Baby names: Harry and Amelia once AGAIN top the charts as most popular newborn names

The most popular baby names in England and Wales for 2012 have today been revealed - and it seems our 2011 favourites are still very much in favour.

Harry and Amelia have once again been crowned the top names for babies in 2012, after taking pole position the year previous too.

In fact, they were such popular newborn names that new parents across the country had Amelia as their first pick for a baby girl, according to the latest Office for National Statistics data.

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This means parents in the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East, London, South East, South West and Wales all plumped for the name Amelia, with Harry as the leading choice for a baby boy.

Meanwhile, popular baby name trends in other regions included Muhammad as the top name for a bouncing baby boy in London.

Parents in the North East typically plumped for Jack for their sons, while Welsh parents were big fans of the name Jacob.

Among the boys' names, Riley replaced Joshua in the top 10 popularity charts created from the final annual births registrations, which include all live births in England and Wales in 2012.

Riley climbed five places from number 13 to number eight for baby boys.

Among the girls, Mia and Isla replaced Ruby and Grace in the top 10 by climbing six and seven places from numbers 13 and 15 respectively to fill the seventh and eighth slots.

In Wales, Jacob was the most popular name for baby boys, replacing Oliver, while Amelia replaced Lily as the most popular name for baby girls.

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