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Most baby-name sites tell you a name's rank. NameInClass answers the question parents actually ask: "will my child be one of three Olivers in their class?" We take official birth-registration counts — every name given to three or more babies in England & Wales since 1996 — and convert them into real-world expectations: how many children with that name you'd expect in a class of 28, a school of 600, and a workplace of 250.
The core formula is simple and transparent: we divide the number of babies given a name in a year by the total number of births that year, then scale it to the size of the group. Because we hold thirty years of data (1996–2025), we can also show you whether a name is climbing, fading, or holding steady — which matters, because a name chosen from a "top 10" list today is often at the crest of a wave that breaks by the time your child starts school. The full method, including its limitations, is documented on our methodology page.
Every one of the 38,000+ names in our database has its own profile with a 30-year trend chart, birth counts, classroom odds and similar-name suggestions — try Olivia, Muhammad or something rarer like Arianwen.
The ONS published its 2025 baby-name figures on 9 July 2026, and we updated every page on this site the same month. The headlines: Olivia remains the UK's top girls' name (2,386 babies), but Lily has surged into second place ahead of long-time runner-up Amelia. For boys, Muhammad holds #1 for the third consecutive year with 5,957 registrations — more than double any girls' name — while Leo has climbed into the top three for the first time.
The deeper story is fragmentation. In 1996 the top name (Jack) was given to nearly 11,000 boys; in 2025 the top name gets barely half that, even though a similar number of babies were born. Parents are spreading across a far wider pool of names — which is precisely why a "popular" name today still gives your child better-than-even odds of being the only one in their class. Our rising names and falling names pages track the fastest movers, and the 2026 rankings hub has the full top 100 for both sexes.
Across the Atlantic, Olivia and Liam topped the US charts for the seventh straight year — one of several names that now dominate on both sides of the Atlantic. Use the 🇬🇧/🇺🇸 toggle above to compare any name in both countries.
UK figures come from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) annual baby-names release for England & Wales, covering 1996–2025. US rankings come from the Social Security Administration (SSA). Both are official government sources based on actual birth registrations, not surveys or website polls.
It's a statistical expectation, not a guarantee. If a name has a 30% classroom expectation, roughly one class in three will contain a child with that name. Real classrooms vary by region, community and school — a name common in London may be rare in Cornwall — so treat the numbers as well-informed odds rather than certainties.
We refresh the entire database within weeks of each official release. The ONS publishes each year's names the following summer (the 2025 figures arrived in July 2026), and the SSA publishes each May. Every page currently reflects the 2025 releases — the most recent official data that exists.
For privacy, the ONS only publishes names given to three or more babies in a year. If your name doesn't appear, fewer than three babies received it in England & Wales that year — which, for uniqueness, is rather the point. Spelling matters too: Aoife, Eefa and Eva are counted separately.
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