Wilfred

maleStatistical record

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

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

Wilfred: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #116, and it stood at #133 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#116highest recorded position
8groupings 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	#976
1997	#809
1998	#780
1999	#575
2000	#691
2001	#686
2002	#671
2003	#473
2004	#470
2005	#487
2006	#536
2007	#501
2008	#358
2009	#313
2010	#358
2011	#305
2012	#293
2013	#245
2014	#235
2015	#184
2016	#183
2017	#169
2018	#146
2019	#142
2020	#145
2021	#147
2022	#137
2023	#116
2024	#133

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: #133 among boys in England and Wales, #404 among boys in Northern Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #976 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: #116 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #133 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Wilfred 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 Wilfred in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	85	4 of 10	21
2000s	602	10 of 10	60
2010s	2,588	10 of 10	259
2020sbusiest	2,027	5 of 10	405

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 405 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2014 and 2015, when recorded births rose by 76, from 234 to 310.

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

Wilfred 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #116 in England and Wales in 2023.

Wilfred'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	#133	408	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#116	447	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#137	400	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#147	388	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#145	384	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#142	405	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#146	383	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#169	326	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#183	306	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#184	310	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#235	234	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#245	205	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#293	157	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#305	146	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#358	116	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#313	130	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#358	107	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#501	65	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#536	55	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#487	57	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#470	56	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#473	51	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#671	29	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#686	26	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#691	26	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#575	32	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#780	20	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#809	19	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#976	14	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified

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

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #116, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 447 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

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.

Wilf · #610, 28y
Wilfie · #348, 10y
Wilfrid · #1552, 28y
Wilhelm · #121, 73y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Loraine · #117, 30y
Lin · #114, 33y
Fillip · #126, 28y
Cahir · #105, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Faolan · #116, 27y
Kurtis · #116, 31y
Milly · #116, 29y
Adelen · #117, 20y

Wilfred was ranked #116 in England and Wales · Boys in 2023. 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.

Wilfred 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 Wilfred without appearing here.

Wilfred moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #671 and #633 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #473 and #1132.
Geoffrey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #780 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #575 and #1082.
Brent Compare
In 1998 they stood at #780 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #575 and #1027.
Jon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #501 and #492 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #358 and #789.

Moved ahead of Wilfred

Hunter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #305 and #473 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #293 and #238.
Ollie Compare
In 1999 they stood at #575 and #655 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #691 and #673.
Arlo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #358 and #567 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #313 and #311.
Hudson Compare
In 2013 they stood at #245 and #268 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #235 and #234.

Moved the opposite way to Wilfred

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilfred went from #976 to #133 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilfred went from #976 to #133 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilfred went from #976 to #133 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilfred went from #976 to #133 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Wilfred

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilfred went from #976 to #133 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilfred went from #976 to #133 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilfred went from #976 to #133 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilfred went from #976 to #133 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #116 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Wilfred by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Wilfred at a glance

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