Godfrey

maleStatistical record

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

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

Godfrey: Recorded since 1966, with a gap of 28 years, its highest recorded position is #229, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#229highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Godfrey's record

Absent from every published list for 28 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2018

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2419
2001	#3134
2003	#2189
2005	#3208
2006	#2087
2007	#4333
2008	#4432
2009	#3227
2010	#3332
2012	#4805
2017	#4812
2018	#4749

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 12 of the 21 years from 1998 to 2018.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1966–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #229 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1966–1969
Highest recorded position: #229 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1966 (recorded 1966–1969).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #4749 among boys in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Boys

Godfrey appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 12 ranked years and 50 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1966.

Godfrey across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Godfrey's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2419 (1998)	#2087 (2006)	#4749 (2018)	12 of 21	50 (1998–2018)	8 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#229 (1966)	#229 (1966)	#291 (1969)	2 of 4	7 (1966–1969)	4 (1966)

Godfrey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Godfrey in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	32	7 of 10	5
2010s	14	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Godfrey appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1966 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #229 in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Godfrey'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
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1966 and 2018, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #229, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 28 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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 →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
28 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#4,749position in 2018, its most recent recorded year
32 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 2006Under 25 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Pio · #230, 15y
Cillin · #235, 11y
Dwain · #222, 12y
Dwaine · #222, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Breffni · #229, 22y
Cathrin · #229, 31y
Eimer · #229, 40y
Katja · #229, 48y

Godfrey was ranked #229 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1966. 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.

Godfrey 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 Godfrey without appearing here.

Godfrey moved ahead of

Kristoffer Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4333 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3227 and #4527.
Morten Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4432 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3227 and #4527.

Moved ahead of Godfrey

Ole Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2087 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #1756.
Gustav Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2087 and #2282 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #2435.
Filip Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2419 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1286.
Cillian Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2419 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1746.

Moved the opposite way to Godfrey

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Godfrey went from #2419 to #4749 while Albie went from #716 to #52.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Godfrey went from #2419 to #4749 while Alfie went from #71 to #15.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Godfrey went from #2419 to #4749 while Archie went from #120 to #16.
Arthur Compare
Between 1998 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Godfrey went from #2419 to #4749 while Arthur went from #201 to #7.

Moved the same way as Godfrey

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Godfrey went from #2419 to #4749 and Aaron from #31 to #113.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Godfrey went from #2419 to #4749 and Adam from #21 to #38.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Godfrey went from #2419 to #4749 and Alex from #46 to #91.
Andrew Compare
Between 1998 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Godfrey went from #2419 to #4749 and Andrew from #42 to #185.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1966 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #229 in Republic of Ireland in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

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What stands out in Godfrey's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Godfrey across 2 official records

Godfrey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What stands out in Godfrey's record

Godfrey across 2 official records

Godfrey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Godfrey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Godfrey

Godfrey and the names beside it

Godfrey moved ahead of

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