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an analysis of important premium bond The awards reveal a curious trend: winners are particularly likely to be named David, JohnMichael, or Susan.
Despite the prizes being drawn completely at random, NS&I (National Savings and investment) The data shows that David has been the most common name among those who have won £500 or more every year since 2022.
It is continuously followed by John, Michael, Susan,. peterAnd PaulSince 2020, customers named David have won prizes worth more than £500 more than 67,000 times a year, So far this year, 18,220 Davids have already received at least one such award, Other names that frequently appear among winners include Andrew, Robert, stephenMargaret, Christopher, jamesElizabeth, and Richard.
Here are the most common names of Premium Bond winners of prizes worth more than £500 in 2025, according to NS&I, based on prize draws from January to October.
The figures do not include customers where the name is unknown (the figures show that, for example, there were 18,220 people named David who won at least one prize over £500 in 2025):
1. David, 18,220
2. John, 16,058
3. Michael, 11,772
4. Susan, 11,597
5. Peter, 9,683
6. Paul, 9,203
7. Andrew, 8,572
8. Robert, 8,510
9. Stephen, 7,768
10. Margaret, 7,503
11. Richard, 7,463
12. James, 7,222
13. Christopher, 6,868
14. Elizabeth, 5,961
15. Patricia, 5,859
16. Mark, 5,839
17. Ian, 5,757
18. Christine, 5,718
19. Allen, 5,133
20. Janet, 5,004
21. Sara, 4,863
=22. Linda, 4,825
=22. William, 4,825
24. Anthony, 4,617
25. Jane, 4,536
26. Helen, 4,524
27. Mary, 4,336
28. Brian, 4,256
29. Jennifer, 4,201
30. Julie, 4,096
31. Philip, 4,054
32. Karen, 3,901
33. Gillian, 3,826
34. Anne, 3,791
35. Jacqueline, 3,778
36. Ann, 3,694
37. Thomas, 3,689
=38. Barbara, 3,496
=38. Simon, 3,496
40. Martin, 3,471
41. Carol, 3,420
42. Jean, 3,403
43. Graham, 3,376
44. Alison, 3,220
45. Colin, 3,194
46. Catherine, 3,124
47. Angela, 3,029
48. Nicholas, 2,932
49. Sandra, 2,930
50. Pamela, 2,910
51. Keith, 2,904
52. Matthew, 2,774
53. Steven, 2,763
54. Kevin, 2,720
55. Valerie, 2,705
56. Jonathan, 2,661
57. Sheela, 2,598
58. Nikola, 2,457
59. Maureen, 2,436
60. Pauline, 2,431
61. Deborah, 2,414
62. Caroline, 2,400
63. Wendy, 2,389
64. Judith, 2,382
65. Neel, 2,320
66. Zone, 2,296
67. Gary, 2,295
=68. George, 2,275
=68. roger, 2,275
70. Daniel, 2,246
71. Kenneth, 2,223
72. Claire, 2,166
73. Timothy, 2,138
74. Nigel, 2,129
75. Leslie, 2,102
76. Kathleen, 2,091
77. Emma, 2,083
78. Sally, 2,055
79. Joan, 2,005
80. Dianne, 1,978
81. Edward, 1,970
82. Stuart, 1,963
83. Geoffrey, 1,930
84. Derek, 1,869
85. Elaine, 1,833
86. Sharon, 1,801
87. Amanda, 1,793
88. Rachel, 1,777
89. Rosemary, 1,775
90. Raymond, 1,748
91. Fiona, 1,747
92. Charles, 1,714
=93. Brenda, 1,711
=93. Lewis, 1,711
95. Rebecca, 1,706
96. Alexander, 1,700
97. Barry, 1,685
98. Julia, 1,650
99. Malcolm, 1,627
100. Shirley, 1,623
Andrew Westhead, NS&I The retail director said: “premium bond are one of the nation’s favorite savings products, and we’ve given away millions of prizes since 1957, so it’s interesting to see the most common names of some of our winners.
“But it is important to remember that no matter what your name is, the premium bond draw is completely random, with each bond having an equal chance of winning.”
Premium bonds are entered into monthly prize draws, with prizes ranging from £25 to £1 million. NS&I pays two £1 million jackpots every month.