Dilraj

maleStatistical record

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

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

Dilraj: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,168, and it stood at #1,595 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1168highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1345
1998	#1485
1999	#1383
2000	#1889
2001	#1379
2003	#1248
2004	#1347
2005	#1991
2006	#2282
2007	#2435
2008	#3687
2009	#2126
2010	#1911
2011	#1447
2012	#2458
2013	#1539
2014	#2964
2015	#4747
2016	#1903
2017	#2512
2018	#2259
2019	#2266
2020	#2404
2021	#2301
2022	#3048
2023	#2325
2024	#1595

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 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 #1168 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: #1168 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1595 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Dilraj 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 Dilraj in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	37	4 of 10	9
2000s	77	9 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	97	10 of 10	10
2020s	48	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Dilraj 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: #1168 in England and Wales in 1996.

Dilraj'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	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1347	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1379	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	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 #1,168, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

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 →
22 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 →
#1,595position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 25 births →

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 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.

Anmol · #1168, 29y
Leilah · #1168, 28y
Zaheer · #1168, 27y
Kray · #1167, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Anmol · #1168, 29y
Leilah · #1168, 28y
Zaheer · #1168, 27y
Kamaal · #1167, 15y

Dilraj 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 Dilraj without appearing here.

Dilraj moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #5119.
Brent Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4747 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1903 and #4810.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #4991.
Keith Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #3688.

Moved ahead of Dilraj

Kristoffer Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2126 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #3373.
Theodor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1447 and #1522 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #1086.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #2018.
Leif Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1539 and #2954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2964 and #1935.

Moved the same way as Dilraj

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Dilraj went from #1168 to #2325 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Dilraj went from #1168 to #2325 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Dilraj went from #1168 to #2325 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Dilraj went from #1168 to #3048 and Brent from #898 to #3449.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1168 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dilraj

Dilraj at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dilraj by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Dilraj at a glance

Dilraj by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Dilraj and the names beside it

Dilraj moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dilraj

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