Bluebell

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Bluebell: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Bluebell: Recorded since 1998, it reached #836 in 2017, and it stood at #1,353 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#836highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3142
2000	#2416
2001	#2783
2003	#1996
2005	#2682
2006	#2781
2007	#2233
2008	#1391
2009	#1287
2010	#1257
2011	#1807
2012	#1150
2013	#1018
2014	#963
2015	#1168
2016	#916
2017	#836
2018	#1136
2019	#996
2020	#1065
2021	#1195
2022	#1006
2023	#1135
2024	#1353

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 24 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3142 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #836 among girls in England and Wales, in 2017 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1353 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Bluebell by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Bluebell in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	87	8 of 10	11
2010sbusiest	322	10 of 10	32
2020s	146	5 of 10	29

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 32 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Bluebell appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #836 in England and Wales in 2017.

Bluebell's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1353	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1135	29	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1006	34	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1195	28	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1065	31	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#996	35	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1136	30	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#836	46	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#916	40	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1168	29	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#963	38	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1018	35	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1150	29	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1807	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1257	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1287	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1391	20	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #836, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 46 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
20 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,353position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
46births registered in its largest year, 201725 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amiya · #836, 25y
Murtaza · #836, 29y
Mahek · #835, 23y
Malaki · #837, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Murtaza · #836, 29y
Malaki · #837, 26y
Neive · #835, 27y
Saniya · #835, 29y

Bluebell was ranked #836 in England and Wales · Girls in 2017. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Bluebell and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Bluebell without appearing here.

Bluebell moved ahead of

Lynette Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2781 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1287 and #4564.
Finley Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2233 and #1965 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1391 and #3860.
Rian Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2783 and #2466 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1257 and #3533.
Kari Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2781 and #2781 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2233 and #3667.

Moved ahead of Bluebell

Amalie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2783 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1996 and #965.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #996 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1065 and #460.
Meabh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1135 and #1288 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1353 and #952.
Blake Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1168 and #1240 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #916 and #768.

Moved the opposite way to Bluebell

Abigail Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bluebell went from #3142 to #1353 while Abigail went from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bluebell went from #3142 to #1353 while Aimee went from #68 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bluebell went from #3142 to #1353 while Aisling went from #391 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bluebell went from #3142 to #1353 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Bluebell

Ada Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bluebell went from #3142 to #1353 and Ada from #3142 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bluebell went from #3142 to #1353 and Alma from #2165 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bluebell went from #3142 to #1353 and Alyssa from #561 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bluebell went from #3142 to #1353 and Amalie from #3848 to #1128.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #836 in England and Wales in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Bluebell by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Bluebell at a glance

Bluebell by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Bluebell and the names beside it

Bluebell moved ahead of

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