Baby names statistics for all the countries within the United Kingdom have now been published for 2015. In the United Kingdom baby names statistics are produced by three separate organisations (see sources below). We have combined the results from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to create a baby names UK top 10 for girls and boys. We have done this by looking at the numbers of baby names across all four countries.

The result below gives a unique top 10 for the United Kingdom. Some notable observations are: the popularity of James in Scotland and Northern Ireland puts it into the boy's top 10 names, and the popularity of Sophie in Scotland puts it into the girl's top 10 names.

Sources:

England and Wales: 
http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/bulletins/babynamesenglandandwales/2015

Scotland:
http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/names/babies-first-names

Northern Ireland:
​http://www.nisra.gov.uk/demography/default.asp28.htm

In 2014, there were 695,233 live births in England and Wales (ONS, 2014), with over 27,000 different boys’ names and over 35,000 different girls’ names registered. 


There were 6 new entries in the top 100 most popular girls’ babies names in 2014:

• Thea at number 79 (up 42 places from 121)
  
  
• Darcie at number 80 (up 23 places from 103)
  
  
• Lottie at number 84 (up 20 places from 104)
  
  
• Harper at number 89 (up 71 places from 160)
  
  
• Nancy at number 90 (up 21 places from 111)
  
  
• Robyn at number 100 (up 19 places from 119)
  
  

These replaced Niamh (103), Paige (104), Skye (109), Tilly (110), Isobel (111), Maddison and Madison (equal 117) which fell out of the top 100. In 2013, Lydia and Sara shared the same ranking at number 100; consequently 6 names entered the top 100 in 2014 with 7 names leaving.

Aisha showed the largest rise within the top 100, gaining 18 places to number 76. Elsie and Heidi (up 15 places to 32 and 84 respectively), Evelyn (up 14 places to 31), and Eliza, Georgia, Ivy and Darcey (up 12 places to 47, 48, 54 and 72 respectively) were also high climbers within the top 100.

Lexi (down 22 places to number 64), Megan (down 16 places to 65), Hannah, Lacey and Julia (down 15 places to 59, 68 and 97 respectively) and Faith (down 14 places to 88) showed the largest falls within the top 100.

There were 3 new entries in the top 100 most popular boys’ babies names in 2014:

• Ellis at number 94 (up 9 places from 103)
  
  
• Joey at number 97 (up 5 places from 102)
  
  
• Jackson at number 100 (up 6 places from 106)
  
  

These replaced Evan (102), Aiden (103) and Cameron (123) which fell out of the top 100.

Kian showed the largest rise within the top 100, gaining 41 places to reach number 54. Teddy (up 20 places to 66), Theodore (up 19 places to 59), Elijah (up 16 places to 53), Albert (up 15 places to 84) and Freddie (up 15 places to 20) were also high climbers within the top 100.

Jamie (down 20 places to number 88), Ryan (down 18 places to 69), Riley (down 14 places to 35), Kai and Connor (down 13 places to 77 and 79 respectively) and Bobby and Finlay (down 12 places to 71 and 99 respectively) showed the largest falls within the top 100.