Most popular names of 2023 revealed: New girl’s name knocks Lily off the top spot following a surge in popularity linked to Princess Lilibet
- The list, ranked by BabyCentre, has been released for the year 2023
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The most popular baby names of 2023 have been revealed with a new claiming first place on the girls’ list – although it might not be a surprise.
While Muhammad continues to reign for boys, a girls’ name that was previously displaced from the top spot has once again secured the crown, according to leading pregnancy and parenting destination, BabyCentre.
In new data obtained by the Mirror, Olivia has returned to the number one spot for 2023, partly due to the way in which BabyCentre ranks its names.
The parenting platform now considers all spellings of a name as separate entries. While Sophia used to be one of the most popular names in the country, its ranking has dropped significantly since ‘Sophia’ and ‘Sofia’ have been categorised separately.
It means Lily, which took the top spot in the half-year results and has previously been attributed to Princess Lilibet, has had her crown stolen by an old favourite, Olivia.
BabyCentre has unveiled the most popular baby names for 2023 – with Muhammad and Olivia topping the lists
‘Parents spend a lot of time thinking not only about their baby’s name but how it’s spelt. They may be small, but these differences are important to parents so we will now be including all individual baby name spellings in our charts,’ Faye Mingo, spokeswoman for BabyCentre, told the Mirror.
The expert parenting platform previously revealed its half-year data in July – placing Lily at the top of the girls’ list, followed by Sophia and Olivia.
However, since then, Lily has dropped to fourth place, with Amelia and Isla claiming second and third positions.
The top ten girls’ names 2023 are now: Olivia, Amelia, Isla, Lily Ava, Freya, Ivy, Sophia, Grace, and Willow.
Meanwhile, Muhammad has remained at the top spot of the boys’ names list, followed by Noah, Theo, Leo, and Oliver.
Top 100 girls’ names for 2023
Top 100 boys’ names for 2023
The name Arthur has remained at sixth place from the half-year data, while Jack has fallen from seventh to tenth place.
The top ten boys’ names 2023 are now: Muhammad, Noah, Theo, Leo, Oliver, Arthur, George, Luca, Freddie and Jack.
The once trendy baby names ‘Harry’ and ‘Meghan’ have declined in popularity in Britain, according to BabyCentre.
While Harry has crashed down from 13th place to number 31, Meghan and alternate spelling Megan have also dropped in registrations.
Previously, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s first names saw a huge boost in popularity among new parents. But it seems these names may now have negative connotations due to their fall out with the Royal Family.
It comes amid an ongoing race row following the release of Omid Scobie’s book, Endgame, in November.
The author doubled down to defend his work on UK TV and refused to take the blame for the racism scandal over the naming of two royals in the Dutch translation, declaring: ‘I never submitted a book that had those names in it’.
The Sussexes’ favoured royal reporter has squarely blamed the publisher in the Netherlands – and denied it was part of a money-spinning ‘stunt’ to shift more copies globally.
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