The top baby names for the last year in Wales have been revealed.
Oliver remained the most popular name for boys in England and Wales for the sixth year in a row, while Olivia topped the girls' list for the third year in succession in England and Wales, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The same names topped the list in Wales in 2018.
Arthur was the only new entry into the top 10 names for boys in 2018, replacing Jacob, while Sophia and Grace replaced Poppy and Lily in the top 10 names for girls, the ONS said.
The list also revealed the favourites in local authority areas.
In Ceredigion, the top boy names were Oliver and Osian, while Harry was top in Torfaen and Noah topped the list in Merthyr Tydfil.
For girls, the top name in Pembrokeshire was Florence, while it was Amelia in Caerphilly and Isla in Newport.
Peaky Blinders seems to have had an influence on parents across the UK with Ada making a return to the top 100 for the first time since 1924, and the fact Arthur appears in the top 10.
Nick Stripe, from the Office for National Statistics, said: “Oliver and Olivia remained the most popular baby names in 2018, although there are the first signs that Oliver’s six-year reign as the number one name for boys is under threat.
“Arthur surged into the top 10 boys’ names for the first time since the 1920s, and Ada jumped into the girls’ top 100 for the first time in a century too, both perhaps inspired by characters in the BBC TV drama Peaky Blinders.
“On the flipside, the growth in the use of technology assistants in our homes may help to explain why the number of baby girls named Alexa has more than halved compared with 2017. Communicating with young children can be hard enough at the best of times.”
Mothers aged 35 years and over tended to prefer more “traditional” names, such as Alexander, Joshua, William, Thomas, Charlotte, Jessica and Sophie.
Those aged under 25 years were more likely to choose more “non-traditional”, shortened or hyphenated names, such as Hunter, Logan, Harper and Nevaeh.
Shortened names for boys such as Archie, Alfie and Freddie were all in the top 10 for mothers aged under 25 years but were less popular among mothers aged over 35 years. Whereas the full spellings, such as Alfred and Frederick were more popular with older mothers.
Baby names are getting more diverse, as parents become less likely to go for a popular choice.
In 1996, two-thirds (66.7%) of babies had a name within the top 100, while in 2018 this was true for less than half of babies (45.2%).
Grayson, Jasper, Rowan, Tobias, Sonny and Dominic entered the top 100 names for boys in 2018; Grayson, Rowan and Tobias have previously never featured in the top 100.
Ada, Delilah, Ayla, Zoe, Margot and Felicity entered the top 100 names for girls in 2018; Delilah, Ayla and Margot made their first ever appearances.
