Top 100 baby boy names in England and Wales in 1996
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1995.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1995 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack | 10,779 | — |
| 2 | Daniel | 10,338 | — |
| 3 | Thomas | 9,603 | — |
| 4 | James | 9,385 | — |
| 5 | Joshua | 7,887 | — |
| 6 | Matthew | 7,426 | — |
| 7 | Ryan | 6,496 | — |
| 8 | Joseph | 6,193 | — |
| 9 | Samuel | 6,161 | — |
| 10 | Liam | 5,802 | — |
| 11 | Jordan | 5,750 | — |
| 12 | Luke | 5,664 | — |
| 13 | Connor | 5,009 | — |
| 14 | Alexander | 4,840 | — |
| 15 | Benjamin | 4,805 | — |
| 16 | Adam | 4,538 | — |
| 17 | Harry | 4,434 | — |
| 18 | Jake | 4,331 | — |
| 19 | George | 4,287 | — |
| 20 | Callum | 4,281 | — |
| 21 | William | 4,269 | — |
| 22 | Michael | 4,187 | — |
| 23 | Oliver | 3,655 | — |
| 24 | Lewis | 3,569 | — |
| 25 | Christopher | 3,483 | — |
| 26 | Kieran | 2,882 | — |
| 27 | Nathan | 2,744 | — |
| 28 | Jamie | 2,688 | — |
| 29 | Andrew | 2,676 | — |
| 30 | Robert | 2,644 | — |
| 31 | Bradley | 2,557 | — |
| 32 | David | 2,517 | — |
| 33 | Aaron | 2,511 | — |
| 34 | Ben | 2,332 | — |
| 35 | Jacob | 2,249 | — |
| 36 | Mohammed | 2,112 | — |
| 37 | Kyle | 2,046 | — |
| 38 | Charlie | 1,912 | — |
| 39 | Jonathan | 1,881 | — |
| 40 | Ashley | 1,874 | — |
| 41 | Reece | 1,811 | — |
| 42 | Cameron | 1,791 | — |
| 43 | Alex | 1,762 | — |
| 44 | Charles | 1,738 | — |
| 45 | Edward | 1,658 | — |
| 46 | John | 1,649 | — |
| 47 | Sam | 1,638 | — |
| 48 | Scott | 1,632 | — |
| 49 | Sean | 1,594 | — |
| 50 | Joe | 1,567 | — |
| 51 | Dominic | 1,519 | — |
| 52 | Nicholas | 1,385 | — |
| 53 | Brandon | 1,337 | — |
| 54 | Rhys | 1,259 | — |
| 55 | Mark | 1,222 | — |
| 56 | Max | 1,192 | — |
| 57 | Dylan | 1,186 | — |
| 58 | Henry | 1,135 | — |
| 59 | Peter | 1,128 | — |
| 60 | Stephen | 1,122 | — |
| 61 | Louis | 1,100 | — |
| 62 | Richard | 1,089 | — |
| 63 | Conor | 1,081 | — |
| 64 | Lee | 1,053 | — |
| 65 | Anthony | 1,045 | — |
| 66 | Patrick | 1,039 | — |
| 67 | Tyler | 1,007 | — |
| 68 | Ross | 1,004 | — |
| 69 | Jason | 1,001 | — |
| 70 | Elliot | 919 | — |
| 71 | Billy | 914 | — |
| 72 | Paul | 898 | — |
| 73 | Steven | 877 | — |
| 74 | Shane | 846 | — |
| 75 | Joel | 793 | — |
| 76 | Shaun | 773 | — |
| 77 | Toby | 761 | — |
| 78 | Curtis | 757 | — |
| 79 | Mitchell | 725 | — |
| 80 | Dean | 719 | — |
| 81 | Craig | 705 | — |
| 82 | Timothy | 691 | — |
| 83 | Aidan | 680 | — |
| 83 | Declan | 680 | — |
| 85 | Marcus | 674 | — |
| 86 | Harrison | 663 | — |
| 87 | Simon | 656 | — |
| 88 | Elliott | 645 | — |
| 89 | Jay | 639 | — |
| 90 | Christian | 627 | — |
| 91 | Calum | 614 | — |
| 92 | Ethan | 604 | — |
| 93 | Rory | 601 | — |
| 94 | Josh | 595 | — |
| 95 | Macauley | 577 | — |
| 96 | Zachary | 574 | — |
| 97 | Mohammad | 567 | — |
| 98 | Danny | 565 | — |
| 99 | Kane | 545 | — |
| 100 | Owen | 536 | — |
Data from Office for National Statistics · through 2025.