Bentley

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bentley: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #232 in 2016, and it stood at #404 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
43times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#232highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2022
1998	#1485
1999	#2097
2000	#1703
2001	#2587
2002	#2636
2003	#2189
2004	#1498
2005	#1991
2006	#3385
2007	#1361
2008	#1242
2009	#1425
2010	#653
2011	#284
2012	#269
2013	#263
2014	#299
2015	#322
2016	#341
2017	#372
2018	#446
2019	#472
2020	#587
2021	#650
2022	#646
2023	#814
2024	#737

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #404 among boys in Northern Ireland, #737 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2011–2024
Highest recorded position: #232 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2016 (recorded 2011–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #737 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Bentley appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,673 births with the name.

Bentley across 3 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.

Bentley'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	#2863 (1996)	#263 (2013)	#737 (2024)	29 of 29	1,673 (1996–2024)	184 (2013)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#291 (2011)	#232 (2016)	#404 (2024)	10 of 14	54 (2011–2024)	8 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#479 (2013)	#479 (2013)	#779 (2022)	4 of 10	15 (2013–2022)	6 (2013)

Bentley 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 Bentley in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	4 of 10	5
2000s	95	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	1,299	10 of 10	130
2020s	258	5 of 10	52

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 130 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2010 and 2011, when recorded births rose by 108, from 49 to 157.

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

Bentley 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #232 in Northern Ireland in 2016.

Bentley'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	male	#737	47	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#814	40	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#646	54	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#650	56	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#587	61	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#472	85	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#446	92	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#372	124	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#341	138	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#322	143	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#299	153	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#263	184	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#269	174	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#284	157	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#653	49	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1425	16	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1242	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#363	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#259	7	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#243	8	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#273	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#291	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #232, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 184 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 17 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.

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Berat · #866, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Claudine · #232, 28y
Haniya · #233, 27y
Keagan · #231, 29y
Rogan · #234, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Freja · #232, 30y
Shannan · #232, 18y
Annalise · #233, 31y
Haniya · #233, 27y

Bentley was ranked #232 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2016. 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.

Bentley 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 Bentley without appearing here.

Bentley moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3385 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1425 and #4527.
Malin Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3385 and #3385 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1361 and #4333.
Willow Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3385 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1361 and #3589.
Anders Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3385 and #2282 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1242 and #3158.

Moved ahead of Bentley

Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1703 and #2142 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2587 and #1949.
Roman Compare
In 2019 they stood at #274 and #312 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #392 and #139.
Harris Compare
In 2019 they stood at #274 and #312 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #392 and #213.
Nicholas Compare
In 2016 they stood at #232 and #281 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #363 and #214.

Moved the opposite way to Bentley

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bentley went from #2863 to #737 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bentley went from #2863 to #737 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bentley went from #2863 to #737 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bentley went from #2863 to #737 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Bentley

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bentley went from #2863 to #737 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bentley went from #2863 to #737 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bentley went from #2863 to #737 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bentley went from #2863 to #737 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #232 in Northern Ireland in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bentley

Bentley at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bentley across 3 official records

Bentley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bentley appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Bentley moved ahead of

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Bentley at a glance

Bentley across 3 official records

Bentley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bentley appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Bentley

Bentley and the names beside it

Bentley moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bentley

Moved the opposite way to Bentley

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