Can

maleStatistical record

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

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

Can: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #644, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#644highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#938
1997	#874
1998	#644
1999	#809
2000	#1002
2001	#751
2002	#1128
2003	#2857
2004	#2070
2005	#1135
2006	#1892
2007	#1578
2008	#3158
2009	#2544
2010	#2199
2011	#2194
2013	#2954
2014	#3362
2015	#2483
2016	#3079
2017	#3040
2018	#3959
2019	#3937
2021	#2493
2022	#2165
2023	#4991
2024	#3688

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 27 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 #938 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #644 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Can 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 Can in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	79	4 of 10	20
2000sbusiest	115	10 of 10	12
2010s	57	9 of 10	6
2020s	26	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Can 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: #644 in England and Wales in 1998.

Can'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	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1135	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1128	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#751	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1002	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#809	20	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#644	27	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#874	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#938	15	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 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #644, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
27births registered in its largest year, 199825 to 49 births →

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.

Avneet · #645, 29y
Halimah · #645, 29y
Nimra · #645, 29y
Uzma · #645, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Avneet · #645, 29y
Denny · #645, 29y
Halimah · #645, 29y
Nimra · #645, 29y

Can was ranked #644 in England and Wales · Boys in 1998. 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.

Can 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 Can without appearing here.

Can moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2857 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1135 and #2754.
Courtney Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3937 and #3013 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2493 and #3990.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Can

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #1461.
Rodney Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #1906.
Gustav Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #2325.
Anders Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #2529 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #2546.

Moved the opposite way to Can

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Can went from #938 to #3688 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Can went from #938 to #3688 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Can went from #938 to #3688 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Can went from #938 to #3688 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Can

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Can went from #938 to #3688 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Can went from #938 to #3688 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Can went from #938 to #3688 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Can went from #938 to #3688 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #644 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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