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Muhammad is favourite UK boys' name for first time
The Guardian
|December 06, 2024
Muhammad has become the UK's most popular baby name for boys for the first time, new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed.
The name has been among the top 10 names for baby boys since 2016, but has overtaken the previous favourite, Noah, in the 2023 rankings, with Oliver third.
For baby girls, Olivia remained the most popular name for the eighth year in a row, with Amelia and Isla second and third.
Each year, the ONS analyses the latest baby name data, revealing the most popular and unpopular names in the UK. The rankings were created using the exact spellings of names given at birth registration, meaning similar names with different spellings were counted separately.
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