	Deminew
81	Freddie +15	Lydia -11
82	Elliot +3	Amelienew
83	Luca +11	Alexandra -12
84	Jayden +11	Avanew
85	Taylor -7	Zara +12
86	Andrew -6	Eloise
87	Dominic -3	Gracienew
88	Ellis -7	Matildanew
89	Ewannew	Kiera +3
90	Coreynew	Skyenew
91	Sebastian -2	Hollie -11
92	Sean -9	Laura -14
93	Jonathan -14	Lolanew
94	Patrick -6	Morgan -21
95	Evan +3	Tillynew
96	Scott -9	Sofianew
97	Gabriel +3	Kayleigh -8
98	Zacharynew	Melissa -13
99	Zaknew	Maya -17
100	Haydennew	Naominew

Source: UK Office for National Statistics

Popular baby names in England and Wales: 2009
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002
2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998

Parents in England and Wales are more adventurous when choosing names for their baby girls. There is far more variety in the names given to girls, and girls' names move up and down in popularity more frequently than boys' names. Jack, Joshua and Thomas continue to be the most popular boy's names, following the trend of previous years.

In 2005 Jessica has climbed two places to the number one spot, overtaking Emily, 2004's top name. Other notable climbers are: Keira (jumping 13 places Evie (+10 places), Eva (+32 places), Ava (+65 places) and Leo (+ 20 places).