Danish

maleStatistical record

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

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

Danish: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #506 in 2004, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#506highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1040
1997	#874
1998	#850
1999	#948
2000	#773
2001	#590
2002	#753
2003	#653
2004	#749
2005	#653
2006	#1048
2007	#711
2008	#1024
2009	#1218
2010	#1201
2011	#1124
2012	#977
2013	#931
2014	#1721
2015	#1902
2016	#1903
2017	#2324
2018	#1455
2019	#1869
2020	#2682
2021	#2125
2022	#1609
2023	#2325
2024	#2443

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2004: #506 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #749 among boys 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 #1040 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Danish 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 Danish in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	64	4 of 10	16
2000sbusiest	287	10 of 10	29
2010s	179	10 of 10	18
2020s	50	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 29 births a year.

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

Danish 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: #506 in Republic of Ireland in 2004.

Danish'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	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	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	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#931	31	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#977	29	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1124	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1201	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1218	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1024	25	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#711	39	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1048	21	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#653	40	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#749	30	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#653	33	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#753	25	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#590	32	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#773	22	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#948	16	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#850	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#874	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1040	13	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #506, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 40 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

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.

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.

Danila · #500, 14y
Danilo · #1513, 24y
Daniya · #2070, 24y
Daniyaal · #1878, 25y

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.

Ahad · #506, 29y
Boluwatife · #506, 25y
Chidera · #506, 24y
Ely · #506, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ahad · #506, 29y
Boluwatife · #506, 25y
Chesney · #506, 13y
Chidera · #506, 24y

Danish was ranked #506 in Republic of Ireland · Boys 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.

Danish 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 Danish without appearing here.

Danish moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Keith Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #3688.
Ross Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #3254.
Grant Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1869 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2682 and #3334.

Moved ahead of Danish

Leif Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1869 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2682 and #1548.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #1461.
Mathias Compare
In 2013 they stood at #931 and #1247 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1721 and #889.

Moved the opposite way to Danish

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Danish went from #1040 to #2443 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Danish went from #1040 to #2443 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Danish went from #1040 to #2443 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Danish went from #1040 to #2443 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Danish

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Danish went from #1040 to #2443 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Danish went from #1040 to #2443 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Danish went from #1040 to #2443 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Danish went from #1040 to #2443 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #506 in Republic of Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Danish

Danish at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Danish by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Danish at a glance

Danish by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Danish

Danish and the names beside it

Danish moved ahead of

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