Thane

maleStatistical record

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

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

Thane: Recorded since 1999, its highest recorded position is #2,501, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#2501highest recorded position
4groupings 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
2000	#2501
2001	#3134
2003	#3467
2007	#4333
2008	#3158
2011	#2892
2012	#3987
2013	#4685
2014	#4632
2016	#4023
2017	#3449
2019	#3411
2020	#3848
2021	#4789
2022	#4789
2023	#3523
2024	#3688

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 18 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: #2501 among boys in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Thane 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 Thane 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
2000sbusiest	18	5 of 10	4
2010s	30	7 of 10	4
2020s	20	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Thane 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: #2501 in England and Wales in 2000.

Thane'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	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	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 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,501, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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 →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 25 births →

Where to go next

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A comparable record

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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.

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Lerryn · #2502, 12y
Estee · #2499, 18y
Evelynne · #2499, 18y

Thane 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 Thane without appearing here.

Thane moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Thane

Henrik Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2501 and #3036 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1949.
Daithi Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3411 and #4702 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #3334.
Gustav Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3411 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #3334.
Isak Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3158 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2892 and #2613.

Moved the opposite way to Thane

Isak Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Thane went from #2501 to #3688 while Isak went from #3036 to #1517.

Moved the same way as Thane

Andrea Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Thane went from #2501 to #3688 and Andrea from #1167 to #1859.
Brent Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Thane went from #2943 to #4789 and Brent from #1027 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Thane went from #2943 to #4789 and Ole from #1383 to #4789.
Tor Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Thane went from #2943 to #4789 and Tor from #1281 to #3449.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2501 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Thane by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Thane at a glance

Thane by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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