Corbyn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Corbyn: Recorded since 1997, it reached #342 in 2015, and it stood at #3,990 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#342highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2021

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
1998	#1821
1999	#2097
2000	#2142
2001	#2587
2002	#1077
2003	#1132
2004	#1280
2005	#1456
2006	#1892
2007	#2023
2008	#1206
2009	#1302
2010	#1620
2011	#1522
2012	#1430
2013	#1539
2014	#2079
2015	#1586
2016	#1431
2017	#2172
2018	#1875
2020	#3848
2021	#3990

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 25 years from 1997 to 2021.

In 2017: #415 among boys in Northern Ireland, #2172 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2015–2017
Highest recorded position: #342 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2015 (recorded 2015–2017).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #3990 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Boys

Corbyn appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 270 births with the name.

Corbyn across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Corbyn's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#1077 (2002)	#3990 (2021)	24 of 25	270 (1997–2021)	20 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#342 (2015)	#342 (2015)	#415 (2017)	2 of 3	7 (2015–2017)	4 (2015)

Corbyn 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 Corbyn in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	122	10 of 10	12
2010sbusiest	126	9 of 10	14
2020s	8	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Corbyn 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 1997 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #342 in Northern Ireland in 2015.

Corbyn'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	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1522	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1302	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1206	20	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1280	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1132	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1077	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2021, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #342, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2015, and 18 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Cordelia · #532, 29y
Corey · #37, 54y

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.

Nicol · #341, 26y
Bridin · #344, 19y
Herbie · #339, 29y
Sibeal · #345, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ayrton · #342, 30y
Ayub · #342, 30y
Chandler · #342, 24y
Eduard · #342, 25y

Corbyn was ranked #342 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2015. 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.

Corbyn 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 Corbyn without appearing here.

Corbyn moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2023 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1206 and #3687.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2587 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1077 and #3225.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2587 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1132 and #2857.
Graeme Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2587 and #1595 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1077 and #2636.

Moved ahead of Corbyn

Matheo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1875 and #2693 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2076.
Robyn Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1586 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2228.
Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1875 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2228.
Isak Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1875 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2404.

Moved the opposite way to Corbyn

Ronny Compare
Between 1998 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Corbyn went from #1821 to #3990 while Ronny went from #2074 to #985.
Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Corbyn went from #2097 to #3990 while Arlo went from #2943 to #20.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Corbyn went from #2097 to #3990 while Harper went from #2425 to #939.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Corbyn went from #2097 to #3990 while Kasper went from #2425 to #326.

Moved the same way as Corbyn

Andrea Compare
Between 1998 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Corbyn went from #1821 to #3990 and Andrea from #1263 to #1860.
Aria Compare
Between 1998 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Corbyn went from #1821 to #3990 and Aria from #2419 to #3451.
Isak Compare
Between 1998 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Corbyn went from #1821 to #3990 and Isak from #2419 to #3451.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #342 in Northern Ireland in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Corbyn

Corbyn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Corbyn across 2 official records

Corbyn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Corbyn 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

Names published alongside Corbyn

Corbyn and the names beside it

Corbyn moved ahead of

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Corbyn at a glance

Corbyn across 2 official records

Corbyn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Corbyn appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Corbyn

Corbyn and the names beside it

Corbyn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Corbyn

Moved the opposite way to Corbyn

Moved the same way as Corbyn