Oliver Mackman

What we cover on BabyData

Plain-English tools and data for the journey from trying to conceive to the early years: the most popular UK baby names and what they mean from the ONS, due date and ovulation, how many weeks pregnant you are, sibling age gaps, and statutory maternity pay. Every number cites the rule and the official UK source behind it, and pregnancy tools are reviewed against NHS and gov.uk guidance.

• · ONS baby names data
• · UK births and birth-rate data
• · pregnancy dating and due dates
• · UK statutory parental pay
• · UK school-year cutoffs

Editorial responsibility

Oliver Mackman is the named editor of BabyData and the person accountable for its editorial standards, sourcing and corrections. He is a director of Best Business Loans Ltd (Companies House 16833937), the company that operates BabyData, a record you can verify on the Companies House register linked below, and he holds the ORCID iD 0009-0007-1385-6392. His role is editorial oversight and source discipline rather than subject-matter authorship of individual entries: he is responsible for making sure every figure is backed by a named, official UK source such as the ONS, NHS or gov.uk, that pregnancy tools are reviewed against NHS guidance and stay informational rather than clinical, and that corrections are handled promptly when a reader flags something wrong or out of date. How the site sources and checks its numbers is set out in full in our editorial policy.