Darwin

maleStatistical record

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

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

Darwin: Recorded since 1996, it reached #596 in 2006, and it stood at #727 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#596highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2013–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2013	#5742
2016	#4763
2021	#4634

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #1053 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 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
Highest recorded2006–2023
Highest recorded position: #596 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 2006–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1053 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Darwin appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 428 births with the name.

Darwin across 3 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.

Darwin'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	#1765 (1996)	#1013 (2018)	#1053 (2024)	26 of 29	428 (1996–2024)	28 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#596 (2006)	#596 (2006)	#770 (2023)	2 of 18	6 (2006–2023)	3 (2006)
England and Wales · Girls	#5742 (2013)	#4634 (2021)	#4634 (2021)	3 of 9	11 (2013–2021)	4 (2016)

Darwin 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 Darwin in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	2 of 10	7
2000s	94	9 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	226	10 of 10	23
2020s	94	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

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

Darwin 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #596 in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

Darwin'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	#1053	28	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1407	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1224	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1448	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1189	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1013	28	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1124	25	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1046	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1035	27	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1116	23	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1191	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1398	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1067	24	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1326	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #596, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 28 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Giorgia · #597, 29y
Kiyan · #592, 27y
Zayna · #603, 30y
Ozzie · #584, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alberto · #596, 28y
Albin · #596, 17y
Anand · #596, 29y
Cale · #596, 21y

Darwin was ranked #596 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2006. 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.

Darwin 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 Darwin without appearing here.

Darwin moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2304 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1643 and #4052.
Robyn Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2228 and #2228 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1448 and #3451.
Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1756 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1706 and #3687.
Arne Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2501 and #2501 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1326 and #2857.

Moved ahead of Darwin

Hunter Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1326 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2304 and #1878.
Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1651 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1326 and #1092.
Tadhg Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1035 and #1630 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1046 and #996.
Theodor Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1116 and #1339 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1035 and #1012.

Moved the opposite way to Darwin

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Darwin went from #1765 to #1053 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Darwin went from #1765 to #1053 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Darwin went from #1765 to #1053 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Darwin went from #1765 to #1053 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Darwin

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Darwin went from #1765 to #1053 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Darwin went from #1765 to #1053 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Darwin went from #1765 to #1053 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Darwin went from #1765 to #1053 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #596 in Republic of Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Darwin

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Darwin across 3 official records

Darwin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Darwin at a glance

Darwin across 3 official records

Darwin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Darwin

Darwin and the names beside it

Darwin moved ahead of

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