Bence

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bence: Recorded since 2005, it reached #534 in 2013, and it stood at #2,813 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#534highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2023

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3849
2007	#3095
2008	#4432
2009	#2837
2010	#2941
2011	#2194
2012	#1430
2013	#1462
2014	#1281
2015	#1586
2016	#1498
2017	#1546
2018	#1324
2019	#1986
2020	#1935
2021	#2730
2022	#2320
2023	#2813

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 18 of the 19 years from 2005 to 2023.

In 2016: #601 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1498 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2005–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #3849 among boys in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2016
Highest recorded position: #534 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2013 (recorded 2008–2016).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #2813 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Bence appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 18 years beginning in 2005, and has registered 197 births with the name.

Bence 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.

Bence'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	#3849 (2005)	#1281 (2014)	#2813 (2023)	18 of 19	197 (2005–2023)	20 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#698 (2008)	#534 (2013)	#601 (2016)	6 of 9	24 (2008–2016)	5 (2013)

Bence 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 Bence in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	17	4 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	146	10 of 10	15
2020s	34	4 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Bence 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 2005 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #534 in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Bence'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1324	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1546	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1281	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	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 2005 and 2023, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #534, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 3 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.

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.

Benaiah · #1758, 19y
Benas · #253, 22y
Bendik · #56, 58y
Benedek · #2175, 14y

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.

Kasie · #534, 22y
Keleigh · #534, 13y
Noe · #534, 23y
Alvie · #535, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Noe · #534, 23y
Sanad · #535, 21y
Beniamin · #532, 20y
Cezary · #532, 18y

Bence was ranked #534 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2013. 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.

Bence 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 Bence without appearing here.

Bence moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1462 and #4685.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2941 and #4678.
Malin Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4432 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2941 and #4678.

Moved ahead of Bence

Aksel Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1324 and #1382 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1986 and #1253.
Robyn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #2325.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #2018.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1986 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1935 and #1935.

Moved the opposite way to Bence

Brooke Compare
Between 2005 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Bence went from #3849 to #1935 while Brooke went from #1246 to #4608.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 2005 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #534 in Republic of Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Bence

Bence at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bence across 2 official records

Bence by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bence appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Bence moved ahead of

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Bence at a glance

Bence across 2 official records

Bence by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bence appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Bence

Bence and the names beside it

Bence moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bence

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