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The most popular baby names for 2022 so far have been revealed -and some of the intriguing new entries may just surprise you.

We're more than halfway through the year, so the baby name pros at Nameberry thought it'd be the perfect time to share with Fabulous the top 100 girls and boys names that UK parents are looking up on their website.

Looking at their most-viewed entries, Nameberry is able to share the names that were most popular in the first half of 2022 – whereas the most recent UK government official list records names used for babies in 2020.

While Eloise and Arlo proved to be the most popular last year, 2022's top chart toppers are Maeve and Soren.

There are three new girl names in the Top 10: Freya, Elodie, and Iris.

They replace Lilibet and Lilibeth — which had a spike in views in 2021 after Harry and Meghan’s birth announcement.

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Another shocker is the name Hazel, which dropped from 9th place this time last year, to 90th now.

Meanwhile, the fastest-rising girl names since this time last year have a hefty helping of British influence.

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Names such as Sienna, Imogen, Mabel, Poppy, and Elsie are all more popular in England than in the US – and the same goes for Ottilie, which is the name of YouTube star Zoe Sugg’s daughter.

Also proving popular are lyrical names such as Anastasia and Clementine, along with light choices like Eva and Mia.

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In addition to Mia, several other fast-rising girl names are long-established favorites including Ella, Scarlett, and Chloe.

Since 2021, there's been big shifts in the ten most viewed names, especially for boys – with over half changing.

The new entries Felix, Royal, Oscar, Hugo and Cassius replace the names Milo, Finn, Jude, Danger, and Leo, which have dropped significantly.

Perhaps one of the biggest shocks of the data is that Leo failed to even make this year’s top 100.

Classical names are popular, both from ancient Rome – such as Aurelius, Lucius, and Roman itself – and Greece, like Evander and Alexander.

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And the experts at Nameberry reveal that while there are some bold, punchy names on the list, like Knox and Wolf, it’s not all about the high impact.

Their findings reveals that soft classics such as Isaac, Simon and Ethan have also seen a resurgence this year.

The UK’s most popular baby names for girls in 2022 so far

• 1. Maeve
• 2. Luna
• 3. Ophelia
• 4. Aurelia
• 5. Eloise
• 6. Isla
• 7. Aurora
• 8. Freya
• 9. Elodie
• 10. Iris
• 11. Ivy
• 12. Alice
• 13. Amelia
• 14. Eleanor
• 15. Charlotte
• 16. Clara
• 17. Daphne
• 18. Violet
• 19. Ottilie
• 20. Genevieve
• 21. Ava
• 22. Nora
• 23. Clementine
• 24. Mabel
• 25. Josephine
• 26. Penelope
• 27. Lucy
• 28. Adelaide
• 29. Cora
• 30. Poppy
• 31. Evangeline
• 32. Astrid
• 33. Imogen
• 34. Beatrice
• 35. Cordelia
• 36. Matilda
• 37. Phoebe
• 38. Lyra
• 39. Stella
• 40. Elsie
• 41. Maisie
• 42. Rose
• 43. Arabella
• 44. Ada
• 45. Mae
• 46. Chloe
• 47. Anastasia
• 48. Thea
• 49. Daisy
• 50. Olivia
• 51. Adeline
• 52. Lola
• 53. Lily
• 54. Seraphina
• 55. Sienna
• 56. Celeste
• 57. Claire
• 58. Athena
• 59. Lilith
• 60. Eliza
• 61. Olive
• 62. Cecilia
• 63. Elena
• 64. Willa
• 65. Scarlett
• 66. Grace
• 67. Sadie
• 68. Audrey
• 69. Saoirse
• 70. Delilah
• 71. Margot
• 72. Ella
• 73. Maya
• 74. Lydia
• 75. Flora
• 76. Eva
• 77. Edith
• 78. Mia
• 79. Esther
• 80. Ellie
• 81. Jane
• 82 Alexandra
• 83. Persephone
• 84. Ayla
• 85. Sophie
• 86. Talia
• 87. Clover
• 88. Kaia
• 89. Juliet
• 90. Hazel
• 91. Julia
• 92. Evie
• 93. Elizabeth
• 94. Emma
• 95. Mira
• 96. Margaret
• 97. Elowen
• 98. Calliope
• 99. Emily
• 100. Isabella

The UK’s most popular baby names for boys in 2022 so far

• 1. Soren
• 2. Theodore
• 3. Atticus
• 4. Felix
• 5. Silas
• 6. Royal
• 7. Arlo
• 8. Oscar
• 9. Hugo
• 10. Cassius
• 11. Caspian
• 12. Sebastian
• 13. Kai
• 14. Otto
• 15. Caleb
• 16. Nathaniel
• 17. Milo
• 18. Tobias
• 19. Ethan
• 20. Cyrus
• 21. Otis
• 22. Enzo
• 23. Magnus
• 24. Elio
• 25. Ronan
• 26. Atlas
• 27. Theo
• 28. Ambrose
• 29. Zachary
• 30. August
• 31. Rowan
• 32. Aurelius
• 33. Lucian
• 34. Ezra
• 35. Louis
• 36. Cassian
• 37. Finn
• 38. Gideon
• 39. Thomas
• 40. Jude
• 41. Evander
• 42. Archie
• 43. Alexander
• 44. Lucas
• 45. Lachlan
• 46. Mateo
• 47. Lucius
• 48. Isaac
• 49. Simon
• 50. Emrys
• 51. Cosmo
• 52. Knox
• 53. Roman
• 54. Jasper
• 55. Nico
• 56. Raphael
• 57. Oliver
• 58. Wolf
• 59. Rory
• 60. Dominic
• 61. Jacob
• 62. Azriel
• 63. Luke
• 64. Zane
• 65. Xavier
• 66. Ezekiel
• 67. Graham
• 68. Vincent
• 69. Lucifer
• 70. Ellis
• 71. Samuel
• 72. Phoenix
• 73. Noah
• 74. Casper
• 75. Asher
• 76. Cillian
• 77. Lysander
• 78. Bodhi
• 79. Owen
• 80. Caius
• 81. Linus
• 82. Dante
• 83. Remy
• 84. Dimitri
• 85. Danger
• 86. Josiah
• 87. James
• 88. Amias
• 89. Apollo
• 90. Malachi
• 91. Reuben
• 92. Miles
• 93. Emmett
• 94. Nathan
• 95. Jayden
• 96. Andrew
• 97. Phineas
• 98. Calvin
• 99. Harrison
• 100. Callum

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