Bram

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bram: Recorded since 1996, it reached #715 in 2014, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#715highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#2337
1998	#2419
2000	#3036
2001	#3134
2003	#2189
2004	#2070
2005	#2418
2006	#2087
2008	#3687
2009	#3227
2010	#2629
2012	#2117
2013	#2216
2014	#2079
2015	#1786
2016	#2556
2017	#1398
2018	#2112
2019	#3013
2020	#2076
2021	#1860
2022	#1692
2023	#1799
2024	#2921

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 · Boys

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

In 2023: #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1799 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 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 recorded2014–2023
Highest recorded position: #715 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2014 (recorded 2014–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Bram appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 201 births with the name.

Bram 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.

Bram'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)	#1398 (2017)	#2921 (2024)	25 of 29	201 (1996–2024)	18 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#715 (2014)	#715 (2014)	#770 (2023)	2 of 10	6 (2014–2023)	3 (2014)

Bram 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 Bram in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	3 of 10	4
2000s	42	8 of 10	5
2010s	91	9 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	56	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Bram 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #715 in Republic of Ireland in 2014.

Bram'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1799	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2112	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1398	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #715, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2014, and 18 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.

Braiden · #283, 28y
Brajan · #698, 12y
Bramwell · #2483, 14y
Brandan · #307, 21y

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.

Huey · #715, 25y
Kalan · #715, 21y
Damaris · #716, 26y
Eman · #716, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Kalan · #715, 21y
Sandro · #715, 17y
Beck · #716, 28y
Damaris · #716, 26y

Bram was ranked #715 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2014. 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.

Bram 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 Bram without appearing here.

Bram moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2216 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2216 and #4685.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2629 and #4678.

Moved ahead of Bram

Theodor Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2087 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3687 and #1828.
Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2629 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2117 and #569.
Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1398 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2112 and #1382.
Hudson Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2357 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2337 and #1761.

Moved the opposite way to Bram

Rune Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bram went from #2070 to #2921 while Rune went from #3651 to #1460.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #715 in Republic of Ireland in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bram

Bram at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bram across 2 official records

Bram by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bram appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Bram

Bram and the names beside it

Bram moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bram

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Bram at a glance

Bram across 2 official records

Bram by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bram appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Bram

Bram and the names beside it

Bram moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bram

Moved the opposite way to Bram