Anakin

maleStatistical record

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

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

Anakin: Recorded since 2000, its highest recorded position is #1,268, and it stood at #1,595 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#1268highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2000–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#2142
2001	#3134
2002	#3225
2003	#1513
2004	#3651
2005	#2754
2006	#2087
2008	#2507
2009	#2544
2010	#2941
2011	#2892
2012	#3987
2013	#3822
2014	#2690
2015	#2319
2016	#1903
2017	#2172
2018	#2112
2019	#3411
2020	#2404
2021	#2301
2022	#1268
2023	#1461
2024	#1595

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 24 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #2142 among boys in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #1268 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 2000–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1595 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Anakin 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 Anakin in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	51	9 of 10	6
2010s	73	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	71	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Anakin 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 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1268 in England and Wales in 2022.

Anakin'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	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1268	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2112	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2319	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	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	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	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 2000 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,268, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
17 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,595position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
21births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 25 births →

Where to go next

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A comparable record

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

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Anakin 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 Anakin without appearing here.

Anakin moved ahead of

Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1268 and #4001.
Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1268 and #4001.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2172 and #4812.
Brent Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2319 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Anakin

Mathias Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1513 and #2470 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #1160.
Leif Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2892 and #3300 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #3987 and #2458.
Aksel Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2892 and #2892.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1268 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #1461.

Moved the opposite way to Anakin

Fredrik Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Anakin went from #3134 to #1595 while Fredrik went from #2220 to #3254.
Jade Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Anakin went from #3134 to #1595 while Jade went from #2220 to #5119.
Brent Compare
Between 2000 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Anakin went from #2142 to #1268 while Brent went from #848 to #3449.
Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Anakin went from #3225 to #1595 while Espen went from #3225 to #5119.

Moved the same way as Anakin

Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Anakin went from #3134 to #1595 and Harper from #2587 to #1402.
Rune Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Anakin went from #3651 to #1595 and Rune from #3651 to #1460.
Shannon Compare
Between 2000 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Anakin went from #2142 to #3411 and Shannon from #1703 to #4702.

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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 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1268 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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