Amethyst

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Amethyst: Recorded since 1996, it reached #2,226 in 2001, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2226highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#3824
1998	#3142
1999	#3900
2001	#2226
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2004	#3725
2005	#3970
2006	#5061
2007	#4294
2008	#5545
2010	#3156
2011	#2893
2012	#5876
2013	#4739
2014	#4003
2015	#3252
2016	#4763
2017	#5765
2018	#4684
2019	#4001
2021	#4634
2022	#3148
2023	#2504
2024	#4843

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 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 #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2226 among girls in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Amethyst by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Amethyst in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	4 of 10	4
2000s	31	8 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	50	10 of 10	5
2020s	25	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Amethyst 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: #2226 in England and Wales in 2001.

Amethyst'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	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	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 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,226, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 4 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 →
10 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 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.

Dhara · #2226, 22y
Haneefah · #2226, 23y
Moli · #2226, 26y
Ridhi · #2226, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Dhara · #2226, 22y
Haneefah · #2226, 23y
Lorenza · #2226, 17y
Moli · #2226, 26y

Amethyst 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 Amethyst without appearing here.

Amethyst moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4684 and #3985 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #5687.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4294 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #5707.
Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4001 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #5669.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Amethyst

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #1743.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3252 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2706.
Liv Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #2105.
Selma Compare
In 1996 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1958.

Moved the opposite way to Amethyst

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amethyst went from #3126 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amethyst went from #3126 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amethyst went from #3126 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amethyst went from #3126 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Amethyst

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amethyst went from #3126 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amethyst went from #3126 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amethyst went from #3126 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amethyst went from #3126 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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: #2226 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Amethyst

Amethyst at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Amethyst by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Amethyst appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Amethyst and the names beside it

Amethyst moved ahead of

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Amethyst at a glance

Amethyst by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Amethyst appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Amethyst and the names beside it

Amethyst moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Amethyst

Moved the opposite way to Amethyst

Moved the same way as Amethyst