Alden

maleStatistical record

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

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

Alden: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,143, and it stood at #2,263 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1143highest 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	#2357
1999	#2097
2002	#2636
2004	#2578
2006	#2870
2007	#3095
2008	#2775
2009	#3744
2010	#2400
2011	#2039
2012	#3987
2013	#3822
2014	#1721
2015	#2707
2016	#2556
2017	#1923
2018	#1683
2019	#2104
2020	#1635
2021	#1595
2022	#1143
2023	#1701
2024	#2263

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 23 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: #1143 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Alden 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 Alden in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	29	6 of 10	5
2010s	90	10 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	77	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Alden 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: #1143 in England and Wales in 2022.

Alden'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	#2263	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1701	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1143	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	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 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,143, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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 →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,263position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
24births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 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

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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.

Ilyaas · #1143, 27y
Aryana · #1144, 24y
Aksa · #1139, 20y
Benyamin · #1147, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ilyaas · #1143, 27y
Aryana · #1144, 24y
Llewelyn · #1146, 29y
Aksa · #1139, 20y

Alden 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 Alden without appearing here.

Alden moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1721 and #4632.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3822 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1721 and #4632.
Madison Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3822 and #3315 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1721 and #4632.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1923 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Alden

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2097 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2636 and #848.
Kasper Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2097 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2636 and #1411.
Theodor Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2097 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2636 and #1799.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1701 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #1460.

Moved the opposite way to Alden

Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Alden went from #2357 to #1143 while Brent went from #898 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Alden went from #2357 to #1143 while Tor went from #2020 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Alden went from #2097 to #1143 while Ole went from #1383 to #4789.

What's not yet available

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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: #1143 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alden

Alden at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Alden appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Alden and the names beside it

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Alden at a glance

Alden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Alden appears in

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Alden and the names beside it

Alden moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Alden

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