Oliver and Olivia are the most popular baby names in England and Wales for the second year running, it has been revealed.
Jack held on to second place in the boys’ name category after slipping from the top spot last year following a 14-year reign.
Sophie jumped three places up the rankings, making it the second most popular name for girls, according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics on first names given to babies born in 2010.
Emily went up one place to claim the spot as the third most popular girls’ name, while Lily rose four places to be the fourth.
Amelia also climbed four places to make it into the top five.
Ruby and Chloe both featured in the top five last year but both slid five places in 2010, to be ranked seventh and eighth respectively.
Harry and Alfie held on to third and fourth places respectively in the boys’ rankings and Charlie climbed two places to complete the top five.
George replaced Daniel in the top 10, climbing two places from number 11 to number nine.
There were no new entries in the top 10 girls’ names compared with 2009, although there were regional variations with popularity of names. Despite Ruby’s fall in the national rankings, it was the top name for baby girls in Wales. This could perhaps be influenced by the fact it is the name of Charlotte Church’s three-year-old daughter.
Jack was the most popular name for boys born in the northeast.
Among baby girls Sophie and Lily proved the most popular in the east and southwest respectively.
Olivia was the top name in seven English regions.
Within the 100 most popular boys’ names given to babies born in England and Wales in 2010, there were six new entries: Ollie, Bobby, Caleb, Jenson, Dexter and Kayden.
New entries in the top 100 most popular girls’ names were Annabelle, Eliza, Laila, Aisha, Maryam and Maisy.
There were 723,165 live births in England and Wales in 2010.
There were 8,427 baby boys named Oliver in England and Wales in 2010.
Olivia was chosen for 5,279 baby girls.
The figures show half the names that appear on the lists were as popular in 2010 as they were ten years ago.
Jack, Joshua, Thomas, James and Harry were all in the top ten names for boys in 2000 and 2010.
Olivia, Chloe, Emily, Sophie and Jessica all feature in both lists for girls.
Zachary was the boys’ name that most increased in popularity between 2009 and 2010, rising 16 places to reach 51.
Noah also proved popular, climbing 14 places to 18 and Kai, the name of Wayne and Coleen Rooney’s baby boy, climbed 12 places to number 56.
Aidan was the boys’ name that most declined in popularity, slipping 13 places to 91.
Lacey, which rose 31 places between 2009 and 2010 to 36, was the highest climber within the top 100 names for girls, followed by Florence, which rose 26 places to number 54.
Esme also increased in popul-arity, rising 21 places to 74, and Maisie climbed 20 places to number 14.
Libby was the girls’ name that most declined in popularity, sliding 20 places down to number 98.
The top 10 baby names for boys and girls born in 2010
Boys
1. Oliver
2. Jack
3. Harry
4. Alfie
5. Charlie
6. Thomas
7. William
8. Joshua
9. George
10. James
Girls
1. Olivia
2. Sophie
3. Emily
4. Lily
5. Amelia
6. Jessica
7. Ruby
8. Chloe
9. Grace
10. Evie