Taliesin

maleStatistical record

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

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

Taliesin: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,330 in 2000, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1330highest 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	#1458
1997	#1454
1998	#2074
1999	#1383
2000	#1330
2001	#1467
2002	#1519
2003	#1771
2004	#2070
2005	#1716
2006	#1545
2007	#1361
2008	#1457
2009	#1425
2010	#1483
2011	#1600
2012	#2270
2013	#2055
2014	#1560
2015	#2150
2016	#2027
2017	#2512
2018	#1455
2019	#1745
2020	#1635
2021	#1860
2022	#2018
2023	#2160
2024	#2088

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 every year 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 #1458 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: #1330 among boys in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Taliesin 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 Taliesin in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	30	4 of 10	8
2000s	112	10 of 10	11
2010sbusiest	123	10 of 10	12
2020s	58	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Taliesin 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: #1330 in England and Wales in 2000.

Taliesin'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	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	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	#1560	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1425	16	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1457	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,330, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,088position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
17births registered in its largest year, 2018Under 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.

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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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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Billal · #1330, 20y
Cy · #1330, 18y
Justice · #1330, 28y
Navraj · #1330, 29y

Taliesin 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 Taliesin without appearing here.

Taliesin moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2512 and #2512 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1455 and #3412.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2018 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4107.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1519 and #3225.

Moved ahead of Taliesin

Ronny Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1771 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2070 and #906.
Tadhg Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1560 and #1630 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2150 and #996.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1771 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2070 and #1347.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2018 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #1461.

Moved the opposite way to Taliesin

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Taliesin went from #1458 to #2088 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Taliesin went from #1458 to #2088 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Taliesin went from #1458 to #2088 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Taliesin went from #1458 to #2088 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Taliesin

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Taliesin went from #1458 to #2088 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Taliesin went from #1458 to #2088 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Taliesin went from #1458 to #2088 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Taliesin went from #1458 to #2088 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1330 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Taliesin

Taliesin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Taliesin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Taliesin appears in

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Taliesin at a glance

Taliesin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Taliesin and the names beside it

Taliesin moved ahead of

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