Rank and count of the top names for baby girls, changes in rank since the previous year and breakdown by country, region, mother's age and month of birth.

Rank and count of the top names for baby boys, changes in rank since the previous year and breakdown by country, region, mother's age and month of birth.

Historic lists of top 100 names for baby boys and girls for 1904 to 2024 at 10-yearly intervals.

Ranks and counts of baby names for boys and girls in England and Wales, 1996 to 2024.

The data (name, year of birth, sex, and number) are from a 100 percent sample of Social Security card applications for 1880 on.

Context

In order to test how gender is linguistically encoded and represented, I have designed a series of studies that involve gender biased and equibiased names. This dataset is designed to help me calculate which names would be most appropriate for stimuli created to display to both US and UK audiences.

Content

These data contain name frequencies and ranks by year (1996-2013, UK) or decade (2000, US) by binary gender (male or female). I have tried to design these data to provide the most useful metrics for determining the most popular names by gender bias (masculine, feminine) and equibias (unisex).

Acknowledgements

• Office for National Statistics (2016a). Baby Names Statistics Boys. Live births (datasets). Retrieved 19 Feb 2017 from: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/datasets/babynamesenglandandwalesbabynamesstatisticsboys
• Office for National Statistics (2016b). Baby Names Statistics Girls. Live births (datasets). Retrieved 19 Feb 2017 from: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/datasets/babynamesenglandandwalesbabynamesstatisticsgirls
• U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Population Analysis & Evaluation Staff (2000). via Butler, R. (2016). First name search. Retrieved 13 March 2017 from: http://names.mongabay.com/baby-names/application/

Inspiration

I'm looking to identify popular gender-biased and popular gender neutral (equi-biased) names.

This is a public use data file on Delaware's most popular baby names for 2009 to 2016 obtained from the Delaware certificate of birth. The top 15 names for each gender are represented.

This file contains the names and codes for Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills as at 31st December 2020 in Wales. (File Size - 16 KB) Field Names - DCELL20CD, DCELL20NM, DCELL20NMW, FIDField Types - Text, Text, TextField Lengths - 9, 20, 28FID = The FID, or Feature ID is created by the publication process when the names and codes / lookup products are published to the Open Geography portal.

Description

INSEE (French national institute of statistics) realeased two datasets reporting the names given to French babies since 1900 : one at the national level and one at the departmental level. This dataset allows to track trends in how French babies are named since 1900, explore the proportion of male/female in population over times, find the more gender neutral names, and more.

What differences between those two datasets and the original ones released by INSEE ?

I've taken the raw files from INSEE and made a little shaping and cleaning work:

• Data are cleaned from missing values in the year column.
• Unusual names (less than 20 babies born in the same year) are dropped.
• Columns names are translated from french to english.
• Department names are added on the department-level dataset (column dpt_name).

Plot example

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The first names file contains data on the first names attributed to children born in France since 1900. These data are available at the level of France and by department. The files available for download list births and not living people in a given year. They are available in two formats (DBASE and CSV). To use these large files, it is recommended to use a database manager or statistical software. The file at the national level can be opened from some spreadsheets. The file at the departmental level is however too large (3.8 million lines) to be consulted with a spreadsheet, so it is proposed in a lighter version with births since 2000 only. The data can be accessed in: - a national data file containing the first names attributed to children born in France between 1900 and 2022 (data before 2012 relate only to France outside Mayotte) and the numbers by sex associated with each first name; - a departmental data file containing the same information at the department of birth level; - a lighter data file that contains information at the department level of birth since the year 2000.

Background:
The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), previously known as the British Crime Survey (BCS), has been in existence since 1981. The survey traditionally asks a sole randomly selected adult, in a random sample of households, details pertaining to any instances where they, or the household, has been a victim of a crime in the previous 12 months. These are recorded in the victim form data file (VF). A wide range of questions are then asked covering demographics and crime-related subjects such as attitudes to the police and the criminal justice system (CJS). Most of the questionnaire is completed in a face-to-face interview in the respondent's home; these variables are contained within the non-victim form (NVF) data file. Since 2009, the survey has been extended to children aged 10-15 years old; one resident of that age range has also been selected at random from the household and asked about incidents where they have been a victim of crime, and other related topics. The first set of children's data, covering January-December 2009, had experimental status, and is held separately under SN 6601. From 2009-2010, the children's data cover the same period as the adult data and are included with the main dataset. Further information may be found on the ONS Crime Survey for England and Wales web page and for the previous BCS, from the GOV.UK BCS Methodology web page.

