Varun

maleStatistical record

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

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

Varun: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #841 in 2004, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#841highest 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	#2357
1997	#2022
1998	#850
1999	#869
2000	#1889
2001	#1286
2002	#1322
2003	#1011
2004	#841
2005	#982
2006	#1643
2007	#1125
2008	#1403
2009	#2126
2010	#1911
2011	#1209
2012	#2458
2013	#1404
2014	#1630
2015	#1380
2016	#1363
2017	#2324
2018	#1610
2019	#1587
2020	#2228
2021	#1860
2022	#3449
2023	#2546
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 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 #2357 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: #841 among boys in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Varun 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 Varun in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	45	4 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	150	10 of 10	15
2010s	147	10 of 10	15
2020s	40	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Varun 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: #841 in England and Wales in 2004.

Varun'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	#2546	8	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	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1587	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1209	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1403	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1125	21	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#982	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#841	25	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1011	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1286	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#869	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#850	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	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 #841, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

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 →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
25births registered in its largest year, 200425 to 49 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.

Anis · #841, 29y
Jay-Jay · #841, 27y
Anees · #840, 25y
Fatema · #840, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Anis · #841, 29y
Avni · #841, 29y
Jay-Jay · #841, 27y
Abigaile · #842, 13y

Varun was ranked #841 in England and Wales · Boys in 2004. 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.

Varun 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 Varun without appearing here.

Varun moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Herman Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2357 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #850 and #2901.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Nils Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2126 and #1859 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1911 and #3332.

Moved ahead of Varun

Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1209 and #1398 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #569.
Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1860 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #1609.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1860 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2018.
Theodor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1209 and #1522 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #1086.

Moved the opposite way to Varun

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Varun went from #2022 to #3254 while Cooper went from #2022 to #139.
Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Varun went from #869 to #3254 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Varun went from #869 to #3254 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Varun went from #869 to #3254 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.

Moved the same way as Varun

Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Varun went from #2357 to #3449 and Brent from #898 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Varun went from #2357 to #3449 and Tor from #2020 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Varun went from #850 to #3449 and Ole from #2901 to #4789.
Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Varun went from #1322 to #3254 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.

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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: #841 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Varun by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Varun at a glance

Varun by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Varun and the names beside it

Varun moved ahead of

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