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Top 100 baby names for boys popular 30 years ago

Jack, Daniel and Thomas were among the most popular names

[Biblical names like Matthew and Joseph were also popular in 1996]

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Biblical names like Matthew and Joseph were also popular in 1996

In 1996, Britain was riding a wave of cultural confidence. Britpop bands like Oasis, Blur and Pulp dominated the charts, Euro 96 brought football fever to the nation, and London was shaping a new era of British fashion and style. And in the middle of all that was Jack.

The year saw Jack being Britains most popular baby name for boys, given to more than 10,000 boys in just 12 months as reported by the Office for National Statistics. The name Jack has medieval English roots, developing as a nickname for John through forms such as the Middle English Jankin and the Dutch Janke. Over time, Jack evolved into a popular given name in its own right.

But Jacks story didnt end in 1996. The name has remained hugely popular across generations and remains a familiar favourite today.

While there is no exact global count of everyone named Jack, estimates suggest that hundreds of thousands of people- 417,000 to 678,000 - named Jack live in the United States alone, with the name remaining widely used across the UK, Ireland, Australia and other English-speaking countries.

Below is a list of 99 other names that were the most popular for boys to be called in 1996, according to the ONS:

• Daniel 10,338
• Thomas 9,603
• James 9,385
• Joshua 7,887
• Matthew 7,426
• Ryan 6,496
• Joseph 6,193
• Samuel 6,161
• Liam 5,802
• Jordan 5,750
• Luke 5,664
• Connor 5,009
• Alexander 4,840
• Benjamin 4,805
• Adam 4,538
• Harry 4,434
• Jake 4,331
• George 4,287
• Callum 4,281
• William 4,269
• Michael 4,187
• Oliver 3,655
• Lewis 3,569
• Christopher 3,483
• Kieran 2,882
• Nathan 2,744
• Jamie 2,688
• Andrew 2,676
• Robert 2,644
• Bradley 2,557
• David 2,517
• Aaron 2,511
• Ben 2,332
• Jacob 2,249
• Mohammed 2,112
• Kyle 2,046
• Charlie 1,912
• Jonathan 1,881
• Ashley 1,874
• Reece 1,811
• Cameron 1,791
• Alex 1,762
• Charles 1,738
• Edward 1,658
• John 1,649
• Sam 1,638
• Scott 1,632
• Sean 1,594
• Joe 1,567
• Dominic 1,519
• Nicholas 1,385
• Brandon 1,337
• Rhys 1,259
• Mark 1,222
• Max 1,192
• Dylan 1,186
• Henry 1,135
• Peter 1,128
• Stephen 1,122
• Louis 1,100
• Richard 1,089
• Conor 1,081
• Lee 1,053
• Anthony 1,045
• Patrick 1,039
• Tyler 1,007
• Ross 1,004
• Jason 1,001
• Elliot 919
• Billy 914
• Paul 898
• Steven 877
• Shane 846
• Joel 793
• Shaun 773
• Toby 761
• Curtis 757
• Mitchell 725
• Dean 719
• Craig 705
• Timothy 691
• Aidan 680
• Declan 680
• Marcus 674
• Harrison 663
• Simon 656
• Elliott 645
• Jay 639
• Christian 627
• Calum 614
• Ethan 604
• Rory 601
• Josh 595
• Macauley 577
• Zachary 574
• Mohammad 567
• Danny 565
• Kane 545
• Owen 536

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