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Read moreMuhammad and Olivia top list of London baby names
Olivia and Muhammad were the post popular girls and boys names chosen for babies born in 2018.
Figures released by the ONS showed that across England and Wales, the top choice for boys and girls was Oliver and Olivia.
Arthur entered the top 10 for boys for the first time since the 1920s, with Ada in the top 100 girls' names for the first time in a century.
There's a suggestion the popular BBC drama Peaky Blinders may have spawned this choice.
Popularity of names varied according to region, with Harry coming top in the North East and Muhammad the post popular boys’ name in the North West, Yorkshire and Humber, West Midlands and London.
