Amelia is the most popular name given to girls born in 26 cities, while Jack and Oliver are joint first for boys born in 12 cities across the country.
The top names overall for the whole of the UK were Oliver for boys and Olivia for girls. While Muhammed and Lily came in second place.
The data was gathered by Character Cottages using a combination of regional research from Bounty and national records from parenting site BabyCentre.
The director of Character Cottages, Andrew Soye, said: “Some of the most popular names appealed across the entire country while we also saw some names which were more localised to specific regions – often names that were traditional Gaelic or Welsh.”
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