This is the most popular baby name where you live
Spoilers: It's probably Oliver
Spoilers: It's probably Oliver
While some baby names are at serious risk of extinction, it seems that others are more popular than ever. And while a lot of celebrities around us opt for names that are a lot more original (Bear Payne, we're looking at you), it seems the vast majority of us like fairly common names for our bouncing bundles of joy.
Parenting website Bounty and Character Cottages have researched the most popular names in the UK by city, based on over 350,000 babies all over the country, and it probably won't surprise you to see that the most popular baby names of 2016 feature quite heavily.
The most popular names in the country as a whole, though are conveniently Oliver for a boy and Olivia for a girl. If your name is on this list you'll probably get pregnant in 2017, so why not browse the below for inspiration?
Most popular baby names by city
Aberdeen – Jack and Sophie
Armagh – Jack and Emily
Bangor – Osian and Amelia
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Bath – Jack and Amelia
Belfast – Jacob and Amelia
Birmingham – Alfie and Amelia
Bradford – Oliver and Amelia
Brighton – Oscar and Evie
Cambridge – Oliver and Sophie
Canterbury – Oliver and Poppy
Cardiff – Jacob and Olivia
Carlisle – Max and Emily
Chelmsford – George and Amelia
Chester – Harry and Chloe
Chichester – Oliver and Mia
Coventry – Noah and Amelia
Derby – Charlie and Olivia
Derry – James and Emily
Dundee – Sebastian and Poppy
Durham – James and Jessica
Edinburgh – Jack and Olivia
Ely – Jack and Emily
Exeter – Jack and Amelia
Gloucester – Alfie and Amelia
Hereford – Jake and Poppy
Hull – Oliver and Emily
Inverness – Oliver and Olivia
Lancaster – Aiden and Emily
Leeds – Jack and Amelia
Leicester – Charlie and Isla
Lichfield – Harry and Olivia
Lincoln – Charlie and Amelia
Lisburn – Harry and Emily
Liverpool – Joseph and Isabella
London – Muhammed and Amelia
Manchester – Harry and Amelia
Newcastle – Charlie and Emily
Newport – Jacob and Amelia
Newry Ryan and Grace
Norwich – Jack and Amelia
Nottingham – Oliver and Olivia
Oxford – Jack and Emily
Perth – Tom and Eilidh
Peterborough – Jack and Amelia
Plymouth – Oliver and Lily
Portsmouth – George and Amelia
Preston – Oliver and Amelia
Ripon – Oliver and Amelia
Salford – Aaron and Isabelle
Salisbury – Oliver and Chloe
Sheffield – Jacob and Amelia
Southampton – Harry and Amelia
St Albans – James and Olivia
St Asaph – Osian and Evie
St David's – Jacob and Emily
Stirling – Noah and Ellie
Stoke-on-Trent – Jacob and Olivia
Sunderland – Charlie and Amelia
Swansea – Charlie and Amelia
Truro – Harry and Amelia
Wakefield – Thomas and Amelia
Wells – Oliver and Daisy
Winchester – Harry and Phoebe
Wolverhampton – Jack and Lily
Worcester – Jack and Amelia
York – George and Jessica
Lucy is a freelance beauty editor and contributor at Marie Claire, and has written for titles including Glamour, Refinery29, Popsugar, woman&home and more. She was previously Marie Claire’s junior beauty editor. During her career, she’s covered everything from backstage beauty at fashion week to interviews with famous faces like Drag Race royalty and Little Mix. As for her beauty ethos, she’s a big advocate for not having to spend a fortune on beauty products to get good results, and when she’s not got beauty on the brain you’ll find her reading or hanging out with dogs.
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