THE most popular baby names for the city have been revealed and surprisingly they don’t match national trends.

In Worcester the three most popular boys names given to new babies last year were George (14), Oscar (11) and Arthur (10).

The most popular name for boys in England and Wales for the seventh year in a row in 2019 was Oliver, and that narrowly missed out on the top three in the city with nine babies given the name.

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Also according to the Office of National Statistics the three most popular names for city baby girls were Evie (12) and second was Olivia (eight) - that name topping the girls’ list nationally for the fourth year in succession.

Third place was shared five ways as seven girls were given the names: Lily, Jessica, Isabelle, Freya and Florence.

Elsewhere in the county the most popular names for Malvern boys were Arthur, George and Noah that saw nine babies given the name, while Theodore closely followed with seven babies given that name.

The most popular girls names in Malvern were Grace (six) and Olivia, Lily and Phoebe (all five).

The most popular girls names for baby girls in Wychavon were Olivia (14), Amelia (11) and Sophia (nine).

The most popular names for baby boys in Wychavon were Oliver (20), Arthur (18) and George (17).

Meanwhile nationally Matthew went down by 17 places, bringing it to 99 and close to falling out the top 100 for the first time since 1954.

The number of babies called Emily saw a fall - that name dropping out of the top 10 for the first time since 1984.

Lara and Mabel replaced Aisha and Francesca in the top 100 girls’ names - Mabel making the top 100 for time since 1924.

And popular culture continued to influence the baby names landscape with popstar Dua Lipa’s chart success leading to the number of girls named Dua doubling nationally from 63 to 126.