Tanner

maleStatistical record

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

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

Tanner: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,461, and it stood at #1,859 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1461highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#1761
1998	#2074
1999	#2943
2000	#1889
2001	#1595
2003	#2857
2004	#2070
2005	#2174
2006	#4052
2007	#2023
2008	#2775
2009	#2544
2010	#3865
2011	#3300
2012	#3039
2013	#2055
2014	#1560
2015	#2483
2016	#3478
2017	#1627
2018	#2445
2019	#3013
2020	#2228
2021	#2493
2022	#1879
2023	#1461
2024	#1859

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 28 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 #2863 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: #1461 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1859 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Tanner 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 Tanner in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	17	4 of 10	4
2000s	57	9 of 10	6
2010s	82	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	59	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Tanner 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: #1461 in England and Wales in 2023.

Tanner'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	#1859	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	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	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,461, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

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 →
22 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 →
#1,859position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
17births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 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.

Harvin · #1461, 27y
Albion · #1462, 28y
Jibran · #1460, 29y
Moiz · #1462, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Harvin · #1461, 27y
Albion · #1462, 28y
Jibran · #1460, 29y
Moiz · #1462, 26y

Tanner 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 Tanner without appearing here.

Tanner moved ahead of

Jade Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3865 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1560 and #4632.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #4107.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2055 and #4685.
Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3478 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2445 and #4749.

Moved ahead of Tanner

Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2074 and #1110.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #1461.

Moved the opposite way to Tanner

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Tanner went from #2863 to #1461 while Garry went from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Tanner went from #2863 to #1461 while Graeme went from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Tanner went from #2863 to #1461 while Nicola went from #2863 to #4107.

Moved the same way as Tanner

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tanner went from #4052 to #1859 and Aksel from #4052 to #1132.
Morten Compare
Between 1997 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Tanner went from #1761 to #2483 and Morten from #2859 to #4747.

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1461 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tanner

Tanner at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tanner by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Tanner at a glance

Tanner by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Tanner appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Tanner and the names beside it

Tanner moved ahead of

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