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Generate a shortlist of UK baby names by sex and style (classic, modern, nature, vintage, short or international) from a hand-curated list of names commonly registered in England and Wales.

Curated baby name lists by theme, every name drawn from the official ONS top 50 with its real UK popularity: nature, flower, gender-neutral, short, vintage, royal, mythological and strong names.

Search any baby name and see its official ONS popularity in England and Wales: its rank, the number of babies given the name, how it compares with the most popular name, and whether it rose or fell since . Built from the official ONS Baby names dataset.

The most popular baby names in England and Wales in , ranked from the official ONS Baby names dataset, with the real number of babies given each name. Search any name for its ONS rank, popularity and meaning.

Enter your child’s name and get sibling names that share its style but avoid the same starting sound or a rhyme, from a hand-curated list of UK names. Shows its working.

Estimate the likely conception date from your due date or the first day of your last period. Conception is about 14 days after your last period, or the due date minus 266 days. Shows its working and cites the NHS dating method.

Estimate your due date from your last period, conception date or IVF transfer, find your fertile window, and check how many weeks pregnant you are. Each tool shows its working and cites the NHS.

A novelty baby gender predictor based on the old Chinese gender chart, clearly labelled as just for fun with no scientific basis. The only reliable way to find out is an ultrasound scan or a medical test.

A simple contraction timer: tap start and stop to record how long each contraction lasts and the gap between them, with a rolling average and the 5-1-1 guide. Runs in your browser, nothing stored. Informational only, not medical advice.

Check how many weeks pregnant you are and which trimester you are in, and work out the age gap between two children, including which UK school year each falls in. Editorially reviewed and cited.

Work out which England school year your child falls in and the September they start Reception, using the 1 September cutoff. A child born on or before 31 August starts Reception the September after they turn 4.

Turn a UK nursery or childminder hourly or daily rate and your weekly hours into the weekly, monthly and annual cost, and see the cost after England free funded hours. Shows its working, cited to the Coram Childcare Survey and gov.uk.

Estimate what a baby costs in the first year from your own choices on equipment, feeding, nappies, clothing and childcare. Itemised and shown, with figures cited to the Child Poverty Action Group cost-of-a-child research.

Check whether your child qualifies for free England childcare hours: 15 universal hours for all 3 and 4 year olds, and up to 30 hours for eligible working parents from 9 months until school age. Shows its working, cited to gov.uk.

Plan Shared Parental Leave: from the maternity leave and pay already taken, see how many of the 52 leave weeks and 39 pay weeks are left to share between both parents as SPL and ShPP. Shows its working, cited to gov.uk.

Estimate your statutory maternity pay across the 39 weeks: 90% of your earnings for the first 6 weeks, then the lower of the gov.uk flat rate or 90%. Plus the data on what raising a child costs in the UK.

Plain-English BabyData guides on how your due date is calculated, understanding your fertile window, UK maternity pay and leave, and how to choose a baby name. Each cites its official UK source and links to the tool.

A practical, data-led way to choose a baby name: check ONS popularity so you know how common it is, weigh the meaning and origin, say it with your surname, test the initials, and try it against any sibling names.

Your due date is estimated as 40 weeks (280 days) from the first day of your last period, using Naegele’s rule, the way the NHS dates pregnancy. Here is how the count works from LMP, conception or IVF, and why a scan can move it.

Statutory Maternity Pay runs for up to 39 weeks: 90% of your earnings for the first 6 weeks, then the lower of the gov.uk flat rate or 90%. Here is who qualifies, how the rule works and how it fits with maternity leave.

Ovulation usually happens about 14 days before your next period, and the fertile window is the day of ovulation plus the 5 days before it. Here is how to estimate yours and why cycle length matters. Informational, not medical advice.

How many babies are born in England and Wales and the total fertility rate: 594,677 live births in 2024 and a TFR of 1.41, the lowest on record for the third year running.

UK Child Benefit rates for 2025/26 (£26.05 and £17.25 a week) and the High Income Child Benefit Charge, which starts at £60,000 income and removes all benefit at £80,000.

The headline UK baby data: the most popular names, the number of births, the birth rate and the average age of mothers, each cited to the ONS. The source the annual baby-names story is built on.

The headline UK baby statistics: the most popular names, the number of births, the birth rate and the average age of mothers, each cited to the ONS, National Records of Scotland or NISRA. A citeable reference, refreshed on release.

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Free UK baby tools and data: the most popular baby names from the ONS, plus due date, ovulation, pregnancy weeks and maternity pay calculators. Every tool shows its working.

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