Sullivan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Sullivan: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #269, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#269highest recorded position
10groupings 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	#2020
1997	#2022
1998	#1188
1999	#2425
2000	#3036
2001	#1467
2002	#1411
2003	#1513
2004	#999
2005	#1246
2006	#1280
2007	#1014
2008	#1085
2009	#1133
2010	#970
2011	#732
2012	#1119
2013	#730
2014	#562
2015	#571
2016	#550
2017	#498
2018	#504
2019	#493
2020	#424
2021	#412
2022	#395
2023	#338
2024	#269

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: #269 among boys in England and Wales, #307 among boys in Scotland, #404 among boys in Northern Ireland.

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

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 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: #269 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #269 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Sullivan 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 Sullivan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	25	4 of 10	6
2000s	153	10 of 10	15
2010s	575	10 of 10	58
2020sbusiest	606	5 of 10	121

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 121 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2023 and 2024, when recorded births rose by 48, from 126 to 174.

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

Sullivan 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: #269 in England and Wales in 2024.

Sullivan'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	#269	174	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#338	126	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#395	107	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#412	103	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#424	96	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#493	79	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#504	77	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#498	80	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#550	70	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#571	65	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#562	64	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#730	44	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1119	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#732	43	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#970	29	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1133	22	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1085	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1014	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1280	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1246	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#999	20	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#307	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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 #269, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 174 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 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 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.

Lori · #269, 33y
Meg · #269, 29y
Ellie-Rose · #268, 29y
Leigha · #268, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Meg · #269, 29y
Tillie · #269, 30y
Corran · #268, 19y
Ellie-Rose · #268, 29y

Sullivan was ranked #269 in England and Wales · Boys in 2024. 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.

Sullivan 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 Sullivan without appearing here.

Sullivan moved ahead of

Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1411 and #3225.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1411 and #3225.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1280 and #1224 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1014 and #2435.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1246 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1280 and #2538.

Moved ahead of Sullivan

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1411 and #848.
Hudson Compare
In 2004 they stood at #999 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1246 and #982.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1280 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1014 and #926.

Moved the opposite way to Sullivan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sullivan went from #2020 to #269 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sullivan went from #2020 to #269 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sullivan went from #2020 to #269 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sullivan went from #2020 to #269 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Sullivan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sullivan went from #2020 to #269 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sullivan went from #2020 to #269 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sullivan went from #2020 to #269 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sullivan went from #2020 to #269 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #269 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sullivan

Sullivan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sullivan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sullivan appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Sullivan at a glance

Sullivan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sullivan 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 Sullivan

Sullivan and the names beside it

Sullivan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sullivan

Moved the opposite way to Sullivan

Moved the same way as Sullivan