The team at Wrendale, like many millions of people across the world, are counting down to the coronation of King Charles and The Queen Consort, Camilla, on May 6, 2023.
The succession to the throne has changed in recent years following a Royal baby boom, including Prince Louis, Princess Lilibet “Lili” and Princess Eugenie’s first child, August Philip Hawke Brooksbank.
With the UK gripped by Royal fever (us included!), it only makes sense that so many are inspired by the monarchy when naming their little ones.
Hannah has painted this beautiful design of King Charles especially for the Coronation.
We always like to keep an eye on trends for newborns as they help to influence our own Little Wren range. It’s clear that the Royal Family continues to capture the hearts and imaginations of the British public, and this is evident in the rising popularity of baby names inspired by them.
With all this in mind, we wanted to know what the most popular Royal-inspired baby names are, so we took a look at ONS data in the UK - are any of your little ones in there?
George comes first for boys
Prince George comes first, with over 4,100 babies sharing the same first name as the second in line to the throne. Overall, George is also the third-most common boys name in the UK.
Father and son duo (Prince) Harry and (Prince) Archie come in second and third place, with over 6,000 newborns named after them in total.
Henry, Prince Harry’s birth name, was also popular - with 2,912 boys registered, followed by William, Lucas and Edward.
|
Boys name |
Number of newborns in 2021 |
Popularity overall in the UK |
|
George |
4,141 |
3 |
|
Harry |
3,089 |
7 |
|
Archie |
2,928 |
9 |
|
Henry |
2,912 |
10 |
|
William |
2,093 |
21 |
|
Lucas |
1,965 |
22 |
|
Edward |
1,806 |
29 |
|
James |
1,772 |
30 |
|
Louis |
1,240 |
50 |
|
David |
961 |
62 |
|
Michael |
749 |
77 |
|
Charles |
639 |
91 |
|
Peter |
215 |
233 |
|
Mark |
207 |
241 |
|
Andrew |
162 |
29 |
|
Timothy |
113 |
385 |
|
August |
89 |
461 |
|
Archibald |
86 |
471 |
|
Mike |
7 |
2,730 |
|
Archibold |
3 |
4,789 |
Isla leads the way for girls
Isla, daughter of Peter Phillips (Princess Anne’s son) and Autumn Kelly is the most popular royal name for girls.
Lily was second, following the birth of Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana. Mia Tindall, the late Queen’s Great-Granddaughter came in third and in fourth place is Sienna, the first daughter of Princess Beatrice, born in 2021.
Charlotte, the second child of the Prince and Princess of Wales, came in fifth place.
|
Girls name |
Number of newborns in 2021 |
Popularity overall in the UK |
|
Isla |
2,683 |
3 |
|
Lily |
2,182 |
7 |
|
Mia |
2,168 |
9 |
|
Sienna |
1,869 |
16 |
|
Charlotte |
1,654 |
25 |
|
Zara |
773 |
69 |
|
Beatrice |
515 |
99 |
|
Sarah |
403 |
125 |
|
Savannah |
255 |
155 |
|
Lena |
229 |
218 |
|
Diana |
179 |
264 |
|
Catherine |
95 |
457 |
|
Camilla |
88 |
478 |
|
Lili |
57 |
674 |
|
Louise |
53 |
709 |
|
Kate |
51 |
734 |
|
Meghan |
25 |
1,286 |
|
Anne |
20 |
1,505 |
|
Margarita |
13 |
2,073 |
|
August |
11 |
2,341 |
|
Lilibet |
8 |
2,942 |
|
Eugenie |
4 |
4,634 |
Have you seen our very own Camilla?
We’ve even jumped on the royal naming trend ourselves, naming our very glamorous giraffe plush ‘Camilla’!
Expecting a little one?
If you or your friends have a little one on the way, you can click here to shop our Little Wren collection, or here to shop all things coronation.