Cee-Jay

maleStatistical record

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

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

Cee-Jay: Recorded since 1997, it reached #2,458 in 2012, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2458highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 1997

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 9 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #2501 among boys in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #2458 among boys in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 2000–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Cee-Jay 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 Cee-Jay in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	8	2 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	22	5 of 10	4
2020s	10	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Cee-Jay 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2458 in England and Wales in 2012.

Cee-Jay'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
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,458, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

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 →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 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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Ceili · #384, 13y

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.

Abdulkareem · #2458, 10y
Alphie · #2458, 14y
Frankie-Joe · #2458, 14y
Ivey · #2458, 12y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aerin · #2458, 24y
Edon · #2458, 17y
Mousa · #2459, 14y
Asmara · #2460, 14y

Cee-Jay 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 Cee-Jay without appearing here.

Cee-Jay moved ahead of

Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3334 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3334 and #2404 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4749 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3334 and #4608.
Brooke Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4678 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #3416.

Moved ahead of Cee-Jay

Ole Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3385 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #4678 and #1911.
Aksel Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2458 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4023 and #1431.
Daithi Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2458 and #4805 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4023 and #3079.
Henrik Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2501 and #3036 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #3385 and #2538.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2458 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cee-Jay

Cee-Jay at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cee-Jay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Cee-Jay appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Cee-Jay and the names beside it

Cee-Jay moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cee-Jay

Cee-Jay at a glance

Cee-Jay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Cee-Jay appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Cee-Jay and the names beside it

Cee-Jay moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cee-Jay