The most popular royal-inspired baby names in the UK

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.

Coronation collection by Wrendale DesignsHannah 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

Little Wren collection by Wrendale DesignsPrince 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

Little Wren collection by Wrendale DesignsIsla, 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?

Wrendale Designs Camilla plush character

We’ve even jumped on the royal naming trend ourselves, naming our very glamorous giraffe plush ‘Camilla’!


Expecting a little one?

Little Wren collection by Wrendale Designs

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.

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