Wilfrid

maleStatistical record

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

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

Wilfrid: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,552 in 2000, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1552highest recorded position
6groupings 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	#1761
1998	#2074
1999	#1850
2000	#1552
2002	#2254
2003	#2189
2004	#1732
2005	#3849
2006	#2538
2007	#2211
2008	#2775
2009	#2544
2010	#1911
2011	#2390
2012	#2117
2013	#2055
2014	#2079
2015	#1902
2016	#2804
2017	#2172
2018	#1786
2019	#1986
2020	#2228
2021	#1860
2022	#2165
2023	#2546
2024	#2671

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 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 #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: #1552 among boys in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Wilfrid 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 Wilfrid in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	4 of 10	5
2000s	58	9 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	102	10 of 10	10
2020s	47	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Wilfrid 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: #1552 in England and Wales in 2000.

Wilfrid'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	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	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	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	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	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	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	#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 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,552, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

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 →
23 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 →
#2,671position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births 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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Sonni · #1552, 23y
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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.

Deep · #1552, 22y
Gabe · #1552, 24y
Perran · #1552, 22y
Raman · #1552, 28y

Wilfrid 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 Wilfrid without appearing here.

Wilfrid moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1911 and #4678.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2055 and #4685.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3849 and #3208 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2211 and #4333.

Moved ahead of Wilfrid

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1552 and #2142 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #848.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1732 and #2070 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #2754.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #1461.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1911 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2390 and #1398.

Moved the opposite way to Wilfrid

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilfrid went from #1761 to #2671 while Cooper went from #2022 to #139.
Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilfrid went from #1850 to #2671 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilfrid went from #1850 to #2671 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilfrid went from #1850 to #2671 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.

Moved the same way as Wilfrid

Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilfrid went from #1761 to #2546 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1552 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Wilfrid

Wilfrid at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Wilfrid by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Wilfrid at a glance

Wilfrid by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Wilfrid appears in

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Wilfrid and the names beside it

Wilfrid moved ahead of

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