HEREFORDSHIRE'S most popular baby names have been revealed.

Data from the Office for National Statistics reveals the top choices for names given to babies across England and Wales in 2020.

In Herefordshire,13 newborns were called Ava, putting the name at the top of the list for girls.

And for boys, Oliver was the favourite, with 22 babies in the area given the name last year.

Here are all of the boys names registered in Herefordshire last year, from most popular to least:

  1. Oliver 22
  2. George 18
  3. Jack 13
  4. Oscar 12
  5. Henry 11
  6. Alexander 10
  7. Alfie 10
  8. William 10
  9. Charlie 9
  10. Edward 9
  11. Logan 9
  12. Theo 9
  13. Thomas 9
  14. Arthur 8
  15. Freddie 8
  16. Archie 7
  17. Jacob 7
  18. Leo 7
  19. Reuben 7
  20. Harry 6
  21. Ethan 6
  22. Jasper 6
  23. Jaxon 6
  24. Reggie 6
  25. Theodore 6
  26. Tommy 6
  27. Arlo 5
  28. Albert 5
  29. Elijah 5
  30. Charles 5
  31. Harley 5
  32. Hugo 5
  33. Max 5
  34. Noah 5
  35. Otis 5
  36. Rory 5
  37. Stanley 5
  38. Teddy 5
  39. Albie 4
  40. Harrison 4
  41. David 4
  42. Finley 4
  43. Joshua 4
  44. Riley 4
  45. Sebastian 4
  46. Sonny 4
  47. Frederick 3
  48. Grayson 3
  49. Harvey 3
  50. Hunter 3
  51. James 3
  52. Mason 3
  53. Milo 3
  54. Oakley 3
  55. Toby 3

And these are all of the girls names registered in the county, from most popular to least:

  1. Ava 13
  2. Isla 11
  3. Poppy 11
  4. Olivia 10
  5. Ella 8
  6. Florence 8
  7. Grace 8
  8. Violet 8
  9. Erin 7
  10. Evie 7
  11. Esme 7
  12. Mabel 7
  13. Phoebe 7
  14. Sophia 7
  15. Edith 7
  16. Bonnie 7
  17. Alice 6
  18. Ivy 6
  19. Thea 6
  20. Charlotte 6
  21. Eleanor 6
  22. Imogen 6
  23. Emilia 6
  24. Rosie 5
  25. Amelia 5
  26. Eva 5
  27. Maisie 5
  28. Millie 5
  29. Ruby 5
  30. Sienna 5
  31. Aurora 5
  32. Daisy 5
  33. Aria 4
  34. Elsie 4
  35. Evelyn 4
  36. Gracie 4
  37. Harper 4
  38. Molly 4
  39. Sofia 4
  40. Willow 4
  41. Ada 3
  42. Amber 3
  43. Layla 3
  44. Mila 3
  45. Penelope 3
  46. Ellie 3
  47. Isabella 3
  48. Isabelle 3
  49. Bella 3

Naming trends have changed in Herefordshire compared to 2019, when the top girls' name was Olivia and the favourite for boys was Arthur.

Oliver and Olivia were the favourite names nationally last year, with Oliver, George and Arthur taking the top three places for boys in England and Wales, while Olivia, Amelia and Isla were most picked for girls.

Oliver has held onto the top spot for boys for the past eight years, while Olivia has been at the girls' number one spot nationally for five years in a row.

The ONS figures show Ivy and Rosie entered the top ten girls' names for the first time last year, replacing Grace and Freya.

And a potential royal influence saw Archie approach the top of the charts, becoming the ninth most popular name and shunting Charlie out of the top ten for the first time since 2005.

ONS statisticians found that naming trends differed depending on a mother's age, with older mothers more likely to choose more traditional names and younger, more modern or shortened versions of classic names.

For mothers under 25, the top boys' names were Noah, Archie and Leo, while for those aged 35 and above, they were Oliver, George and Jack.

Younger mothers chose Amelia, Ava and Olivia as their favourite girls' names, but Charlotte replaced Ava in the top three for parents over-35.