Fenton

maleStatistical record

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

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

Fenton: Recorded since 1982, with a gap of 13 years, its highest recorded position is #330, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#330highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Fenton's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#2859
1998	#2901
1999	#1281
2000	#1167
2001	#707
2002	#656
2003	#795
2004	#590
2005	#726
2006	#847
2007	#651
2008	#916
2009	#972
2010	#996
2011	#781
2012	#1367
2013	#1539
2014	#1486
2015	#2150
2016	#2027
2017	#1923
2018	#1991
2019	#3013
2020	#2228
2021	#2301
2023	#2325
2024	#4270

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 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1982–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Fenton 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 Fenton in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	22	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	297	10 of 10	30
2010s	166	10 of 10	17
2020s	31	4 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 30 births a year.

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

Fenton 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 1982 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #330 in Republic of Ireland in 1982.

Fenton'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1486	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#781	39	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#996	28	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#972	27	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#916	29	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#651	44	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#847	29	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#726	34	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#590	41	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#795	26	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#656	30	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#707	25	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1167	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	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 1982 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #330, first reached in 1982.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 44 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 14 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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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.

Aaran · #330, 30y
Caine · #330, 29y
Arun · #331, 29y
Beverly · #331, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Paolo · #330, 31y
Ami · #331, 31y
Danika · #329, 37y
Laragh · #336, 27y

Fenton was ranked #330 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1982. 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.

Fenton 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 Fenton without appearing here.

Fenton moved ahead of

Maddison Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1167 and #3036.
Kim Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2901 and #1367 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1281 and #2943.
Tayla Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2901 and #2074 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1281 and #2943.
Jade Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2859 and #2337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #707 and #2220.

Moved ahead of Fenton

Tadhg Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1486 and #1630 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2150 and #996.
Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #3112 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #3254.
Hans Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #3254.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2301 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #1363.

Moved the opposite way to Fenton

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fenton went from #1765 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fenton went from #1765 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fenton went from #1765 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fenton went from #1765 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Fenton

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fenton went from #1765 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fenton went from #1765 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fenton went from #1765 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fenton went from #1765 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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 1982 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #330 in Republic of Ireland in 1982. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Popularity journey

Fenton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Fenton at a glance

What stands out in Fenton's record

Fenton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Fenton appears in

What the record shows

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Names published alongside Fenton

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Fenton moved ahead of

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