Self-completion data:
A series of questions on drinking behaviour, drug use and intimate personal violence (including stalking and sexual victimisation) are administered to adults via a self-completion module which the respondent completes on a laptop computer. Children aged 10-15 years also complete a separate self-completion questionnaire. The questions are contained within the main questionnaire documents, but the data are not available with the main survey; they are available only under Secure Access conditions. Lower-level geographic variables are also available under Secure Access conditions to match to the survey.

History:
Up to 2001, the survey was conducted biennially. From April 2001, interviewing was carried out continually and reported on in financial year cycles and the crime reference period was altered to accommodate this change. The core sample size has increased from around 11,000 in the earlier cycles to over 40,000. Following the National Statistician's Review of Crime Statistics in June 2011 the collation and publication of Crime Statistics moved to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) from 1st April 2012, and the survey changed its name to the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) accordingly.

Scottish data:
The 1982 and 1988 BCS waves were also conducted in Scotland. The England and Wales data for 1982 and 1988 are held at the UKDA under SNs 1869 and 2706, but the Scottish data for these studies are held separately under SNs 4368 and 4599. Since 1993, separate Scottish Crime and Justice Surveys have been conducted, see the series web page for more details.

New methodology for capping the number of incidents from 2017-18
The CSEW datasets available from 2017-18 onward are based upon a new methodology of capping the number of incidents at the 98th percentile. Incidence variables names have remained consistent with previously supplied data but due to the fact they are based on the new 98th percentile cap, and old data sets are not, comparability has been lost with previous years. More information can be found in the 2017-18 User Guide and the article ‘Improving victimisation estimates derived from the Crime Survey for England and Wales’. ONS intend to publish all micro data back to 1981 with incident data based on the 98th percentile cap later in 2019.

The main CSEW Secure Access dataset (SN 7280) includes:

• the adult and child data also held in the standard End User Licence (EUL) version
• adult self-completion modules on drinking behaviour, drug use, stolen goods, children's self-completion modules and sexual identity and low-level geography variables formerly held under Special Licence access conditions (please note that not all modules occur for each year - see the survey year's documentation for details)
• hate crime variables HATEMT3A-HATEMT3I and HATEPS3A-HATEPS3I from the Victim Form
• the interpersonal violence (IPV) data (comprising the modules on domestic violence, sexual victimisation and stalking)

Users who do not require access to the modules noted above should apply for the EUL version. The Secure Access version has more restrictive access conditions than the standard EUL version - see the 'Access' tab. All studies in the series can be viewed from the Crime Survey for England and Wales series webpage.

This study also includes the following low-level geography variables from 2008 onwards:

• Local Authority District
• Rural and Urban Area Classification
• Police Force Area
• ONS District Level Classification: Supergroup
• ONS District Level Classification: Group
• ONS District Level Classification: Subgroup
• Output Area Classification - Supergroup (7 categories)
• Output Area Classification - Group (21 categories)
• Output Area Classification - Subgroup (52 categories)

A further CSEW low-level geography file including variables down to Super Output Areas (Lower Layer) is available under separate Secure Access study SN 7311.

COVID-19 and the CSEW
The face-to-face CSEW was temporarily suspended on 17 March 2020 as part of the efforts to minimise social contact and stop the spread of COVID-19. A shortened telephone-operated version of the survey (TCSEW) was conducted instead. The TCSEW asked people resident in households in England and Wales about their experiences of a selected range of offences in the 12 months prior to the interview, as well as a short module specific to the pandemic period relating to their perceptions of crime, the police, and anti-social behaviour. Therefore, standard CSEW data are not available for the years 2020/21 and 2021/22; instead, the secure access TCSEW for these years is held under SN 9071.

