Digby

maleStatistical record

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

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

Digby: Recorded since 1996, it reached #812 in 2020, and it stood at #1,000 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#812highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#1578
1998	#2419
1999	#2097
2001	#2587
2002	#1799
2003	#1513
2004	#2304
2005	#1716
2006	#1280
2007	#1361
2008	#1242
2009	#1425
2010	#1201
2011	#958
2012	#1119
2013	#976
2014	#1144
2015	#1327
2016	#1234
2017	#1247
2018	#1158
2019	#1030
2020	#812
2021	#907
2022	#901
2023	#1071
2024	#1000

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #812 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1000 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Digby 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 Digby in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	4 of 10	5
2000s	104	9 of 10	12
2010s	238	10 of 10	24
2020sbusiest	162	5 of 10	32

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 32 births a year.

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

Digby 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #812 in England and Wales in 2020.

Digby'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	#1000	30	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1071	27	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#901	34	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#907	33	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#812	38	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1030	27	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1158	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1247	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1234	22	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1144	23	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#976	29	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1119	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#958	29	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1201	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1425	16	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1242	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1280	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #812, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 38 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

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

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 →
24 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,000position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
38births registered in its largest year, 202025 to 49 births →

Where to go next

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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.

Romario · #813, 29y
Ruqayya · #811, 29y
Hisham · #814, 29y
Ozan · #814, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Romario · #813, 29y
Ruqayya · #811, 29y
Hisham · #814, 29y
Ozan · #814, 29y

Digby was ranked #812 in England and Wales · Boys in 2020. 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.

Digby 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 Digby without appearing here.

Digby moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2304 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1280 and #4052.
Sander Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2587 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1280 and #3385.
Rodney Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1361 and #1361 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1242 and #3158.
Anders Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2304 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1716 and #3208.

Moved ahead of Digby

Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1578 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2419 and #1110.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1513 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2304 and #1347.
Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2097 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2587 and #1949.

Moved the opposite way to Digby

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Digby went from #2863 to #1000 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Digby went from #2863 to #1000 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Digby went from #2863 to #1000 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Digby went from #2863 to #1000 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Digby

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Digby went from #2863 to #1000 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Digby went from #2863 to #1000 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Digby went from #2863 to #1000 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Digby went from #2863 to #1000 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #812 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Digby by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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