Great

maleStatistical record

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

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

Great: Recorded since 2006, its highest recorded position is #2,263, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#2263highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#4052
2007	#2741
2011	#4647
2014	#4632
2015	#4747
2016	#3478
2017	#3996
2018	#3959
2022	#4001
2023	#3112
2024	#2263

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 11 of the 19 years from 2006 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2006–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #4052 among boys in England and Wales in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2006–2024
Highest recorded position: #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 2006–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Great 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 Great in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	9	2 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	22	6 of 10	4
2020s	20	3 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Great 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 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2263 in England and Wales in 2024.

Great'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	#2263	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	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 2006 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,263, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,263position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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 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.

Haniel · #2263, 10y
Hriday · #2263, 14y
Louay · #2263, 11y
Muntasir · #2263, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Hriday · #2263, 14y
Louay · #2263, 11y
Muntasir · #2263, 13y
Duarte · #2266, 15y

Great 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 Great without appearing here.

Great moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Aria Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4001 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #4270.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4001 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Great

Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3996 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #2693.

Moved the opposite way to Great

Aaron Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Great went from #4052 to #2263 while Aaron went from #44 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Great went from #4052 to #2263 while Alan went from #251 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Great went from #4052 to #2263 while Alex went from #57 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Great went from #4052 to #2263 while Alexander went from #24 to #36.

Moved the same way as Great

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Great went from #4052 to #2263 and Aksel from #4052 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Great went from #4052 to #2263 and Albie from #421 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Great went from #4052 to #2263 and Alfred from #151 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Great went from #4052 to #2263 and Archie from #40 to #10.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2263 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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