Nye

maleStatistical record

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

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

Nye: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,589 in 2012, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1589highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1999	#2943
2000	#2142
2001	#1949
2002	#3225
2003	#1629
2004	#1878
2005	#1991
2006	#2538
2007	#1666
2008	#4432
2009	#2837
2010	#1911
2011	#3300
2012	#1589
2013	#3315
2014	#2079
2015	#3373
2016	#3079
2017	#3040
2018	#2445
2019	#3411
2020	#2960
2022	#2529
2023	#3112
2024	#2671

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 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1589 among boys in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Nye 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 Nye in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	66	10 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	76	10 of 10	8
2020s	28	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Nye 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1589 in England and Wales in 2012.

Nye'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	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	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	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,589, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
22 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,671position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
15births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 25 births →

Where to go next

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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.

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Billy-Ray · #1591, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Adiba · #1589, 25y
Milad · #1589, 26y
Augustin · #1587, 25y
Billy-Ray · #1591, 24y

Nye 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 Nye without appearing here.

Nye moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1911 and #4678.
Madison Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3315 and #3315 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Nye

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1911 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1398.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.
Hudson Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2357 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2943 and #1850.
Matheo Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #2693 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2488.

Moved the opposite way to Nye

Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nye went from #1666 to #2671 while Matheo went from #4333 to #1517.

Moved the same way as Nye

Shannon Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Nye went from #2357 to #3411 and Shannon from #1168 to #4702.
Kelly Compare
Between 2001 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Nye went from #1949 to #3112 and Kelly from #1467 to #3523.
Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Nye went from #2357 to #3373 and Kim from #1168 to #4747.
Tayla Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Nye went from #2357 to #3373 and Tayla from #1458 to #4747.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1589 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nye

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Nye by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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