Brinley

maleStatistical record

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

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

Brinley: Recorded every year since 1998, it reached #1,629 in 2003, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#1629highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2015–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2015	#5730
2019	#3541
2020	#3117
2023	#4709
2024	#5891

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 every year from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2074 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #1629 among boys in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Brinley appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 181 births with the name.

Brinley 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.

Brinley'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	#2074 (1998)	#1629 (2003)	#3688 (2024)	27 of 27	181 (1998–2024)	14 (2015)
England and Wales · Girls	#5730 (2015)	#3117 (2020)	#5891 (2024)	5 of 10	23 (2015–2024)	7 (2020)

Brinley 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 Brinley in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	2 of 10	6
2000s	60	10 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	82	10 of 10	8
2020s	28	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Brinley 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1629 in England and Wales in 2003.

Brinley'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,629, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

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.

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.

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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.

Jalen · #1629, 25y
Millan · #1629, 26y
Milton · #1629, 26y
Annalisa · #1628, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Jalen · #1629, 25y
Millan · #1629, 26y
Milton · #1629, 26y
Abyan · #1630, 20y

Brinley 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 Brinley without appearing here.

Brinley moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2055 and #4685.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3849 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1744 and #4052.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2578 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1744 and #4052.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3849 and #3208 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2435 and #4333.

Moved ahead of Brinley

Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2578 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #1190.
Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1984 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #1609.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1984 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #2018.
Gustav Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1984 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #2320.

Moved the opposite way to Brinley

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brinley went from #2074 to #3688 while Albie went from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brinley went from #2074 to #3688 while Alfie went from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brinley went from #2074 to #3688 while Alfred went from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brinley went from #2074 to #3688 while Archie went from #120 to #10.

Moved the same way as Brinley

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brinley went from #2074 to #3688 and Aaron from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brinley went from #2074 to #3688 and Adam from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brinley went from #2074 to #3688 and Alan from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brinley went from #2074 to #3688 and Alex from #46 to #171.

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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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1629 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Brinley

Brinley at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Brinley across 2 official records

Brinley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Brinley appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Brinley and the names beside it

Brinley moved ahead of

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Brinley at a glance

Brinley across 2 official records

Brinley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Brinley appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Brinley and the names beside it

Brinley moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Brinley

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