Castiel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Castiel: Recorded every year since 2009, it reached #1,178 in 2014, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#1178highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2009–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2009	#4527
2010	#1911
2011	#1600
2012	#1430
2013	#1706
2014	#1178
2015	#1279
2016	#1363
2017	#1289
2018	#2445
2019	#1253
2020	#2682
2021	#1516
2022	#1692
2023	#1461
2024	#2088

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2009 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2009–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2009
First recorded at #4527 among boys in England and Wales in 2009 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2009–2024
Highest recorded position: #1178 among boys in England and Wales, in 2014 (recorded 2009–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Castiel 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 Castiel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	164	10 of 10	16
2020s	65	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Castiel 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 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1178 in England and Wales in 2014.

Castiel'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	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1516	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1289	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1279	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1178	22	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	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 2009 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,178, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,088position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
22births registered in its largest year, 2014Under 25 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Catalin · #409, 12y

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.

Leyland · #1178, 18y
Esmie · #1177, 21y
Isla-Mai · #1177, 15y
Izyan · #1179, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Alpha · #1178, 23y
Leyland · #1178, 18y
Esmie · #1177, 21y
Millie-May · #1177, 24y

Castiel 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 Castiel without appearing here.

Castiel moved ahead of

Daithi Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4527 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1430 and #4805.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4527 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1911 and #4678.
Garry Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4527 and #3227 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1911 and #4678.
Anders Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #2259 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1253 and #3937.

Moved ahead of Castiel

Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #1460.
Andrea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #1859.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #1363.

Moved the opposite way to Castiel

Aaron Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Castiel went from #4527 to #2088 while Aaron went from #54 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Castiel went from #4527 to #2088 while Alan went from #193 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Castiel went from #4527 to #2088 while Alex went from #50 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Castiel went from #4527 to #2088 while Alexander went from #22 to #36.

Moved the same way as Castiel

Aksel Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Castiel went from #4527 to #2088 and Aksel from #2837 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Castiel went from #4527 to #2088 and Albie from #291 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Castiel went from #4527 to #2088 and Alfred from #146 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Castiel went from #4527 to #2088 and Archie from #20 to #10.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1178 in England and Wales in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Castiel

Castiel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Castiel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Castiel at a glance

Castiel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Castiel and the names beside it

Castiel moved ahead of

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