Beren

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Beren: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,901 in 2010, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1901highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3382
2009	#5556
2010	#1901
2011	#4764
2012	#2338
2013	#2649
2014	#2058
2015	#3252
2016	#3214
2017	#4063
2018	#4684
2019	#3151
2020	#2615
2021	#4634
2022	#3970
2023	#3218
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 boys in England and Wales in 22 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 recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #1901 among girls in England and Wales, in 2010 (recorded 2005–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Beren appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 99 births with the name.

Beren across 2 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.

Beren'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 · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#1962 (2003)	#2671 (2024)	22 of 29	99 (1996–2024)	8 (2007)
England and Wales · Girls	#3382 (2005)	#1901 (2010)	#4843 (2024)	17 of 20	118 (2005–2024)	14 (2010)

Beren 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 Beren in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	32	7 of 10	5
2010s	35	8 of 10	4
2020s	25	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Beren 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: #1901 in England and Wales in 2010.

Beren'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1901	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	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 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,901, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

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 3 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.

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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Berenice · #523, 15y
Bergljot · #223, 25y

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.

Naisha · #1901, 21y
Nissi · #1901, 19y
Saachi · #1903, 23y
Sampson · #1903, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Saachi · #1903, 23y
Sampson · #1903, 23y
Tula · #1903, 26y
Zeb · #1903, 28y

Beren 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 Beren without appearing here.

Beren moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4764 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.
Josefine Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5556 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Kristy Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5556 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1901 and #4688.

Moved ahead of Beren

Dylan Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3382 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #1909.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #1785.
Cooper Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #3695.
Matheo Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3449 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2488.

Moved the opposite way to Beren

Ada Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Beren went from #3382 to #4843 while Ada went from #951 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Beren went from #3382 to #4843 while Alma went from #1500 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Beren went from #3382 to #4843 while Amelia went from #15 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Beren went from #3382 to #4843 while Aria went from #1295 to #35.

Moved the same way as Beren

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Beren went from #2357 to #4991 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Beren went from #2357 to #4991 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Beren went from #2357 to #4001 and Brent from #898 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Beren went from #2357 to #4001 and Tor from #2020 to #3449.

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: #1901 in England and Wales in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Beren

Beren at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Beren across 2 official records

Beren by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Beren appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Beren at a glance

Beren across 2 official records

Beren by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Beren appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Beren and the names beside it

Beren moved ahead of

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