Celt

maleStatistical record

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

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

Celt: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #1,692, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#1692highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2419
2002	#3225
2003	#2857
2004	#3009
2005	#2754
2006	#2870
2007	#3589
2008	#2775
2009	#3227
2010	#2941
2011	#2390
2012	#2270
2013	#3315
2014	#2459
2015	#2483
2016	#2804
2017	#2734
2018	#2693
2019	#1869
2020	#2682
2021	#1860
2022	#1692
2023	#2325
2024	#3254

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 24 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2419 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #1692 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Celt 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 Celt in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	36	8 of 10	5
2010s	77	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	48	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Celt 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1692 in England and Wales in 2022.

Celt'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,692, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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 →
23 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 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.

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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.

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Dimitris · #1692, 26y
Iyana · #1692, 17y
Lima · #1692, 17y
Abena · #1690, 27y

Celt 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 Celt without appearing here.

Celt moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3315 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2459 and #4632.
Madison Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3315 and #3315 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2459 and #4632.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2390 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2459 and #4632.
Tor Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2693 and #2693 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1869 and #3937.

Moved ahead of Celt

Filip Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2419 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #1128.
Cillian Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2419 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #2254.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #1363.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2270 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3315 and #2403.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1692 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Celt

Celt at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Celt by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Celt 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

Celt and the names beside it

Celt moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Celt

Celt at a glance

Celt by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Celt appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Celt and the names beside it

Celt moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Celt