Caprice

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Caprice: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #353, and it stood at #3,961 in 2021.

3registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#353highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2021

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1364
1997	#353
1998	#358
1999	#521
2000	#993
2001	#753
2002	#920
2003	#1224
2004	#1252
2005	#1121
2006	#2781
2007	#2410
2008	#2721
2009	#3031
2010	#2392
2011	#2893
2012	#2717
2013	#3160
2015	#4103
2016	#2966
2018	#4684
2019	#4686
2020	#4535
2021	#3961

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 girls in England and Wales in 24 of the 26 years from 1996 to 2021.

In 2007: #413 among girls in Northern Ireland, #2410 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1364 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2021
Highest recorded position: #353 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2021).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #3961 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Girls

Caprice by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Caprice in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	255	4 of 10	64
2000sbusiest	168	10 of 10	17
2010s	55	8 of 10	7
2020s	9	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1996 and 1997, when recorded births rose by 81, from 13 to 94.

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

Caprice 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 1996 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #353 in England and Wales in 1997.

Caprice'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
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1121	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1252	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1224	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#920	25	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#753	33	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#993	21	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#521	55	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#358	93	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#353	94	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1364	13	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	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 1996 and 2021, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #353, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 94 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 11 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.

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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.

Kianna · #353, 29y
Marlee · #353, 25y
Caelum · #354, 24y
Isobella · #354, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Henri · #353, 30y
Jorgia · #353, 26y
Kianna · #353, 29y
Leela · #353, 29y

Caprice was ranked #353 in England and Wales · Girls in 1997. 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.

Caprice 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 Caprice without appearing here.

Caprice moved ahead of

Denise Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #5581.
Levi Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4535 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #5581.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4535 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4686 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Caprice

Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #1279.
Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1977.
Arlo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2966 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2340.
Cameron Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #4050 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #1783.

Moved the opposite way to Caprice

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Caprice went from #1364 to #3961 while Ada went from #2683 to #44.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Caprice went from #1364 to #3961 while Alma went from #2096 to #267.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Caprice went from #1364 to #3961 while Alyssa went from #783 to #211.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Caprice went from #1364 to #3961 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1102.

Moved the same way as Caprice

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Caprice went from #1364 to #3961 and Abigail from #21 to #105.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Caprice went from #1364 to #3961 and Aimee from #70 to #1195.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Caprice went from #1364 to #3961 and Aisling from #440 to #1569.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Caprice went from #1364 to #3961 and Alex from #161 to #1866.

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #353 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

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Caprice at a glance

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Caprice by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Caprice at a glance

Caprice by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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