A new report reveals ‘Liz’ is the highest salaried female first name, but there are 317 male names ahead of her. Contributor Andrew Hunter, co-founder of Adzuna.

The research, conducted through Adzuna’s ValueMyCV* algorithm has exposed the average earning potential of male and female individuals and shows first names can significantly impact earning potential.

The results found that out of the 1,000 names listed with corresponding average salaries, only 13 per cent of females earned an average salary of over £30,000 compared to over half of males (60 percent).

Despite ‘Liz’ sitting in this bracket as the top female name with the highest average salary of £38,792, 317 male names exceeded her with ‘Ed’ (£61,362) sitting at top spot. So, despite Queen ‘Liz’ reigning the country, and famous faces like Liz Hurley and Liz Taylor hitting the big screen, the real money lies with famous ‘Ed’s like Ed Sheeran, Ed Miliband and Ed Balls.

Following ‘Ed’, ‘Giles’ (£59,390), ‘Gerry’ (£58,527), ‘Philippe’ (£57,787) and ‘Bill’ (£56,731) complete the top five. While, ‘Jo ‘(£38,741) is the next female name to appear after ‘Liz’ in 319th position, with third female on the list ‘Michele’ ranked 420th (£36,305), fourth female ‘Alexis’ ranked 423rd (£36,240) and fifth ‘Syed’ ranked 438th (£36,015).

When it comes to the lowest earning names, nine out of 10 of the lowest earning names are female, including; ‘Paige’ ranked 1,102nd (£20,190), ‘Chelsea’ ranked 1,101th (£21,044) and ‘Bethany’ ranked 1,100th (£21,488). While the lowest earning male is ‘Reece’ ranked 1,093th (£22,952) and the second and third lowest earning male names are ‘Connor’ ranked 1,074th (£24,471) and ‘Patryk’ ranked 1,054th (£25,207).

Data tables follow: Table 1: Top 10 most valuable male names

Table 2: Top 10 most valuable female names