Baby

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Baby: Recorded since 1992, its highest recorded position is #93, and it stood at #981 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
55times a registrar ranked it
33years from first to last
#93highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1999	#2770
2001	#3998
2003	#3594
2004	#3725
2005	#2438
2006	#2509
2007	#2895
2008	#2292
2009	#2326
2010	#2392
2011	#2893
2012	#1809
2013	#2176
2014	#2314
2015	#1865
2016	#1920
2017	#2090
2018	#1649
2019	#2170
2020	#3117
2021	#2499
2022	#1948
2023	#1959
2024	#1819

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2004: #506 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2578 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1992–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1992
First recorded at #101 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1992 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1992–2004
Highest recorded position: #93 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1992 (recorded 1992–2004).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1819 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Baby appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 25 ranked years and 253 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1992.

Baby across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Baby's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#1649 (2018)	#1819 (2024)	25 of 29	253 (1996–2024)	18 (2018)
England and Wales · Boys	#2901 (1998)	#981 (2024)	#981 (2024)	25 of 27	349 (1998–2024)	31 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#93 (1992)	#93 (1992)	#506 (2004)	3 of 13	83 (1992–2004)	63 (1992)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#101 (1992)	#101 (1992)	#201 (1993)	2 of 2	78 (1992–1993)	58 (1992)

Baby 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 Baby in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000s	60	8 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	188	10 of 10	19
2020s	95	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Baby 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 1992 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #93 in Republic of Ireland in 1992.

Baby'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	#1819	16	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#981	31	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1224	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1218	22	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1083	25	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1382	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1546	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1920	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1022	28	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1865	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1370	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1809	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#201	20	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#173	17	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#101	58	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#93	63	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1992 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #93, first reached in 1992.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 63 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1992.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 4 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.

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Baard · #204, 34y
Badr · #1595, 21y
Bahar · #1681, 26y

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.

Macauley · #95, 29y
Perry · #95, 30y
Wade · #95, 33y
Embla · #96, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Anika · #93, 30y
Athena · #93, 30y
Briana · #93, 31y
Zayn · #93, 30y

Baby was ranked #93 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1992. 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.

Baby 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 Baby without appearing here.

Baby moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #981 and #5119.
Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3589 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1442 and #4747.
Therese Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2895 and #2895 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2292 and #5545.
Tove Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3998 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2292 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Baby

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #1313.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #1286.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #1939.
Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2770 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #2727.

Moved the opposite way to Baby

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Baby went from #3795 to #1819 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Baby went from #3795 to #1819 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Baby went from #3795 to #1819 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Baby went from #3795 to #1819 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Baby

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Baby went from #3795 to #1819 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Baby went from #3795 to #1819 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Baby went from #3795 to #1819 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Baby went from #3795 to #1819 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1992 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #93 in Republic of Ireland in 1992. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Baby

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Popularity journey

Baby across 4 official records

Baby by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Baby by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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