Latest edition information:
For the 14th edition (November 2025), data and documentation for the 2023/24 CSEW were added to the study.

No data available for 10-15 year-olds for 2022/23

Data for 10-15-year-old respondents is not currently included in the 2022/23 study. The Office for National Statistics is currently assessing these data and deciding whether to include it for this year. The questionnaire for 10-15-year-olds has been included in the documentation and is also available on the ONS Crime and Justice Methodology webpage.

The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) asks a sole adult in a random sample of households about their, or their household's, experience of crime victimisation in the previous 12 months. These are recorded in the victim form data file (VF). A wide range of questions are then asked, covering demographics and crime-related subjects such as attitudes to the police and the criminal justice system (CJS). These variables are contained within the non-victim form (NVF) data file. In 2009, the survey was extended to children aged 10-15 years old; one resident of that age range was also selected from the household and asked about their experience of crime and other related topics. The first set of children's data covered January-December 2009 and is held separately under SN 6601. From 2009-2010, the children's data cover the same period as the adult data and are included with the main study.

The Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW) became operational on 20 May 2020. It was a replacement for the face-to-face CSEW, which was suspended on 17 March 2020 because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It was set up with the intention of measuring the level of crime during the pandemic. As the pandemic continued throughout the 2020/21 survey year, questions have been raised as to whether the year ending March 2021 TCSEW is comparable with estimates produced in earlier years by the face-to-face CSEW. The ONS Comparability between the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales and the face-to-face Crime Survey for England and Wales report explores those factors that may have a bearing on the comparability of estimates between the TCSEW and the former CSEW. These include survey design, sample design, questionnaire changes and modal changes.

More general information about the CSEW may be found on the ONS Crime Survey for England and Wales web page and for the previous BCS, from the GOV.UK BCS Methodology web page.

History - the British Crime Survey

The CSEW was formerly known as the British Crime Survey (BCS), and has been in existence since 1981. The 1982 and 1988 BCS waves were also conducted in Scotland (data held separately under SNs 4368 and 4599). Since 1993, separate Scottish Crime and Justice Surveys have been conducted. Up to 2001, the BCS was conducted biennially. From April 2001, the Office for National Statistics took over the survey and it became the CSEW. Interviewing was then carried out continually and reported on in financial year cycles. The crime reference period was altered to accommodate this.

Secure Access CSEW data
In addition to the main survey, a series of questions covering drinking behaviour, drug use, self-offending, gangs and personal security, and intimate personal violence (IPV) (including stalking and sexual victimisation) are asked of adults via a laptop-based self-completion module (questions may vary over the years). Children aged 10-15 years also complete a separate self-completion questionnaire. The questionnaires are included in the main documentation, but the data are only available under Secure Access conditions (see SN 7280), not with the main study. In addition, from 2011 onwards, lower-level geographic variables are also available under Secure Access conditions (see SN 7311).

New methodology for capping the number of incidents from 2017-18
The CSEW datasets available from 2017-18 onwards are based on a new methodology of capping the number of incidents at the 98th percentile. Incidence variables names have remained consistent with previously supplied data but due to the fact they are based on the new 98th percentile cap, and old datasets are not, comparability has been lost with years prior to 2012-2013. More information can be found in the 2017-18 User Guide (see SN 8464) and the article ‘Improving victimisation estimates derived from the Crime Survey for England and Wales’.

Latest Edition Information
For the second edition (March 2020), data based upon a new methodology of capping the number of incidents at the 98th percentile have been made available. Incidence variables names have remained consistent with previously supplied data but due to the fact they are based on the new 98th percentile cap, and old data sets are not, comparability has been lost with years prior to 2012-2013. More information can be found in the user guide that accompanies the 2017-2018 CSEW study, held under SN 8464.

A lookup file between unitary authorities and Department for Children Education Lifelong Learning and Skills areas in Wales as at 31 December 2021. (File Size - 12 KB)Field Names - UA21CD, UA21NM, DCELL21CD, DCELL21NM, FIDField Types - Text, Text, Text, TextField Lengths - 9, 17, 9, 20FID = The FID, or Feature ID is created by the publication process when the names and codes / lookup products are published to the Open Geography portal.