Byron

maleStatistical record

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

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

Byron: Recorded since 1984, it reached #175 in 2000, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
60times a registrar ranked it
42years from first to last
#175highest recorded position
15groupings 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	#435
1997	#348
1998	#336
1999	#209
2000	#175
2001	#191
2002	#215
2003	#243
2004	#239
2005	#297
2006	#294
2007	#381
2008	#382
2009	#424
2010	#466
2011	#407
2012	#522
2013	#514
2014	#566
2015	#538
2016	#558
2017	#644
2018	#887
2019	#874
2020	#944
2021	#825
2022	#1011
2023	#1461
2024	#1758

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 Republic of Ireland in 28 of the 42 years from 1984 to 2025.

In 2023: #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1461 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1984–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1984
First recorded at #318 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1984 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #175 among boys in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Byron appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 2,420 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1984.

Byron across 3 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.

Byron'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#318 (1984)	#250 (2000)	#829 (2025)	28 of 42	136 (1984–2025)	8 (2010)
England and Wales · Boys	#435 (1996)	#175 (2000)	#1758 (2024)	29 of 29	2,420 (1996–2024)	202 (2000)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#277 (2000)	#263 (2003)	#341 (2006)	3 of 7	10 (2000–2006)	4 (2003)

Byron 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 Byron in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	332	4 of 10	83
2000sbusiest	1,318	10 of 10	132
2010s	642	10 of 10	64
2020s	128	5 of 10	26

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 132 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1998 and 1999, when recorded births rose by 76, from 71 to 147.

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

Byron 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 3 regions, from 1984 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #175 in England and Wales in 2000.

Byron'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	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1011	29	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#825	38	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#944	30	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#874	34	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#887	34	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#644	55	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#558	67	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#538	71	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#566	63	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#514	72	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#522	71	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#407	98	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#466	77	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#424	90	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#382	99	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#381	95	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#294	121	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#297	108	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#239	137	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#243	131	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#215	157	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#191	178	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#175	202	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#209	147	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#336	71	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#348	68	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#435	46	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#263	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#495	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#422	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#444	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#384	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1984 and 2025, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #175, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 202 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 16 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Jamie-Lee · #176, 27y
Tyra · #176, 33y
Codie · #173, 30y
Jaiden · #171, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Nikolas · #177, 40y
Ria · #179, 33y
Barra · #170, 32y
Ferdinand · #167, 38y

Byron was ranked #175 in England and Wales · Boys in 2000. 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.

Byron 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 Byron without appearing here.

Byron moved ahead of

Jon Compare
In 2018 they stood at #718 and #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #564 and #764.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #718 and #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #534 and #711.
Graeme Compare
In 2012 they stood at #730 and #623 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #534 and #711.
Wayne Compare
In 1997 they stood at #348 and #323 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #336 and #490.

Moved ahead of Byron

Murray Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #1282.
Conan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1011 and #1143 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #987.
Eoin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1011 and #1104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #1018.
Theodore Compare
In 2010 they stood at #422 and #720 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #730 and #366.

Moved the opposite way to Byron

Adam Compare
Between 1984 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Byron went from #318 to #829 while Adam went from #74 to #20.
Alex Compare
Between 1984 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Byron went from #318 to #829 while Alex went from #197 to #37.
Alexander Compare
Between 1984 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Byron went from #318 to #829 while Alexander went from #141 to #55.
Ben Compare
Between 1984 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Byron went from #318 to #829 while Ben went from #181 to #40.

Moved the same way as Byron

Adrian Compare
Between 1984 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Byron went from #318 to #829 and Adrian from #57 to #348.
Denis Compare
Between 1984 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Byron went from #318 to #829 and Denis from #54 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1984 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Byron went from #318 to #829 and Edward from #47 to #125.
Francis Compare
Between 1984 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Byron went from #318 to #829 and Francis from #59 to #309.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 3 regions, from 1984 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #175 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Byron

Byron at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Byron across 3 official records

Byron by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Byron appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Byron

Byron and the names beside it

Byron moved ahead of

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Byron at a glance

Byron across 3 official records

Byron by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Byron appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Byron

Byron and the names beside it

Byron moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Byron

Moved the opposite way to Byron

Moved the same way as Byron