Comfort

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Comfort: Recorded since 1996, it reached #677 in 2004, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#677highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3174
1998	#3848
1999	#3225
2000	#3247
2002	#2868
2004	#1952
2005	#2438
2006	#2137
2007	#3218
2008	#2721
2009	#2019
2010	#5707
2011	#5785
2015	#4736
2016	#4763
2017	#3229
2018	#5666
2019	#3151
2022	#3970
2024	#5891

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 21 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2004: #677 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1952 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Comfort 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 Comfort in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	4 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	63	8 of 10	8
2010s	31	7 of 10	4
2020s	8	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Comfort 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #677 in Republic of Ireland in 2004.

Comfort'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	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #677, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 8 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
12births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 25 births →

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Alyx · #677, 19y
Dasha · #677, 18y
Fatoumata · #677, 26y
Inioluwa · #677, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alyx · #677, 19y
Enola · #677, 23y
Fatoumata · #677, 26y
Giselle · #677, 29y

Comfort was ranked #677 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2004. 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.

Comfort 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 Comfort without appearing here.

Comfort moved ahead of

Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.
Kristin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.
Ellinor Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5785 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #4686.
Josefine Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4763 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3229 and #4763.

Moved ahead of Comfort

Selma Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2019 and #2759 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #5707 and #2392.
Tove Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2019 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Shea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3970 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.

Moved the opposite way to Comfort

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Comfort went from #2683 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Comfort went from #2683 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Comfort went from #2683 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Comfort went from #2683 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Comfort

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Comfort went from #2683 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Comfort went from #2683 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Comfort went from #2683 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Comfort went from #2683 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #677 in Republic of Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Comfort at a glance

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Comfort by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Comfort at a glance

Comfort by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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