2012 Top Baby Names

So it looks like the old names like Arthur, Elsie and Frankie are making a big come-back!

Below are the top 100 baby names for boys and girls, from a list of 430,000 babies born in 2012 and it seems that Amelia has knocked Olivia from the number one position although for the second year running, Harry is the number 1 boy's name.

Generally parents are opting for more traditional names even though there are a few more outlandish names out there. In the Top 100 Girls' Names list Amelia is followed by Olivia, Emily and Jessica. Sophie comes in at number 5, closely followed by Lily, Mia. Ava, Isla and Ruby.

Mollie King from The Saturdays, probably has something to do with the name Mollie moving up the list 30 places to 81. Mya, Darcey and Scarlet also made it into the girl’s top 100. The biggest mover in the girls' names list was Elsie which rose 24 places from 95 to 71 and the biggest loser was Kayla which dropped from 70 to 97.

In the boys baby names list, Jack was second and Charlie, climbed one place into 3rd postition. Frankie had the biggest rise going from number 81 to 58. The name Hugo also rose a huge 61 places in 2012 and it's to be assumed that 'Made in Chelsea' has a lot to do with this!.

Arthur, Tommy and Bobby all climbed the boys' baby names list. And there is a definite growing trend for ‘old man’ names like Alfie, Archie and Freddy. as you can see in the lists below.

2012 HIGHEST CLIMBERS

1. Mollie (+30)
2. Darcey (+30)
3. Elsie (+24)
4. Sonny (+23)
5. Frankie (+23)
6. Arthur (+22)
7. Seth (+19)
8. Evelyn (+18)
9. Bobby (+17
10. Tommy (+17)

2012 BIGGEST FALLERS

1. Kayla (-27)
2. Ashton (-25)
3. Isobel (-25)
4. Lexie (-23)
5. Corey (-19)
6. Jay (-19)
7. Keira (-17)
8. Rebecca (-16)
9. Caitlin (-15)
10. Jackson (-14)

2012 TOP 100 BOYS NAMES

1. Harry
2. Jack
3. Charlie
4. Oliver
5. Alfie
6. Riley
7. Jacob
8. James
9. Thomas
10. Ethan
11. Joshua
12. Max
13. George
14. Noah
15. William
16. Tyler
17. Archie
18. Daniel
19. Logan
20. Leo
21. Oscar
22. Mason
23. Lucas
24. Jake
25. Dylan
26. Joseph
27. Henry
28. Samuel
29. Freddie
30. Harrison
31. Finley
32. Alexander
33. Jayden
34. Isaac
35. Lewis
36. Ryan
37. Adam
38. Theo
39. Benjamin
40. Harley
41. Alex
42. Luke
43. Matthew
44. Edward
45. Callum
46. Liam
47. Toby
48. Tommy
49. Harvey
50. Jamie
51. Connor
52. Bobby
53. Nathan
54. Jenson
55. Ollie
56. Sebastian
57. Michael
58. Frankie
59. Finlay
60. Kai
61. Ben
62. Blake
63. Zachary
64. Aiden
65. Cameron
66. Aaron
67. David
68. Arthur
69. Luca
70. Jude
71. Sam
72. Leon
73. Dexter
74. Owen
75. Kyle
76. Kayden
77. Louis
78. Rhys
79. Evan
80. Taylor
81. Rory
82. Stanley
83. Caleb
84. Zac
85. Elliot
86. Reuben
87. Bailey
88. Kian
89. Jackson
90. Louie
91. Billy
92. Sonny
93. Seth
94. Olly
95. Reece
96. Bradley
97. Hugo
98. Hayden
99. Cody
100. Elijah