Ridley

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ridley: Recorded since 1999, it reached #1,270 in 2012, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#1270highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2943
2001	#2587
2002	#2254
2003	#2857
2004	#2304
2005	#3208
2006	#2087
2007	#2211
2008	#2276
2009	#1859
2010	#1620
2011	#1600
2012	#1270
2013	#1462
2014	#2459
2015	#1673
2016	#1627
2017	#1398
2018	#2693
2019	#1869
2020	#2960
2021	#1860
2022	#3449
2023	#1906
2024	#3254

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 25 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2943 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #1270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ridley 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 Ridley in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	58	9 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	138	10 of 10	14
2020s	41	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Ridley 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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1270 in England and Wales in 2012.

Ridley'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1398	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1270	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	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 1999 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,270, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

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

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 →
24 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
20births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 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

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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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Anakin · #1268, 24y
Arturo · #1273, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Saifullah · #1270, 28y
Zaeem · #1270, 25y
Arturo · #1273, 23y
Akhil · #1263, 28y

Ridley 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 Ridley without appearing here.

Ridley moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #4991.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3208 and #3208 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2211 and #4333.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3208 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2087 and #4052.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2304 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2087 and #4052.

Moved ahead of Ridley

Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1860 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2018.
Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1398 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2693 and #1382.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1869 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #1935.

Moved the opposite way to Ridley

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ridley went from #2087 to #3254 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ridley went from #2211 to #3254 while Matheo went from #4333 to #1517.
Kim Compare
Between 1999 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Ridley went from #2943 to #1673 while Kim went from #2943 to #4747.
Tayla Compare
Between 1999 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Ridley went from #2943 to #1673 while Tayla went from #2943 to #4747.

Moved the same way as Ridley

Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ridley went from #2254 to #3254 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1270 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ridley

Ridley at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ridley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ridley at a glance

Ridley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ridley and the names beside it

Ridley moved ahead of

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